http://www.northernrail.org The Northern Rail RSS News Feed keeps you up to date with the latest news from Northern Rail Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT en-gb http://www.northernrail.org/news/6969 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6969 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 announcements and information screens at the stations listed below. During this time if you... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6966 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6966 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 customers travelling to and from Sellafield. As a result the train that is shown in the... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6965 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6965 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 worked his way up the career ladder to Northern's... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6964 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6964 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 towards funding further improvements for our customers. ... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6949 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6949 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 result of the Department for Transport's... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6947 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6947 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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,... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6944 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6944 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 Manchester and Leeds. Announcing the plans ahead... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6943 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6943 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 through to Newcastle Airport please be aware that no... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6933 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6933 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 board' featuring the Red Ribbon and Northern logo and will receive a welcome... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6931 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6931 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 constructed materials have been installed to make the station more energy efficient. Further... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6930 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6930 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 Leeds CyclePoint winning the Innovation title and the various projects spearheaded... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6929 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6929 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 accolade, recognising the lengths he goes to every day to ensure the station runs as smoothly... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6927 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6927 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 day! A team from the college were the overall winners at this year's... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6925 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6925 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 / Bolton. The £3.8million Network Rail... http://www.northernrail.org/news/6924 http://www.northernrail.org/news/6924 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:18 GMT 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 for the way we have improved performance and reliability, our approach to working with...