https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/east coast/ East Coast News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-19T09:22:47+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-employ-the-uks-first-writer-in-residence-on-a-train/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-employ-the-uks-first-writer-in-residence-on-a-train/ East Coast has teamed up with crime author Julia Crouch to become the UK’s first writer-in-residence on-board a train. Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:00:49 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-services-resume-between-london-and-edinburgh/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-services-resume-between-london-and-edinburgh/ Train operator East Coast has confirmed that an hourly service is now operating in both directions from 29 June 2012 between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:00:45 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-celebrates-the-best-of-british-on-its-one-year-anniversary/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-celebrates-the-best-of-british-on-its-one-year-anniversary/ East Coast is celebrating an anniversary of its own – the first birthday of its timetable and First Class complimentary food and drink service. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:00:09 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/from-track-to-train-olympian-immortalised-in-rail-tribute/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/from-track-to-train-olympian-immortalised-in-rail-tribute/ Olympian and gold medallist Jonathan Edwards came face-to-face with his alter ego at London King’s Cross Station - a life-sized sculpture commissioned by East Coast made entirely from used train parts. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:00:23 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-thanks-passengers-for-helping-to-raise-10000/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-thanks-passengers-for-helping-to-raise-10000/ Train company East Coast is thanking thousands of passengers who helped raise £10,000 in just one day to make a difference to children living on the streets. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:00:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/go-mad-with-east-coast/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/go-mad-with-east-coast/ Train firm’s top team going ‘back to the floor’ to raise cash for homeless youngsters. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:00:01 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-launches-new-wi-fi-welcome-page/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-launches-new-wi-fi-welcome-page/ Train operator East Coast today launches a new welcome page for its popular Wi-Fi service – the first of its kind in the UK rail industry – placing live travel and connections information at passengers’ fingertips. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:00:20 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rail-travellers-get-specialist-london-2012-olympics-sites/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rail-travellers-get-specialist-london-2012-olympics-sites/ Sports fans travelling to the UK for the London 2012 Olympic Games are to be offered a unique website allowing them to book up to a year in advance. Also in Europe today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to London. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:22:56 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/uk-rail-and-tube-closure-hit-bank-holiday-weekend/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/uk-rail-and-tube-closure-hit-bank-holiday-weekend/ Engineers have been working through the night to restore East Coast Main Line services following overhead power cable damage that has caused chaos for rail commuters in the UK during the busy bank holiday weekend. Sun, 29 May 2011 10:23:07 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-reveals-surge-in-passengers/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-reveals-surge-in-passengers/ East Coast is welcoming latest statistics which show how its trains are winning the battle for custom against the airlines on its key Edinburgh and Newcastle to London routes. Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:16:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-launches-ticket-giveaway/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-launches-ticket-giveaway/ Train operator East Coast has launched a special ticket giveaway aimed at attracting new customers to its services between Newcastle and London, following an airline’s decision to scrap its competing flights. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:29:15 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-customers-asked-to-print-their-own/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/east-coast-customers-asked-to-print-their-own/ Following the lead of low-cost airlines around the world, East Coast have introduced ‘print your own’ tickets. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:41:40 +0000