Franchise(s):	Northern 12. December 2004 – September 2013
Main Region(s):	North West, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
Other Region(s):	Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire.
Fleet size:	281
Stations called at:	519
Stations operated:	471
National Rail abbreviation:	NT
Parent company:	Serco Group / NedRailways
Web site:	www.northernrail.org

Northern Rail, usually known as Northern (and sometimes incorrectly called Northern Trains), is a train operating company, that has operated local passenger services in the north of England since 2004. Northern's owner, Serco-NedRailways, is a 50:50 consortium formed of NedRailways (the English unit of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the state railway company of the Netherlands) and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems. When it won the Northern England franchise, the consortium had already secured the contract to operate north-west England's Merseyrail network in 2003. Image File history File links Northern_rail_logo. ... -1... North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the regions of England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... For other places with the same name, see Lincolnshire (disambiguation). ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Serco Group plc is an international company with several branches. ... Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS (Dutch railways) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serco Group plc is an international company with several branches. ... Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Introduction

Serco-NedRailways was announced as the 'preferred bidder' for the Northern franchise by the SRA on 1 July 2004, and signed the agreement to operate the franchise on 19 October. However, the new operators did not actually commence ownership and take over from the previous incumbents (First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern) until 12 December 2004. The reason for the delay was because Serco NedRailways assumed that some Class 142 Pacer trains would be freed up in the near future when Manchester Metrolink services started between Manchester and Oldham. Due to a substantial delay in extending the Metrolink, it was clear that this was not going to be the case. Categories: Stub ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ... Arriva Trains Northern was a train operating company that operated passenger trains in Northern England. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ...

Northern run a mix of commuter routes, rural routes, some longer distance services and some ‘parliamentary trains’ around Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Northumberland, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and Yorkshire (all parts). Northern’s services also extend to the north Midland counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire including the Derbyshire towns of Glossop, Buxton and New Mills as well as Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Some services are supported by Passenger Transport Executives. A Parliamentary train is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station in question or, in some cases, the whole line is in fact open... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... Arms of the County Borough of Teesside Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in northern England based on Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Redcar, along the banks of the River Tees with a resident population of over 388,000 in 2005. ... Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ... Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... For other places with the same name, see Lincolnshire (disambiguation). ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Glossop is a market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. ... This article is on the town in the county of Derbyshire, England. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ...

The franchise is planned to run for a maximum of 9 years and 9 months, depending on how well Serco-NedRailways perform. The franchise does not require them to purchase new trains.

Northern won public operator of the year 2007 at the National Transport Awards and was praised by the judges for attracting 20% more passengers since 2004.

Performance

In the period 6th December 2007 to 5th January 2008 Northern’s punctuality varied between 86.7% (for trains going south from Manchester) to 94.2% (for services in the Tyne and Wear area). ^[1] Figures released by the ORR rate Northern rail at 85% (PPM) over the third quarter of the 2007/8 financial year and 88.3% (MAA) over the last 12 months. ^[2]

One reason for the trains south of Manchester to have poor punctuality is problems between Stockport and Manchester. One such problem is when Northern started the franchise they re-timetabled the Chester to Manchester trains to run 8 minutes later (to increase the turnaround time at Chester). However, this means they frequently get in the way of the Buxton to Blackpool/Bolton trains which depart Stockport at around the same time and both services must switch tracks between Stockport and Manchester to arrive at the correct platforms at Manchester Piccadilly. Services between manchester and stockport also suffer from poor timatabling with some stopping services being given as little as 11 minutes and express sercices being given 8 minutes,timings that can only be achieved with quicker station stops and a clear path through longsight which is especially rare,given that some trains have to interract with services from the Manchester Airport and Stockport bound directions.These small problems do mask more serious issues on other lines.

The franchise agreement commits to a 15% reduction in delays before 2009 and to a new 'incentive/penalty régime' and 'local focus on performance'. 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Routes

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Northern Rail also run some parliamentary trains. These include: A Parliamentary train is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station in question or, in some cases, the whole line is in fact open...

