Grand Union Railway
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Grand Union is an open-access railway company that has been set up by Grand Central Railway with a view to the proposed running of two separate train services. It has proposed services along the West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Bradford Interchange via Huddersfield. This would allow the Calderdale and Kirklees areas to be served with a direct rail link to London. At the same time, it has offered up a proposal for a semi-fast service between Doncaster and Bradford Interchange, using the same route that Grand Central has proposed using for its King's Cross-Bradford services.
Network Rail have concluded that there would not be enough paths available in the 2008 indicative timetable for the London Euston to Bradford Interchange service to operate as proposed without affecting other services.[1] They suggest that a substantial re-write of the West Coast Main Line timetable would be required and also note that Virgin West Coast's route between London Euston and Stockport is currently protected from competitors.
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[edit] Route
[edit] WCML
The route would be as follows:
- London Euston
- Stockport
- Guide Bridge - there are also plans to turn this into a parkway station for the M60
- Huddersfield
- Brighouse
- Halifax
- Bradford Interchange.
[edit] Doncaster-Bradford
[edit] References
- ^ Capacity assessment relating to the East Midlands, West Midlands and Cross Country Franchises p. 5. Office of Rail Regulation.
[edit] External links
- Grand Central letter to the Office of Rail Regulation - includes Grand Union proposal.
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| International: | Enterprise4 - Eurostar |
| Airport Link: | Gatwick Express - Heathrow Express - Stansted Express5 |
| Sleeper: | Caledonian Sleeper6 - Night Riviera7 |
| 1 Ends November 2007 - 2 Starts 20 May 2007 - 3 Operated by South West Trains 4 Operated on the Irish railway network - 5 Operated by 'one' - 6 Operated by First ScotRail 7 Operated by First Great Western |
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| New Franchises: | Cross Country1 - East Midlands1 - InterCity East Coast - London Overground1 West Midlands1 |
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Glasgow Trains2 - Grand Union2 - Humber & City2 - Wrexham & Shropshire3 |
| 1 Starts November 2007 - 2 Proposed - 3 Awaiting Approval | |
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