Northern Rail
| Northern Rail | |
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| company | Northern Rail Limited |
| Concession and duration |
December 2004–31. March 2016 |
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| Parent companies | Abellio & Serco |
| Website | northernrail.org |
Northern Rail , or Northern for short , was a British railway company that offered numerous regional transport services in northern England . It was a joint venture between Abellio and the Serco Group . After the franchise expired, Northern Rail lost the tender and was replaced on April 1, 2016 by Northern , a subsidiary of DB Arriva .
Rolling stock
Northern operated around 313 leased regional trains of various types in 2015 . These included diesel multiple units of the TOPS classes 142, 144, 150, 153, 155, 156 and 158/159 and electric multiple units of the TOPS classes 319, 321, 322, 323 and the latest generation at the time, the class 333 .
Route network
Northern Rail operated a dense network of numerous regional connections in northern England , stretching from Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne in the north to Stoke-on-Trent and Nottingham in the south, and several hundred smaller stations to the major cities of Liverpool , Manchester , Leeds , Bradford , and Sheffield Tie up Doncaster . In this network was also the route of the former Stockton and Darlington Railway .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d northernrail.org - About Northern ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on March 27, 2012
- ↑ northernrail.org - Network Map ( Memento from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on March 27, 2012
Web links
- Northern Rail website (now redirects to DB Arriva Northern)