Next stop Seaham as Grand Central to stop at East Durham town
All aboard! It’s now even easier to get from Sunderland to Seaham and onto London.
Tickets are now live for an extra stop on Grand Central’s Sunderland to London direct service.
Last year, the rail firm, which started Sunderland’s direct rail link to the capital in late 2007, submitted an application to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) which included ‘four daily calls at Seaham on Grand Central’s North East services’.
The bid was approved earlier this year, with Grand Central saying it will ‘provide passengers with a convenient direct connection to the capital’.
The link is the East Durham town’s first and only rail link to the Capital and increases the number of trains from Sunderland to Seaham, in addition to the existing Northern Rail service.
Grand Central passengers will be able to stop and alight at Seaham Train Station from December 14, with tickets now live.
Seaham businessman Andy Smith said it was great for the town.
“Not only does it increase the capacity for people from Sunderland coming back and forth from Seaham, especially in December, which is a busy period for businesses, it also means people from Seaham now have direct access to York and London,” said Andy who co-owns Slice Seaham and Londonderry’s bar and accommodation in the town.
He added: “And from someone from London, they can now travel direct to Seaham and be on the beach ten minutes from the station.”