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08
Nov
2011
Northern rides to success in Cycle Rail Awards

Northern rides to success in Cycle Rail Awards

Northern is celebrating again thanks to success at this year’s ATOC Cycle Rail Awards, winning three of the top accolades. Northern’s Ian Hall scooped the Cycling Champion award, with...

04
Nov
2011
Manchester station manager wins top industry award

Manchester station manager wins top industry award

Manchester Victoria's station manager has won the Rail Manager of the Year title at the RailStaff Awards. Stephen Green from Northern beat off stiff competition from around the UK to take the...

24
Oct
2011
Grimsby students' design to be seen by thousands

Grimsby students' design to be seen by thousands

Students from Franklin College in Grimsby launched Northern's latest marketing campaign, which sees their poster design displayed at 11 stations across Yorkshire, in view of 50,000 people every...

13
Oct
2011

Wigan engineering work

Network Rail will be carrying out major engineering work from Saturday 22 October until Sunday 30 October inclusive, which means there will there be no trains running between Southport and Wigan /...

11
Oct
2011
Northern wins top national transport award

Northern wins top national transport award

Northern scooped the top award at last week’s National Transport Awards, winning the accolade of Transport Operator of the Year 2011 in the Rail category. The judges were full of praise...

29
Sep
2011
Skipton rail manager wins outstanding contribution award

Skipton rail manager wins outstanding contribution award

A Driver Team Manager from Skipton has won the ‘Outstanding Personal Contribution’ award at this year’s National Rail Awards. Bob Smith, who works for Northern, was praised by...

28
Sep
2011
North West rail manager wins personal contribution commendation

North West rail manager wins personal contribution commendation

Northern's Client and Stakeholder Manager for the North West, Mark Barker, has been praised for his 40 years' railway experience by being ‘highly commended’ in the Outstanding Personal...

21
Sep
2011

Major engineering work on Manchester and Manchester Airport to Wigan, Southport and Kirkby routes

Major engineering work by Network Rail to replace junctions in the Wigan area will be carried out for nine days 22 -30 October. As a result there will be no trains between...

20
Sep
2011

Northern Trials GPS Equipment To Keep Passengers Better Informed

The picturesque Esk Valley line (Middlesbrough to Whitby) is typical of many rural routes on our network.  Providing accurate train running information can be difficult because the signalling on...

19
Sep
2011
Sellafield train to get more seats

Sellafield train to get more seats

From 3 October, workers who travel to and from Sellafield will be provided with more seats on the 14.54 Barrow in Furness to Carlisle train, which makes the 15.51 departure from Sellafield. The...