Grand Union

At Grand Union we are passionate about Britains railways. We are committed to the traditional values of providing a high-quality customer service and comfortable journey experiences at a fair price. Grand Union has been founded with the primary aim of providing a new customer-focused standard of train service, which challenges and changes the curre... nt passenger experience. By providing greater passenger choice through competition with existing franchise holders, new journey opportunities that in turn deliver wider economic benefits, and value for money for rail users and taxpayers, we are confident we can achieve this. As an independent company, Grand Union has submitted its application for a passenger track access agreement requesting to operate a service on the Cardiff to London route. In August 2019, Grand Union resubmitted its application , proposing an extended service from Cardiff Central to Llanelli. Grand Union has also advised the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) of its intention to operate a service between Stirling and London via the West Coast Main Line. Our people are railway people to the core. Steeped in the history and traditional values of the railways, our founders bring over 100 years of experience on British railways to this project. They have been at the cutting edge of change throughout their careers and are passionate about creating a service that reflects traditional railway values while meeting the demands of 21st century passengers. Ian Yeowart has been in the forefront of delivering improved rail services for passengers during his time with British Rail, and within the privatised system by delivering new competitive rail services through open access. Ian founded and developed Grand Central in 1999, which operates new and competitive rail services from Sunderland and along the East Coast through York, and from West Yorkshire through Doncaster to London Kings Cross. Ian also founded Alliance Rail Holdings in 2009, whose GNWR services were given permission in 2018 to operate from Blackpool ...Read More