Hull Trains

Hull to London and back for £1 on Hull Trains
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date 15 July 2001
source Hull Trains
type Press release

note HT10/01

Hull Trains has an offer to beat all offers this summer with a £1 return fare to London.

Via a postal draw, Hull Trains are offering the sale of 200 Standard Class, return tickets. A limited number of seats will be made available on each of the three services per day except those on Sundays. The £1 fare will apply from all stations on route to London – Hull, Brough, Selby or Doncaster with no concessions available.

The seats normally cost £78 standard open return, £49 on a standard saver return, £35 super advance or £25 apex return.

This offer is subject to availability only through the postal draw only, with a maximum of two tickets per household. Customers should be aware that popular train services are more likely to be booked up first.

To apply for tickets, send a postcard stating your name, address, daytime contact number and preferred date and time of travel and send to Hull Trains’ £1 Promotion, Premier House, Ferensway. Applications will be received by post up to and including the 31st of July 2001.

Successful applicants will be drawn at random and contacted by telephone to arrange time and date of travel.

Clive Gossop, general manager Hull Trains says:

“We are a new, privately run company offering a fast, direct, high quality service at a competitive price to and from the capital. This £1 fare is designed to increase awareness of our excellent train services and enable the public to participate in a great summer promotion.”

DATE OF TRAVEL 1ST – 31ST AUGUST 2001

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL: promotions@hulltrains.co.uk

ABOUT HULL TRAINS
Hull Trains launched in September 2000 and is providing three direct trains per day from Hull to London King’s Cross and return, six days per week, and two direct trains in both directions on Sundays. It is planned to achieve a 2 hourly service, then an hourly service as quickly as possible in the future. Journey time is just over three hours. Hull Trains stop at Brough, Selby, Doncaster, Grantham and London King’s Cross. All trains are equipped with the latest facilities for disabled passengers and provide a smooth and comfortable journey to the capital. Snacks are available on all trains.

ABOUT HULL
Hull is the pioneering city. It is vigorously pursuing its vision of becoming a Top 10 UK city through £1 billion investment and by raising expectations in all areas of city life.

Major projects are underway including The Deep World Ocean Discovery Centre, a £40m visitor attraction and research centre with the world’s deepest viewing tunnel and Europe’s deepest tank; the £43m 25,000-seat Community Super Stadium and the £150m redevelopment of Ferensway, the first fully integrated transport interchange system and the second largest urban regeneration project in the UK.

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