ĭuring May 2016, the ORR granted a ten-year track access agreement to the FirstGroup subsidiary East Coast Trains Limited, under which it would be allowed to operate up to five services in each direction from May 2021. A competing application from Alliance Rail Holdings was also submitted, but was rejected by the ORR after the revenue abstraction from LNER had been estimated at £115 million in comparison, FirstGroup's proposal was predicted to result in £7.9 million of abstracted revenue. Under this plan, FirstGroup proposed to directly compete with existing road, rail and air services by offering all- standard class seating with an average ticket price of approximately £25. Lumo refers to itself as being a “digital-first” operator, practicing paperless ticketing and seeking to make booking tickets as easy as possible.ĭuring 2015, in response to an announcement by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) that it would be allowing open-access operators to bid for additional rail paths on the East Coast Main Line in addition to those of the existing franchised operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER), the British transport conglomerate FirstGroup submitted a proposal to operate services between London and Edinburgh. Onboard catering is available, consisting of an at-seat trolley service, while an identical all-standard class 2-by-2 seating arrangement is present in every carriage. The company has promoted itself as a low cost operator, having promised that 60% of fares would be offered for no more than £30. Initial operations involved the running of two trains per day in each direction on most week days this was expanded to five trains per day by early 2022.
During March 2019, a £100 million order for five Class 803 electric multiple unit high speed trains was placed to operate Lumo's services.ĭuring September 2021, Lumo's launch was confirmed on 25 October 2021, the inaugural service was conducted. In May 2016, the ORR granted a ten-year track access agreement to the FirstGroup subsidiary East Coast Trains Limited, which would later be rebranded as Lumo. It faced competition from Alliance Rail Holdings, whose bid was rejected due to high estimated revenue abstraction from existing franchised operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER). Lumo originated in 2015 with the submission of a bid by FirstGroup to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to establish a new open-access operator to use additional rail paths on East Coast Main Line. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne. Lumo is a British open-access operator owned by FirstGroup that operates passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley.
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