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Hull Trains〔(Companies House extract company no 3715410 ) Hull Trains Company Limited〕 is an open access operator in England owned by FirstGroup and two former British Rail managers.〔(FirstGroup Annual Report 31 March 2012 )〕 It operates long-distance services between Hull/Beverley and London King's Cross. It has a track-access agreement until December 2019. ==History== In 1999, there was only one through train per day each way between Hull and London King's Cross, GNER's ''Hull Executive''. In May 1999, former British Rail managers Mike Jones and John Nelson through their Renaissance Trains business, lodged an application to operate an open access service.〔"New operator plans London-Hull trains" ''Rail'' issue 357 19 May 1999 page 5〕 A joint venture was formed with GB Railways taking an 80% shareholding and Jones and Nelson each holding 10%.〔"Joint venture for London-Hull trains" ''Rail'' issue 365 8 September 1999 page 8〕〔"Renaissance and GB Railways join to form Hull Trains Co" ''Railway Express'' issue 41 October 1999 page 7〕 In December 1999, a four-year track access agreement was granted by the Office of Rail Regulation with operations commencing on 25 September 2000.〔"Hull Trains - Three services just the start" ''Rail'' issue 374 12 January 2000 page 5〕〔"New link launched from Hull to London" ''Rail'' issue 392 20 September 2000 page 14〕〔(Happy 10th Birthday for Hull Trains ) ''Rail Express'' 23 September 2010〕 In September 2002, the access agreement was extended for ten years.〔(Ten Year Access Granted ) Hull Trains 18 June 2002〕 In August 2003, GB Railway's shareholding was included in the sale of the business to FirstGroup.〔Hull Trains Company Limited Annual Accounts 2002〕〔(GB Rail Offer Unconditional ) FirstGroup 14 August 2003〕〔"First Group buys GB for $22million" ''The Railway Magazine'' issue 1229 September 2003 page 10〕〔"GB Railways is bought by First Group for £22 million" ''Railway Express'' issue 88 September 2003 page 8〕 In June 2008, Hull Trains was rebranded as First Hull Trains, adopting FirstGroup's corporate blue, pink and white colours.〔(The Pioneer Issue seven ). First Hull Trains Magazine Spring 2008.〕 In January 2009, the access rights were extended until December 2014,〔(ORR announces its proposed decision on East Coast Main Line track access applications ) Office of Rail Regulation 29 January 2009〕 and in February 2010 was further extended until December 2016.〔(ORR Approves East Coast Main Line track access applications ) Office of Rail Regulation 11 February 2010〕 It has since been extended until December 2019.〔(First Hull Trains records a record year and secures three year extension to run services until 2019 ) First Hull Trains 20 January 2015〕 In 2015, it resumed trading as Hull Trains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hull Trains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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