{"id":291644,"date":"2025-09-26T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=183127"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:24:09","slug":"hull-trains-celebrates-25-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=291644","title":{"rendered":"Hull Trains celebrates 25 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/hull-trains-celebrates-25-years-of-service\/\" title=\"Hull Trains celebrates 25 years of service\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26092256\/Hull-Trains-25-Years-Hull-Trains-1-485x360.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26092256\/Hull-Trains-25-Years-Hull-Trains-1-485x360.png 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26092256\/Hull-Trains-25-Years-Hull-Trains-1-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open access operator Hull Trains is celebrating 25 years of serving customers and communities along the East Coast Main Line.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the milestone, the operator has unveiled a special video, which looks back on its proud record serving the communities along the East Coast route. One of its modern bi-mode Hitachi trains now features an eye-catching 25th anniversary design.<\/p>\n<p>The operator offers a total of eight direct weekday train services, connecting Hull with destinations including Doncaster, Grantham, Selby, and London King\u2019s Cross. Before  launching its services on 25th September 2000, there was just one train per day in each direction.<\/p>\n<p>The Hull-based company is currently offering celebratory \u00a325 fares across some services between Hull and London for travel during January and February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The operator\u2019s combination of sustainability with affordable fares, excellent customer service, and support for local communities, has proven to be a winning formula as it continues to go from strength to strength.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Mendham, service delivery director, Hull Trains, commented: \u201cAt the heart of Hull Trains\u2019 success is our passion for our customers and we\u2019re honoured to have been a part of their lives for 25 years. We may have expanded our services over the years, but I\u2019m proud that we\u2019ve never lost the East Yorkshire charm that really sets Hull Trains apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to personally thank our dedicated colleagues who are committed to delivering first class customer service every single day. We look forward to connecting East Yorkshire with the capital for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Hull Trains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/hull-trains-celebrates-25-years-of-service\/\" title=\"Hull Trains celebrates 25 years of service\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26092256\/Hull-Trains-25-Years-Hull-Trains-1-485x360.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Open access operator Hull Trains is celebrating 25 years of serving customers and communities along the East Coast Main Line. To mark the milestone, the operator has unveiled a special video, which looks back on its proud record serving the communities along the East Coast route. One of its modern bi-mode Hitachi trains now features [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16017,47,16016,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","category-rail-news","category-train-operating-companies","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291645,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291644\/revisions\/291645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}