LNER (Formerly Virgin Trains East Coast & East Coast)
LNER (Formerly Virgin Trains East Coast & East Coast)
Sunderland's service is starting next May - a one a day extension of a Newcastle train, doubling to 2 a day in May 2019 both HST-operated until May 2020 when the IEP replace them.
Middlesbrough and Thornaby are served from May 2020 with trains reversing at Darlington - 7 southbound and 6 northbound trains a day operated by IEPs from day 1.