Between 06:00 and 17:00 on Mondays to Saturdays trains depart from Glasgow every other hour.
There are fewer services on Sundays as the usual first three trains of the day aren't available.
A mix of 125 and Voyager trains are used on this route, but there is no means of working out which of these trains will be used on the departure you will be travelling by.
On Mondays to Saturdays one of
the trains is provided by LNER and it is usually due to depart from Glasgow at 06:48.
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Final Destination: Penzance or Plymouth or Bristol or Birmingham (or London King's Cross)
All trains also call at: Durham and Darlington
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Type of Scenery: Coast
Senic Rating: ***
For much of the train ride between Glasgow and Leeds the railway lives up to its name of the '
The East Coast Mainline'.
This train journey has four distinct phases:
(1) Between Motherwell and Edinburgh much of the journey is through rolling Scottish farm land.
(2) Then between Edinburgh and Alnmouth the railway is often beside the coast.
The sea views kick in before the train has even left Edinburgh behind - and they intially continue until south of Dunbar.
To the north of Berwick-upon-Tweed the train will travel across the clifftops as it crosses the border into England - these are the most dramatic coastal views on the journey (though they are tricky to photograph).
Minutes after the train has passed through Berwick-upon-Tweed, the next highlight is the view from the majestic
Royal Border Bridge.
Between there and Alnmouth there are views on the left over the dramatic Northumberland coast.
(3) Between Alnmouth and Darlington the railway snakes its way through the towns and cities of north-east England, and just before Newcastle station on the left there are views of the city's iconic Tyne Bridge
The next highlight of the journey is the passage over the River Tyne, as the train departs from Newcastle Central station and heads over the
King Edward VII Bridge.
Looking to the left, five other bridges that span the river can be seen.
Around 15 mins after leaving Newcastle comes the final highlight of the journey - the stunning views over the city of Durham.
Over on the left before and after the station, the town's stunning
castle and
cathedral can be clearly seen in all their glory.
(4) The train will attain the highest speeds of the journey as it races across the flat landscape between Darlington and York.
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If when you board, you discover that your assigned seat(s) are on the right-hand side of the train, when facing the direction of travel, see if you can find available seats on the left of the train.
If you move to a different seat(s) it won't affect the validity of your ticket.
The sea views on this journey are on the left.
If your ticket(s) don't include reserved seats, then try to choose seats on the left - when facing the direction of travel.
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More general information about travelling by train in England, Scotland and Wales is available on this
guide to British train travel.
