Rail operator Northern has published a new timetable that confirms the 6.07am and 6.33am services from Harrogate to Leeds will return from December.
Northern controversially axed the services earlier this year, blaming a lack of resources and the need to recruit and train more drivers.
It provoked a backlash from business travellers who relied on the services to get to London before 9am.
The operator had always promised that the services would return in December, which has now been confirmed with publication of the timetable.
Brian Dunsby, of the Harrogate Line Supporters Group, welcomed the announcement. He said:
He said:
“It is very encouraging that Northern has kept their promise to reinstate all the lost services that were cut out in May 2022, although they have not been able to bring any forward to September 2022 due to the ongoing industrial action.”
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