• Chester to Runcorn (Weekly in one direction only. Does not run during the winter)
• Ellesmere Port to Helsby (5 from Ellesmere Port per day, 4 to Ellesmere Port, with one journey extending to Warrington and one extending to Liverpool)
• Sheffield to York via Pontefract Baghill (3 journeys per day)
• Stockport to Stalybridge (Weekly in one direction only)

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Depots

The Traincare depots for Northern Rail are located in:

• Hull Botanic Gardens (BG)
• Blackpool South Sidings (BP)
• Barrow-in-Furness (BW)
• Heaton (Newcastle upon Tyne) (HT)
• Longsight (Manchester) (LO)
• Neville Hill (Leeds) (NL)
• Newton Heath (Manchester) (NH)
• Sheffield Station (SM)

Trains are also stabled at Edge Hill CS near Liverpool.

Fare increases

As well as increasing regulated fares by the maximum permitted amount in January 2008 ^[3] Northern increased Cheap Day Returns further from the 19th May 2008. The biggest known increase was a 30p increase to a fare that was previously £2.70 (an increase of over 11%.)

December 2008 service changes

In December 2008 there are set to be significant changes to certain Northern Rail routes these include:

• The Buxton to Blackpool North will be replaced by a Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly service and a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service. ^[4]
• Hazel Grove to Manchester Piccadilly services being extended to Bolton, possibly Preston.^[4] This means DMUs will run Hazel Grove services, rather than Class 323 Electrics as the route between Deansgate and Bolton isn't electrified.
• An additional hourly all-stations Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport service. (Transpennine Express services will not continue to serve stations between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport except Heald Green.)^[4]
• Constraints on the West Coast Mainline caused by extra London to Manchester trains will result in an hourly peak service from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester via Altrincham, rather than half-hourly, causing anger amoung rail groups and rail passengers^[5] It will also result in one less peak local train from Crewe to Manchester (although a Cross Country service will run via Crewe rather than Macclesfield.)
• Virtually all Deansgate to Macclesfield services are to be extended to Stoke-on-Trent calling at Congleton, Kidsgrove and Longport. ^[4]
• Half of the current Manchester Piccadilly to Marple services to be extended to New Mills Central. ^[4]
• New hourly Express Service from Leeds to Nottingham calling at Wakefield Kirkgate, Barnsley, Meadowhall, Sheffield, Dronfield, Chesterfield, Alfreton and Langley Mill.^[6]. Class 158 units have been seen route learning between Sheffield and Nottingham in preparation for this service.^[7].

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Rolling Stock

Northern Rail leases a fleet comprised of diesel and electric multiple units and has not continued First and Arriva's practice of hiring locomotive-hauled trains. With the exception of the 16 333s, all Northern's units are former British Rail units. This article is about Multiple Units vehicles. ... Great Western Railway No. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ...

