CUSTOMERS at dozens of train stations across Yorkshire are to benefit from a £3.3m investment in new information systems. Northern Rail, Metro, Network Rail and the Department for...
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Introducing Simpler Rail Fares from Sunday 7th September 2008
6th August 2008
New names for rail fares are being introduced across the National Rail network. The new fare names bring together commonly used Single and Return fares into three categories. The new names...
REVISED TIMETABLE FOR TRAIN SERVICES INTO SHEFFIELD
5th August 2008
Engineering work between Sheffield and Chesterfield will affect Northern Rail services into Sheffield from Monday 8 September until Saturday 13 December 2008.
Some local services between...
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEAK DISTRICT AND DERBYSHIRE STATIONS
4th August 2008
Rail passengers in the Peak District and Derbyshire are benefiting from £285,000 worth of improvements to stations thanks to a partnership between Northern Rail, East Midlands Tourism,...
Bob's The Big Cheese
26th June 2008
Bob Parmley, station supervisor at Appleby is set to hang up his
dispatch baton after welcoming customers to the station for over 17 years.
Not for him a quiet life of retirement though, Bob is...
National Community Rail Weekend 2008
23rd April 2008
It’s National Community Rail
Weekend again and all around the network Community Rail Partnerships, Station
Friends and supporters of rural and local rail are getting out and about
promoting...
NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM TEAMS UP WITH NORTHERN TO TRAVEL THE NORTH
1st April 2008
Some of the most famous residents of the National Railway Museum are set to tour the north of England with Northern Rail.
The train operator has teamed up with the National Railway Museum to create...
RAIL SERVICES VIA BRIGHOUSE RETURN TO NORMAL
27th March 2008
Northern Rail services via Brighouse are set to resume their normal timetables from Monday 31 March as Network Rail completes work to stabilise an embankment at Elland.
As a result of damage caused...
SAFETY AWARD FOR RAIL TRIO
20th March 2008
Three Northern Rail rail security officers have been recognised for their bravery and courageous actions by the BeSafe Partnership, which comprises Bolton Council, Greater Manchester emergency,...
TICKET GATES GO LIVE AT MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD
18th March 2008
New automatic ticket gates have gone live at Manchester Oxford Road to make it quicker and easier for passengers to travel through the busy station at peak times.
It is the second station on...
INNOVATIVE ‘TRAM-TRAINS’ TO BE TRIALLED IN YORKSHIRE
18th March 2008
An innovative form of public transport called a ‘tram-train’ is to be trialled for the first time in the UK on a growing railway route in Yorkshire.
Five new tram-trains, which can run...
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