Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that the government will be nationalising Northern rail, stripping Arriva UK Trains of its franchise, with the service to be brought under public control ...

Andy O’Donnell’s evening commute along the Preston to Manchester airport railway line from his office near Buckshaw Parkway, a station in Chorley, to home in Heald Green, a suburb of Stockport, should ...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stated that the Northern rail franchise could collapse due to financial issues. Credit: Northern Northern Rail is in financial trouble and could collapse within months ...

The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, has criticised Northern Rail following an disclosure indicating the firm has 'no plans' to replace outdated fax machines – more than six months after a ...

Extending the Northern Rail Trail to Concord has been bogged down in over four years of negotiations and delays, with completion still a way off. Initial work began in 2019 when Concord entered ...

Northern Rail plans to introduce the remaining trains to serve more parts of the country. Credit: Northern Arriva UK train subsidiary and rail operator Northern Rail announced that 33% of its new ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would nationalise Northern Rail after the company running trains between cities like Manchester and Leeds was blamed for years of delays, cancellations and strikes ...