Following my conversations with First Group yesterday and earlier today re their Open Access Bid to run 5 trains a day from Edinburgh to London calling at Morpeth and Newcastle, I wrote a letter from SENRUG to Network Rail supporting the bid. Network Rail is apparently conducting the consultation on behalf of ORR (Office of Rail regulation). SENRUG supports this bid because First Group are saying each of their trains will call at Morpeth; if the bid is successful it would therefore be a significant step towards achieving SENRUG’s campaign for an inter-city service every 2 hours in each direction at Morpeth. You can see SENRUG’s letter here.
