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By mid-2020, Northern had considerably curtailed its services in response to the significant decline of passenger travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [24] [25] From 15 June 2020, both passengers and staff on public transport in England, including Northern services, were required to wear face coverings while travelling, and that anyone failing to do so would be liable to be refused travel or fined.
The impetus for the for Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study came with the passage of the 2019 Massachusetts Transportation Bond Bill (Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2019). [12] [13] [14] This legislation instructed the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study of passenger rail service along the Northern Tier ...
In July 2004, the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the Northern Rail franchise to Serco-Abellio with the remaining services operated by Arriva Trains Northern transferring to Northern Rail on 12 December 2004. [38] [39] In 2015, it was announced that Arriva had reclaimed the Northern Rail franchise, trading this time as Northern by Arriva. This ...
Northern Rail, [2] branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016. It was the primary passenger train operator in Northern England , and operated the most stations of any train operating company in the United Kingdom.
Arriva Rail North took over responsibility for all the stations managed by Northern Rail, as well as Arnside, Barrow-in-Furness, Birchwood, Burneside, Carnforth, Grange-over-Sands, Kendal, Staveley, Ulverston, Warrington Central and Windermere from First TransPennine Express. [72] Arriva Rail North would staff some previously unstaffed stations.
The Harrogate line is a passenger rail line through parts of North Yorkshire and the West Yorkshire area of northern England connecting Leeds to York by way of Harrogate and Knaresborough. Service on the line is operated by Northern , with a few additional workings by London North Eastern Railway starting and terminating at Harrogate.
The joint venture was also shortlisted for a number of other rail franchises: Wales & Borders in 2003 [13] ScotRail in 2003, but withdrew to concentrate on the Northern Rail franchise. [14] Abellio later successfully bid for the contract itself and Serco successfully bid for the newly separated Caldeonian Sleeper contract itself. West Midlands ...
The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders.