LNER's Sunderland-London train service to be scrapped
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Passengers will be losing out on a direct link to the capital after rail operator LNER announced it is scrapping its Sunderland to Kings Cross service ‘due to low passenger numbers and a lack of trains’. The service will instead start from Newcastle. The Sunderland-London route began in 2015, but LNER say it has always had low ticket sales. The announcements ends three years of speculation. Critics say unsociable journey times are behind the lack of interest. The LNER train leaves Sunderland at...

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