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Grand Union hopeful for Stirling-London approval

Finally after waiting since 2021 rail regulator ORR has approved Grand Union’s Stirling-London service via the WCML.

It’s the first time that incumbent Avanti West Coast will have faced competition (also Virgin Trains which held a WCML monopoly).

I had suspected Grand Union would soon gain approval because recently LNER said it was scrapping its direct Stirling-London service via the ECML. However LNER will will retain its long-standing Inverness-London service via ECML (which stops en route in Stirling).

Today we've given the go-ahead for Grand Union Trains to start a new train service between London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and the city of Stirling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from June 2025.

More details ➡ https://t.co/GqsXHnrA6Z pic.twitter.com/qILMf44Bsg

— ORR (@railandroad) March 7, 2024

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