On, the first trial runs of the company's Class 803 high speed multiple units on the national rail network were conducted. During June 2022, it was announced that Martijn Gilbert had been appointed as the new managing director for both Lumo and Hull Trains, succeeding Phil Cameron and David Gibson respectively. Two months later, Lumo moved to its permanent headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne.
In September 2021, the company's launch was confirmed alongside the adoption of the Lumo brand, which was described by the company as a combination of luminosity (Lu) and motion (mo). It was acknowledged at the time of the application's granting that services were not expected to commence until 2021 as to allow the new operator to acquire new-build rolling stock.
It would be the third such open access operator on the East Coast Main Line, the prior two being Hull Trains and Grand Central. ĭuring May 2016, the ORR granted a ten-year track access agreement to the FirstGroup subsidiary East Coast Trains Limited, under which it would be allowed to operate up to five services in each direction from May 2021. A competing application from Alliance Rail Holdings was also submitted, but was rejected by the ORR after the revenue abstraction from VTEC had been estimated at £115 million in comparison, FirstGroup's proposal was predicted to result in £7.9 million of abstracted revenue. Under this plan, FirstGroup proposed to directly compete with existing road, rail and air services by offering all- standard class seating with an average ticket price of approximately £25. Lumo refers to itself as being a “digital-first” operator, practising paperless ticketing and seeking to make booking tickets as easy as possible.ĭuring 2015, in response to an announcement by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) that it would be allowing open-access operators to bid for additional rail paths on the East Coast Main Line in addition to those of the existing franchised operator Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC), the British transport conglomerate FirstGroup submitted a proposal to operate services between London and Edinburgh.
Onboard catering is available, consisting of an at-seat trolley service, while an identical all-standard class 2-by-2 seating arrangement is present in every carriage. Initial operations involved the running of two trains per day in each direction on most week days this was expanded to five trains per day by early 2022. Lumo's inaugural service was conducted on 25 October 2021. During March 2019, a £100 million order for five Class 803 electric multiple unit high speed trains was placed to operate Lumo's services. In May 2016, the ORR granted a ten-year track access agreement to the FirstGroup subsidiary East Coast Trains Limited, which would later be rebranded as Lumo. It faced competition from Alliance Rail Holdings, whose bid was rejected due to high estimated revenue abstraction from the existing franchised operator. Lumo originated in 2015 with the submission of a bid by FirstGroup to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to establish a new open-access operator to use additional rail paths on East Coast Main Line. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne. Lumo is a British open-access operator owned by FirstGroup that operates passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley.
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