About Us

Facts and Figures

East Coast runs 155 services per weekday, an increase from the 100 operated when it started in 1996, and around 102 services on Saturdays and 99 on Sundays. It carried 18.2 million passengers in 2010,
East Coast operates on routes totalling 936 miles, from Inverness and Aberdeen in the north of Scotland, to London. The principal operating line is the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh.
The longest journey is between Inverness and London, a distance of 580.56 miles.
Approximately 70% of East Coast's passengers start or finish their journey at London King’s Cross station.
East Coast has 43 trains; 30 electric trains, called Mallards, and 13 diesel trains, known as HSTs (High Speed Trains).
East Coast was the first UK train route to offer wireless internet on a moving rail vehicle. East Coast makes this service available to customers in both First and Standard Class.
East Coast has 2,800 employees at stations, depots and offices from Inverness to London. Its headquarters is in York.
More people travel from Leeds to London, and from London to Leeds, than on any other southbound or northbound long-distance journey with East Coast.