Support & information
- Customer services
- Monday-Sunday 07:00-22:00
- Primary phone
- 08457 225 333
- Address
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Customer Relations
East Coast
Freepost RSRJ-LJCX-GHST
Plymouth
PL4 6AB - customers@eastcoast.co.uk
- Note
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We welcome your feedback, suggestions and ideas to help us to make changes that can develop and grow our business.
- Lost property
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 09:00-16:00 Thursday, Friday 09:00-15:00
- Primary phone
- 01302 362175
- Alternate phone
- 08457 225 333
- Address
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East Coast Lost Property
Newark North Gate Station
Appleton Gate
Newark
NG24 1LS - Note
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If we find any item of lost property left on our trains or stations we will always do our best to contact the owner, where they can be identified. If you lose an item of property on one of our services, please contact our Customer Relations team or email us on the address below. If we find your lost property it will be kept ‘on hand’ at that station for ease of retrieval. After 24 hours, the property will be moved to our central lost property store, where it will be stored for 3 months and from where you will be able to collect it or have it sent to you. We normally charge a collection fee on these items to cover our administration costs.
- Assisted travel
- Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00 Sunday 10:00-20:00
- Primary phone
- 08457 225 225
- Alternate Minicom / Textphone
- 18001 08457 225 225 (For customers with hearing impairments)
- Address
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East Coast
PO Box 465
Plymouth
PL1 9DD - assisted.travel@eastcoast.co.uk
- Note
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Our ‘Disabled People’s Protection Policy’ (DPPP) sets out our approach to meeting the requirements of the Department for Transport’s Code of Practice, ‘Train & Station Services for Disabled Passengers’ and describes the arrangements for implementing our Policy. Copies are available at our staffed stations or via our Assisted Travel Helpline, email address or website.
Ticketing & fares
- Telesales
- Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00 Sunday 10:00-20:00
- Primary phone
- 08457 225 225
- Address
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East Coast
PO Box 465
Plymouth
PL1 9DD - Note
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Tickets delivered by First Class Post if booked within 5 working days of travel.
Next Day Special Delivery available for a £5.45 fee.
Ticket on Departure available to all National ToD Issuing locations.
- Group travel
- Monday-Friday 09:00-18:00
- Primary phone
- 08457 225 225
- Fax
- 08457 225 222
- Address
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East Coast
PO Box 465
Plymouth
PL1 9DD - Note
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If you are travelling in a group of 10 or more people we ask that you contact our Group Travel team, who will be able to direct you to trains with sufficient seats for your group and also advise you on the best value for money ticket option as you may qualify for a group discount on your tickets as well.
- Business travel
- No
- Seat reservations
- Yes
- Note
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Seat Reservations are free of charge on all East Coast Train services.
For more information visit www.eastcoast.co.uk
Seat Guarantee provides compensation to customers who have a seat reservation for a specific train journey and for whatever reason, cannot get a seat anywhere onboard that train. Full details can be founds at
http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/About-us/Passengers-Charter1/Seat-guarantee-scheme/
- Penalty fares note
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If you get on a train without a valid ticket at a station where the Travel Centre is open, or where a self-service ticket machine available and in working order, you will have to buy the full return fare for your journey. In these circumstances you will not be able to use a railcard on the train, unless you have a Disabled Persons Railcard. Where we discover fare evasion that amounts to deliberate fraud we always bring criminal proceedings. We are determined to stamp out fraudulent travel on our services because it is not fair on those who have paid; to safeguard both your safety and security; and to ensure funding for our investment schemes.
- Penalty fares apply
- No
Onboard facilities
- Cycle policy
- Yes
- Note
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East Coast welcomes cycles on its services and conveys them free of charge, provided it is safe to do. Standard Bicycles Space is limited and there is a maximum number of bikes we can carry on each service. Cycle reservations are compulsory on all of our trains: they are free of charge and should be made 24 hours before travel. Folding bicycles are welcome on all East Coast services and should be stowed in the luggage racks at the end of each coach. They must be folded before boarding and must not be reassembled until you have left the train. For more information and to make cycle reservations please contact us.
- Telephones
- No
Engineering work
- Service disruptions
- Engineering work between Sandy and Huntingdon on Sunday 15 April and until 05:30 on Monday 16 April 2012
- Engineering work between Lockerbie and Haymarket / Motherwell from 12:50 on Saturday 7 April until 10:45 on Monday 9 April 2012
- Engineering work between Stevenage and Royston / Biggleswade on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 April 2012
- Overnight engineering work between York and Newcastle from 00:15 until 05:15 Monday 2 April 2012
- Engineering work between Larbert and Polmont / Croy on Sunday 1 April 2012
- Engineering work between Linlithgow and Falkirk Grahamston on Sunday 25 March 2012
- Engineering work between Hitchin and Biggleswade from 22:00 on Saturday 24 until 12:30 on Sunday 25 March 2012
- Overnight engineering work between York and Doncaster from 22:00 on Saturday 24 until 10:00 on Sunday 25 March 2012
- Engineering work between Selby and Hull on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 March 2012
- Overnight engineering work between York and Leeds from Monday 19 to Friday 23 March 2012
- Engineering work between Polmont and Falkirk Grahamston on Sunday 18 March 2012
- Engineering work between Hitchin and Biggleswade from 22:00 on Saturday 17 until 12:30 on Sunday 18 March 2012
- Engineering work between Selby and Hull on Saturday 17 Sunday 18 March 2012
- Overnight engineering work between York and Leeds from Monday 12 to Friday 15 March 2012
- Engineering work between Selby and Hull on Sunday 11 March 2012
- Engineering work between Hitchin and Biggleswade from 22:00 on Saturday 10 until 12:30 on Sunday 11 March 2012
- Engineering work between Hull and Selby on Saturday 10 March 2012
- Engineering work between Selby and Wressle on Sunday 4 March 2012
- Engineering work between Hitchin and St Neots from 22:00 Saturday 3 until 12:30 Sunday 4 March 2012
- Engineering work between Inverkeithing and Kirkcaldy on Sunday 26 February 2012
- Engineering work between Retford and Doncaster from 13:00 on Saturday 25 until 12:00 on Sunday 26 February 2012
- Engineering work between Finsbury Park and New Barnet / Bowes Park until 10:30 on Sunday 19 February 2012
- Engineering work between Inverkeithing and Kirkcaldy on Sunday 19 February 2012
- Engineering work between Retford and Doncaster from 13:00 on Saturday 18 until 12:00 on Sunday 19 February 2012
- Engineering work between Inverkeithing and Kirkcaldy on Sunday 12 February 2012
- Engineering work between Thirsk and Northallerton on Sunday 12 February 2012
- Engineering work between Finsbury Park and New Barnet until 10:15 on Sunday 12 February 2012
- Overnight engineering work affecting East Coast services from Monday 06 to Friday 10 February 2012