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Platform to paradise: LNER reveals the UK’s best beaches to visit by train this summer

New research from LNER has revealed some of the UK’s best beaches to visit by train this summer, spotlighting coastal escapes that can be reached via LNER services and simple onward connections.

Paul Doughty, LNER and Sheriff of York in York Mansion House

The Railway Sheriff: York Ambassador Paul Doughty Takes Pride In Serving Customers And His City

LNER employs dozens of brilliant, hard-working and dedicated travel consultants along its East Coast route between Edinburgh and London, but few can lay claim to a role quite as distinctive as Paul Doughty’s. Alongside his part-time role at the travel centre at York Railway Station, Paul also serves as the current Sheriff of York, one of the city’s most historic and ceremonial public offices. 

Treeva Turbines at Craigentinny as LNER Azuma passes

Power from passing trains: LNER and Treeva put turbines next to the track in a UK first

LNER and clean energy infrastructure experts Treeva are pioneering a UK rail first, capturing energy from turbulent airflow and turning it into clean, renewable energy.