Northern Rail
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Man hailed ‘Railway’s Mr Recycling’
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A man from Wibsey in West Yorkshire has been hailed ‘Railway’s Mr Recycling’ for single-handedly filtering over 1,600 bin bags of rubbish for popular recyclables each week.
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Metro mayors call for funding boost for two train operators to end ‘rail chaos’
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and metro mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram are lobbying the Government to immediately increase funding for two train operators in the north of England, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Northern, to end alleged “rail chaos”.
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Train drivers at another three firms vote for strike action in pay dispute
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Train drivers at another three companies have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Dry ice pellets to blast leaves off train tracks
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Dry ice will be blasted onto railway lines across northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.
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Transport secretary Shapps says Northern Train deal will be ‘brought to an end’
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Train operator Northern is to have its contract ripped up, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.
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Expansion work at Leeds station this weekend
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Platform 0 is expected to come into use in 2021.
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New canopy for Dore and Totley after long campaign
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A NEW canopy is now in use at the station in the south-west suburbs of Sheffield. This follows a long campaign by the Friends of Dore and Totley Station. Dore and Totley is served by Hope Valley line trains and is popular with commuters to Sheffield and Manchester. Campaigners are now seeking more improvements, including…
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MP’s electrification call as Northern marks Class 195s switch on Windermere branch
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By Tony Miles EVERY Northern service to and from Windermere is now operated by new Class 195 units, with the transition being marked at Windermere station on August 21. Services to Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness became the first to be worked by then new CAF DMUs in July, and with additional sets now in Northern’s operational…
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Northern choose Doncaster and Preston for ‘195’ and ‘331’ launches
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NORTHERN Rail’s Class 195 DMU and Class 331 EMU were due to be launched on June 26 and June 28, at Preston and Doncaster, respectively. CAF is building 58 Class 195 (25 two- and 33 three-car) and 43 Class 331s (31 three- and 12 four-car) units for Northern. Their introduction, on a rolling basis, will…
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Manchester and Liverpool mayors call for termination of Northern Rail
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Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are calling for Northern Rail to be stripped of its franchise, accusing it of “consistently failing”.
