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FirstGroup explains why it chose Hereford for next Lumo plan as it provides more details


25/06/2025 in News
A Great Western Railway IET enters Hereford station on March 5 2022, prior to working a service to Paddington via Worcester and Oxford. Lumo trains would head south from Hereford and reach London via Abergavenny and Bristol Parkway. JACK BOSKETT.

A Great Western Railway IET enters Hereford station on March 5 2022, prior to working a service to Paddington via Worcester and Oxford. Lumo trains would head south from Hereford and reach London via Abergavenny and Bristol Parkway. JACK BOSKETT.

FirstGroup’s proposed open access service to Hereford will form part of its Carmarthen operation, the company has told RAIL.




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