A week on Sunday (14 December), London North Eastern Railway (LNER) will introduce a new timetable that it describes as “the biggest uplift in rail services in more than a decade on the East Coast Main Line”.
Beginning a week on Sunday (14 December 2025), passengers in South East England will be able to pay their fares using contactless pay-as-you-go at thirty more stations. This follows 21 stations ‘going live’ with the technology in the region last month.
The Office of Rail and Road has announced that they have given Avanti West Coast permission to run its early morning Manchester to London service with passengers.