Company Name:
East Coast
Head Office Postal Address:
East Coast House
, 25 Skeldergate House
, York
Y01 6DH,UK
Head Office Phone Number:
08457 225 225
East Coast Mainline services are now state owned, and will simply be known as East Coast. The east coast mainline franchise was previously owned by National Express, known as National Express East Coast which was preceded by GNER (Great North Eastern Railway) owned by Sea Containers Ltd.
East Coast operates fast, frequent passenger rail services on the flagship East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East of England and Scotland, carrying more than 18 million passengers a year covering 920 miles. East Coast operates rail services from London running as far north as Inverness and Aberdeen.
East coast manage the UK's premier intercity train service which links the capital cities of England and Scotland and many other regional and historic cities in between. The cities served by East Coast include: Leeds, Newcastle, York, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
***INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL***
East Coast runs services from London Kings Cross station, which is linked to London St Pancras, providing excellent links to Europe via the Eurostar, including straight trains to the cities of Brussels, Lille and Paris.