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Former Northern manager receives MBE in New Year's Honours
A former Northern manager, who dedicated fifty years to the railway industry, received an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.Phil began his career as an apprentice in 1961 and...
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Additional trains between Carlisle and Sellafield from Monday 9 January
Two additional trains will run (for a trial period) between Carlisle and Sellafield/Barrow. The services will be operated by Direct Rail Services (DRS) to provide additional seats for...
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Improvements to Customer Information Systems at Stations in Yorkshire
We are improving our customer information systems at stations today - Wednesday 18 January. Unfortunately, while this work takes place between 10am and 4pm, it will cause disruption to public...
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Northern welcomes additional carriages
From Monday 12 December, passengers through our five major urban centres will see more seats on peak time trains as we introduce 50 additional carriages across our network. The carriages are the...
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Fares will change on 2 January 2012
Our fares will rise by an average of 6.7% from 2 January 2012. This is the equivalent of around 20-30p per single journey and will help meet the costs of providing our services and go...
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Two million extra seats on peak time services
Two million extra seats are being provided over the next year at peak times targeting the busiest Northern Rail services.Since the start of the Northern Rail franchise in 2004, more and more people...
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Prime Minister visits our Newton Heath depot
Engineers at our Newton Heath depot received a very important guest yesterday as the Prime Minister paid them a visit to outline plans for electrification of the Transpennine route between...
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Public sector strike expected to affect trains in Newcastle and Sunderland
Trains between Sunderland and Newcastle are expected to be very busy on Wednesday 30 November as a result of a strike affecting Tyne and Wear Metro services. If you are intending to travel...
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Join the awareness train on World Aids Day
Northern will commemorate World Aids Day on 1 December by running The Awareness Train on our 12.13 York to Blackpool North service. The train will display a specially designed ‘header...
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Maryport eco-station refurbishment
Maryport station has become a new prototype eco-station and has been officially reopened following a £120,000 refurbishment. Solar panels, low energy lighting and sustainably...