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RAIL SERVICES VIA BRIGHOUSE RETURN TO NORMAL
27th March 2008
Northern Rail services via Brighouse are set to resume their normal timetables from Monday 31 March as Network Rail completes work to stabilise an embankment at Elland.
As a result of damage caused during severe weather in January a temporary timetable of train and bus services had been in operation on the following routes:
Leeds – Dewsbury – Brighouse – Hebden Bridge
Leeds – Bradford – Halifax – Brighouse – Huddersfield - Wakefield
Following completion of the stabilisation work both routes will return to their normal train timetables on Monday 31 March.
Steve Butcher, Area Director East, Northern Rail said: “I’d like to thank passengers for their patience while our temporary timetable has been in operation. In December we introduced more frequent services on the Calder Valley line and we’re delighted customers will be able to take advantage of these again from Monday.”
Neil Henry, Area General Manager for Network Rail, added: "This has been an enormous job for our engineers involving a number of challenges - including getting access to the site and battling the elements. There is still work to be done but we will complete this around rail services. I would like to add my thanks to passengers for their patience over the past weeks."
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Northern Rail is the biggest train operator in Britain, providing 2,500 local and regional train services every day across the north of England, serving a population of nearly 15m. We are now carrying 78.5 million passengers a year, 23% more than when we started our franchise in December 2004.
Northern Rail is owned by Serco-NedRailways, a joint venture established in 2002 that combines Serco’s world-class service credentials and NedRailways’ unrivalled rail industry expertise. Serco has run the highly successful Docklands Light Railway since 1997 while NedRailways’ parent, NS Dutch Railways, carries over 1.1 million passengers every day in the Netherlands.
In addition to Northern Rail, Serco-NedRailways has the 25-year concession for Merseyrail, which provides urban train services in Merseyside.
Recent Northern honours
Rail Business of the Year and Train Operator of the Year – HSBC Rail Business Awards 2007
Public Transport Operator of the Year - National Transport Awards 2007
Winners – Example of Excellence in Rural Action, Business in the Community Awards 2007
Overall Winners - Community Rail Awards 2007
