Competition is about to begin on the railway from London Euston to Scotland . From 25 May, the “open-access” operator, Lumo, will begin services from Stirling in central Scotland to the English capital. The first train departs Stirling at 8.50am, with the initial northbound departure at 4.36pm. Fares will start at under £30 each way. Only standard class is available. The new service will also call at three Scottish stations – Larbert, Greenfaulds (serving Cumbernauld), Whifflet (serving Coatbridge) – that never had direct trains to and from London. Lumo will also serve Motherwell and Lockerbie, south of Glasgow, and the English stations of Carlisle, Preston, Crewe, Nuneaton and Milton Keynes Central en route to London. Stuart Jones, managing director of First Rail Open Access, said: “This is a very exciting moment in our journey to launching a pioneering new service for the West Coast.…