London North Eastern Railway are celebrating the 1st anniversary of their Azuma trains, which have replaced older trains on the ECML. To celebrate the anniversary, LNER is inviting people to name an Azuma train.
In the last 12 months, LNER Azumas have carried 4.5m passengers, and have travelled more than 5 million miles.
LNER says it wants its passengers to get creative and come up with names that reflect LNER's route.
The new names will be selected based on relevance to the route and will be applied to 10 Azuma trains.
LNER Managing Director David Horne said the first anniversary of Azuma in service is the perfect opportunity to include LNER customers and communities in the celebrations with the opportunity to name a train. “The LNER route that Azuma now travels is incredibly exciting, taking us from the misty Scottish Highlands to the city skyline of London and all of our destinations in between. We're proud to start the next stage of the Azuma journey by honouring our customers and the communities we serve with this opportunity to create history. This is our chance to take the Azuma fleet into the LNER history books by selecting the train names that will last a generation. We're excited to see the creativity of people from right along our route, and as LNER has quite a history of great train names, we very much welcome suggestions for this fantastic new fleet.”
Members of the public can enter their name suggestions by visiting www.lner.co.uk to submit a name for consideration by the panel.
Train name suggestions are open until 1st June 2020.
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