At one stage during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it looked as though open access operator Grand Central (owned by Arriva) was not going to restart operations after ceasing to operate all of its services. However, in the last few weeks, it has restarted its services on the ECML. Here, 180114 heads south working the 08.44 Sunderland to King's Cross service. Unfortunately, GC has announced that it has abandoned its plans to operate some services on the WCML despite all the work put in and the obvious cash outlay, see.....
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