Hull Trains returns to preCovid levels

FROM the December timetable change, open access operator Hull Trains (HT) will run 94 services per week, up from a prepandemic 92. An additional service will be introduced on Sundays from December 12, thereby matching the six services already offered on Saturdays. This will be a 12.50 ex-Hull and 16.27 from King’s Cross, while a seventh service (07.27 exHull and 19.08 ex-KX) will become part of the regular weekday timetable. In addition, 10-car operations will occur on Fridays and Saturdays to provide additional capacity just in time for Christmas travel and the general growing demand as we prepare to enter 2022. This initial working will be the 07.53 from Beverley, 15.08 from Hull, returning as the 11.48 & 18.48 from King’s Cross on a Friday, and on the Saturdays, the 08.24 from Hull and 11.48 from London. New HT managing director David Gibson said: “This represents a significant milestone for HT. Delivering the highest levels of service ever offered by HT will allow us to break back to profitability and drive the business forward strongly and with confidence.”