GNER

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GNER (Great North Eastern Railway) was a British train operating company that ran long-distance passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East, and Scotland from the mid-1990s until the late 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company
train operating company
brandingColor dark blue
red
ceasedTrading December 2007
country United Kingdom
endOfOperation 2007
franchise InterCity East Coast franchise
fullName Great North Eastern Railway
headquartersLocation York
introduced GNER Mallard high-speed services
laterFranchiseAuthority Department for Transport
Strategic Rail Authority
lostFranchiseDueTo financial difficulties of parent company
notableEvent franchise cut short and replaced by management contract in 2006
operatedOn East Coast Main Line
operatedRollingStock Class 43 power car
linked to: Class 43 locomotive

Class 91 locomotive
InterCity 125
InterCity 225
Mark 4 coach
operatedService London Kings Cross to Aberdeen
London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
London Kings Cross to Glasgow Central
London Kings Cross to Inverness
London Kings Cross to Leeds
London Kings Cross to Newcastle
operatedStation Edinburgh Waverley
London Kings Cross
Newcastle
York
parentCompany Sea Containers
predecessor British Rail InterCity East Coast
railFranchiseAwardedBy Office of Passenger Rail Franchising
safetyRecord no major fatal accidents during franchise
servedFrom London
linked to: London, England
servedRegion East Midlands
North East England
Scotland
Yorkshire
serviceType long-distance passenger services
startOfOperation 1996
successor National Express East Coast
ticketingSystem inter-available rail tickets on East Coast Main Line

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