NORTHERN RAIL CALL AT OVER 500 STATIONS ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 20% OF THE NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK
Northern Rail
Northern House
, 9 Rougier Street
, York
YO1 6HZ,UK
Northern Rail is a train operating company that provide passenger train line services along the National Rail network. Northern Rail provides local and commuter services to the North of England with services concentrated at train stations in Humberside, the North East, the North West and Yorkshire.
Northern rail train operating companies main routes run from the main hubs of Manchester train stations, Liverpool train stations, York train station, Blackpool train stations, and Leeds train station.
Northern rail also operate long distance passenger services across the Northern counties. Northern Rail trains operate longer train line services to Staffordshire train stations, Cheshire train stations, Lincolnshire train stations, Nottinghamshire train stations, Durham train stations, and Cumberland train stations. These include Northern Rail links to Stoke-on-Trent, Chester, Grimsby, Nottingham, Sunderland, and Carlisle.
Northern Rail provides direct entry into 3 of England's finest National parks as well as the Lake District, these are: The Peak District, The Yorkshire Dales, and the North Yorkshire Moors.
Northern Rail has been running under the current franchise since 2004, previously the Northern Rail franchise was operated by Arriva.