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Dry ice pellets to blast leaves off train tracks

Dry ice will be blasted onto railway lines across northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.

Train operator Northern is to have its contract ripped up, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

Platform 0 is expected to come into use in 2021.

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

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

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.

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are calling for Northern Rail to be stripped of its franchise, accusing it of “consistently failing”.

John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.

NORTHERN has begun a refresh and refurbishment programme on its fleet of 16 Class 333 EMUs.

PLANS to withdraw the first Northern Rail ‘Pacers’ at the end of September 2018 have missed their scheduled date by four months. The plan, published