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Edinburgh Live
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Oasis-themed train service from Edinburgh to London set to mark reunion tour
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info The details of the Oasis-themed LNER service from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross has been revealed. To mark the rock band's long-awaited return, the trainline has organised the extra special service so that their customers can travel in style to Oasis's first concert in over a decade in London later this month. The 09:00 service from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross on Friday 25 July will feature a special Oasis-themed design on the cab of its named 'LNER She's Electric' service. Calling at several stations on its way to the capital, fans travelling from Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, Northallerton, York, Doncaster, Newark Northgate and Peterborough will also be able to join in the fun. And customers who are willing to roll with it will also have the opportunity to join in on some Oasis-themed activities. Stuart Thomas, Communications Director at LNER, said: "Our Masterplan is for our customers to feel like a Rock'n'Roll Star, and they certainly will on the She's Electric service. "The train has already proved incredibly popular, and for those who managed to get a ticket onboard, we're promising even more surprises on the day as we head to London faster than a cannonball!'
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Extra LNER trains set to help Nottingham Forest fans reach FA Cup semi-final
A train firm has said it will run extra services on Sunday to help Nottingham Forest fans heading to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester supporters had been warned of travel disruption caused by long-planned essential engineering works resulting in limited services for those travelling to see the Rail and East Midlands Railway (EMR) said trains between Nottingham and London St Pancras would be "extremely busy" with passengers likely to have to London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has now said it would be running extra trains between Newark, Grantham and King's Cross on matchday. LNER's communications director Stuart Thomas said: "We're adding in an extra train from Newark and from Grantham and then an extra train in the evening back from King's Cross as well."Mr Thomas said some LNER services that would not normally stop at Newark and Grantham would do so on the extra services, Mr Thomas said LNER trains were also expected to be busy - particularly with the London Marathon also taking place on said: "We'd advise everyone to make sure they've got a ticket to get a seat reserved in advance."When Newcastle were at Wembley a few weeks ago, we saw lots of people travelling a day or two earlier, making a long weekend of it."We'd certainly encourage people to consider doing that if they can, because it spreads out the travel and means we can take even more fans to the semi-final." Network Rail said EMR services from Nottingham would be affected by long-scheduled essential engineering on the Thameslink Matthews, operations director for Network Rail in the East Midlands, apologised and added that the tunnel was "very heavily used and needs regular maintenance" to keep trains running safely and reliably."Unfortunately work like this is planned many months and even years in advance to make sure that alternative routes are available," he said. "We've changed planned work in the Nottingham area which will allow EMR to start running services earlier in the day direct to and from Nottingham. Network Rail and EMR said St Pancras station would be very busy on Sunday with some platforms closed for engineering fan Steve Sheppard, who has a ticket for the semi-final, said: "Obviously we've got to do engineering work but it's going to make it so difficult."I know supporters are going to places like Derby, Newark and Grantham to try and beat the traffic but it's going to be difficult."
