(25 Sep 2015, 11:03 am)Michael wrote New train service launched for Sunderland
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/busin...-1-7480538
Can't find if Virgin/East cost are doing more than just the new 5.40am departure, arriving in London King’s Cross at 9.08am. With the return service departing London at 8pm. Both services will be faster than existing direct trains to Sunderland, by seven minutes southbound and 11 minutes northbound.
Yes, Virgin Trains (on the East Coast) are only doing the one outbound and one inbound service per day.