If anyone needs a train option let me know.
My mate has his own line manager at LNER and is currently arranging rail travel …
… this was his email to me if it makes sense.
Maureen / Mike / Richard
I’ve just spoken to Mike and he’s asked me to send an email outlining the details best I can.
I’m working on the basis of 250 return tickets (it may very well be more) from Newcastle/Durham to London Kings Cross outward journey Friday 23rd May returning 25th May. There will be some 1st class tickets required within the booking.
Given the numbers we’d be requiring, travel would be spread over all day on both the Friday and Sunday.
To help keep costs down and to ease congestion for yourselves we’d be more than happy to travel on the short service to York, change at York on to the stopping service from York.
I also have some people who are stopping in Peterborough etc.
It’ll be a mix of adults and children, heavily weighted towards adults.
In all fairness I’d say very few will have railcards and given the numbers and the complexity it’s probably not even worth bothering about from my point of view.
I’d say that we would be looking at spreading the group out from say the 09:43 departure from Newcastle on the Friday, for the rest of the day as people are at work, school, university etc.
On the Sunday we’d be more than happy to travel at whatever times (within reason) to assist with passenger loadings etc.
There will be a number of people wanting to travel on the Saturday morning (earliest possible departures).
There’s a very small number who would be trying to return on the last service of the day on the Saturday, but I don’t think that’ll be possible so I’d be trying to steer people away from that.
As always thank you for all your help and hopefully we can get this all sorted.
Any queries at all please give me a call.