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The latest news and information from Grand Central railway. Updates on our company, our community outreach and developments in the wider rail industry. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].

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Grand Central staff swap home comforts for sleeping bags to raise money for Centrepoint

Grand Central staff are grabbing their sleeping bags and hot water bottles and heading out into the cold, cold night in aid of charity Centrepoint later this month.

Colleagues from Grand Central will be taking part in the charity’s sleepouts in Sunderland (15 November) and Bradford (22…

View more15 November 2018
All aboard the spooky train!

Grand Central and Huddersfield Town Foundation managed to scare the daylights out of some local schoolchildren on its annual Spooky Train journey last week.

Thirty children from Healey Junior and Infant School in Batley wrote ghost stories to frighten their friends on the ride,…

View more05 November 2018
The Grand Build to recreate Adelante train using LEGO

Calling all Master Builders! Grand Central Rail is celebrating its Adelante refurbishment programme with a very special event this October half term – putting their trains among the ranks of world famous landmarks which have been recreated using LEGO®.

Grand Central is calling on young…

View more09 October 2018
Grand Central helps Brighouse Arts Festival go with a swing

Grand Central is delighted to be the principal supporter of this year’s Brighouse Arts Festival (5-14 October).

The festival features more than 40 of the highest quality cultural events, all taking place in the centre of Brighouse. Bringing together music, literature, art, theatre,…

View more04 October 2018
Grand Central rated Britain's best train company

Britain's favourite train company award

Grand Central has once again taken top…

View more22 June 2018
Grand Central's training day for budding Sowerby Bridge architects

The Hepworth Wakefield

Pupils from Trinity Academy in Sowerby Bridge will get…

View more21 June 2018
Do you want to be a Grand Central station ambassador?

This Volunteers Week (1-7 June), Grand Central is calling on more volunteers to help it expand its ambassadors network.

The Grand Central Station Ambassador Programme was piloted in the North East at Hartlepool and Eaglescliffe stations before being launched in Brighouse in 2014. Now…

View more01 June 2018
Grand Central submits application to run additional services on its North East and West Riding routes

Grand Central train at Lincoln

  • More trains per day
  • Direct journey…
View more15 May 2018
Grand Central goes the extra mile for employee wellbeing

Mental Health At Work Infographic

Grand Central has announced its 2018-…

View more14 May 2018