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East Coast Main Line: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason LNER has withdrawn its London to Sunderland services from the East Coast Main Line timetable.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason LNER has withdrawn its London to Sunderland services from the East Coast Main Line timetable.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    The recast timetable being implemented in December 2025 can no longer accommodate the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service. This was made clear in the 2021 consultation.The new December 2025 East Coast Timetable change will see additional services ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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