A new First Hull Trains timetable due to come into effect in May 2011, will see a number of the companies 90 services a week arriving at their destination in under or around two hours and 30 minutes for the very first time.
The revised timetable, which is good news for travellers, has been changed slightly with First Hull Trains benefitting on some services due to better access on the 205 mile route between Hull and London King’s Cross.
The changes will also see more consistent clockface scheduling with the first two trains in the morning leaving Hull at twenty-five past the hour, the next two leaving at thirty past the hour and the final three in the day leaving at ten past the hour.
With the exception of the first and last two trains of the day departing London, all other services will leave at forty-eight past the hour.
David Townend, sales and marketing manager, said:
“The new timetable is the result of a huge amount of hard work between our performance and planning team and Network Rail. We are really pleased, 11 years on from our launch, that we continuing to improve journey times to this extent.”
Local rail development consultant, David Walford, said:
“First Hull Trains has spent more than £2m refurbishing its trains, reliability and punctuality continues to improve and in May WiFi will be introduced alongside a new range of products as the company revamps its menu offering.
“Journey time improvements really are the icing on the cake. It is great to see our long distance local train operating company continually improving in this way.
“First Hull Trains’ success is intrinsically linked to the region’s socio-economic growth and the company has had a huge impact in this respect. It has been a massive boost in the Hull and Humber area and beyond.”
