To accommodate ever-increasing numbers of passengers travelling by its trains, Hull Trains is now running extra and longer trains with ten carriages on its services from Wednesdays to Sundays.
The longer trains make 4,000 extra seats available each week, which the company has wanted to do for some time as it has been clear that there is a need for the extra seats, especially on Sundays.
With the additional and longer trains Hull Trains will be able to offer other services to its customers. To support the enhanced services, the company has recruited three On Board Managers and On Board hosts.
Increased passenger growth throughout last year was the driving factor to add extra services to its timetable, as a report by the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) released late last year showed that Hull Trains led the way among long-distance train operators, with 34% more journeys compared to the previous year.
Hull Trains now runs 28% more journeys than it did before the COVID-19 pandemic, which provides further evidence of the company's stability and strength.
The extra services and offers that Hull Trains are offering can be found by clicking here.
Louise Mendham, Service Delivery Director at Hull Trains, explained: “Since the start of last year, we have been carefully monitoring our 10 car trials and reviewing the structure of our timetable as a result of a significant increase in demand on our leisure market leading to this decision to introduce the new services.
“Introducing this extra capacity, especially on a Sunday, is something we've not been able to achieve before, and the additions will now bring an extra 4,000 seats per week for our customers. These changes will account for one of our biggest timetable transformations for capacity in our 23-year history.”
I think an hourly Hull – Kings Cross service is long overdue.
This is great news as before Christmas we travelled on a ten car and it was horrible full of Sheffield United fans from Doncaster train was that full.it was dangerous hopefully this will be better
Hull trains seem to be recovering better than other rail operators after the pandemic.
Recently, I went to a presentation by SSE at a village about twenty miles from Hull. I travelled by Hull Trains and then got a bus from the bus station next door.
Returning was no problem. Hull must have one of the best train/bus interchanges in the country, so is this a reason for them doing well, at a time when money is tight. Interchange between bus and train at Hull is perhaps five times better than it is at Manchester Piccadilly or Leeds.
I find it interesting, that their next destination is Sheffield, which also has a good bus/train interchange with added trams.