Current fleet

Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number	Unit numbers	Routes operated	Built
			mph	km/h
Class 142 Pacer		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	68	142003, 005, 007, 011–027, 031-058, 060, 061, 065, 066, 071, 078, 079, 084, 086–096.	Local Services Across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Teesside, Tyne and Wear, Yorkshire	1985 - 1987
Class 144 Pacer		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	23	144001–023	Found on Metro services mostly in West Yorkshire, also in South Yorkshire	1986 - 1987
Class 150/1 Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	17	150133–150	Found on local and longer distance services around Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire (specifically Huddersfield)	1985 - 1987
Class 150/2 Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	23	150201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 211, 215, 218, 222-225, 228, 268–277	Found on local and longer distance services around Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire (specifically Huddersfield)	1985 - 1987
Class 153 Super Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	18	153301, 304, 307, 315–317, 324, 328, 330–332, 351–352, 358–360, 363, 378	Preston - Ormskirk, Leeds - Knottingley, Wakefield Kirkgate - Knottingley	1987 - 1988
Class 155 Super Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	7	155341–347	Caldervale Line Leeds - Manchester Victoria	1987
Class 156 Super Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	75	120	46	156420, 421, 423–429, 438, 440, 441, 443, 444, 448, 451, 452, 454, 455, 459-462, 464, 466, 468–473, 475, 479–484, 486–491, 497, 498	Various Longer Distance Services and increasingly on shorter services across Northern’s network	1987 - 1989
Class 158 Express Sprinter		Diesel multiple unit	90	145	46	158752-759, 784, 787, 790-797, 815-817, 842-845, 848-851, 853, 855, 859-861, 871, 872, 901-910	Express services including York - Blackpool North, Sheffield - Leeds via Barnsley, Sheffield -Bridlington/Scarborough, Newcastle - Carlisle, Liverpool - Manchester Airport	1989 - 1992
Class 321		Electric multiple unit	100	160	3	321901–903	Wakefield Line Leeds - Doncaster	1988 - 1991
Class 323		Electric multiple unit	100	160	17	323223–239	Electrified routes in and out of Manchester Piccadilly: Manchester Piccadilly - Alderley Edge/Crewe/Glossop/Hadfield/Hazel Grove/Macclesfield/Stoke-on-Trent Arriva Trains Wales 142010 at Cardiff Central on 22 May 2004. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... Class 144, no. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 723 KB)BR Class 144, no. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL from 1984-87. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 868 KB) Northern Rail Class 150/0 DMU 150145 at Leeds City railway station. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL from 1984-87. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... Class 153, no. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... The British Rail Class 155 Super-Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 856 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Northern Rail Class 155 DMU 155346 at Platform 11 of Leeds City railway station. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... The Caldervale Line is the name given to rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The British Rail Class 156 Super-Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 663 KB) BR Class 156, no. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... 158842 at Doncaster on 4th September 2007 158904 in Metro livery at Doncaster on 3rd November 2007 A British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1989-92 by BREL at Derby Works. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in PoznaÅ„, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... Class 321/3, no. ... Trains of the Singapore MRT. EMUs are often used for rapid transit lines. ... The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... 323242 departs Longbridge 1 September 2005 Class 323, no. ... Trains of the Singapore MRT. EMUs are often used for rapid transit lines. ...	1992 - 1993
Class 333		Electric multiple unit	100	160	16	333001–016	Wharfedale Line Leeds and Bradford - Shipley - Ilkley Airedale Line Leeds and Bradford - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton The British Rail Class 333 electrical multiple units were built by Siemens and are based on the Class 332 trains operated by Heathrow Express. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 860 KB) Northern Rail Class 333 EMU 333015, at Leeds City railway station. ... Trains of the Singapore MRT. EMUs are often used for rapid transit lines. ... The Wharfedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... Leeds - Bradford Forster Square line The Leeds-Bradford Lines services are those included in the West Yorkshire Metro area system of Lines. ...	2000

Future fleet

In January 2008, as part of the Government's rolling stock plan, the Department for Transport announced that the current fleet of Class 323's currently in operation on services in South and East Manchester would be cascaded to London Midland (where the rest of the 323's are based) in order to form a uniform fleet. In return, Northern are due to receive 24 new build EMU vehicles.^[8]. The plan also states that further DMU stock is due to be cascaded from London Midland and London Overground In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ... 323242 departs Longbridge 1 September 2005 Class 323, no. ... For the former British Railways region, see London Midland Region (British Railways). ... 323242 departs Longbridge 1 September 2005 Class 323, no. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in Poznań, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200 km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages... London Transport Portal London Overground[2] is a train operating company that provides railway services concentrated in north London. ...

As part of a two-year trial into the feasibility of the tram-train concept, Northern will operate five newly built tram units on the Penistone Line between Huddersfield and Sheffield from 2010^[9]. Because the Penistone Line is unelectrified, the new units will require diesel propulsion. However, the plan is a two-phase trial, with the proposed second phase seeing services operating over both the railway and the Sheffield Supertram network, which may see the new stock being constructed as dual propulsion units (diesel and electric). This article is about trams sharing tracks with main-line railways. ... The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro/ South Yorkshire PTE area of northern England. ... , Huddersfield is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sheffield Supertram is a tram network in Sheffield, England, operated by Stagecoach Group under contract to the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.northernrail.org/passenger/pdfs/0810_performancefigures.pdf
2. ^ National Rail Trends 2007-2008 Quarter Three. Office of Rail Regulation.
3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7116670.stm
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} [http://www.gmpta.gov.uk/uploads/agendas/1/110/Reports/Item%2011%20Dec%2008%20Rail%20Timetable%20(%201%20February%202008).pdf The development of the December 2008 rail timetable within Greater Manchester.]. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (2008-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-01.
5. ^ Adam Morson (2008-03-10). Rush-hour trains may be scrapped. Knutsford Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-05-01.
6. ^ Northern Rail New Leeds Services. Northern Rail.
7. ^ Picture of Northern Rail Class 158 Route Learning at Chesterfield. Paul Greenwood.
8. ^ DfT rolling stock plan January 2008 - Indicative Number of Additional Vehicles required by English TOCs by 2014
9. ^ Britain announces tram-train trials Railway Gazette, 18/03/08

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