11 Facts About Northern Trains

Northern Trains, branded as Northern, is a publicly owned train operating company in England.

Northern Trains commenced operating the Northern franchise on 1 March 2020, taking over from Arriva Rail North.

At the commencement of operations, Northern Trains publicly stated that its immediate aims were to improve service reliability and to proceed with the introduction of new rolling stock.

Northern Trains was amongst those train operators impacted by the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, the largest national rail strike in the UK in three decades.

From 15 June 2020, both passengers and staff on public transport in England, including Northern Trains 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.

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Northern Trains was one of several train operators impacted by the 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, which was the first national rail strike in the UK for three decades.

Northern Trains urged the travelling public to avoid travelling on its services on any of the planned dates for the strikes, being only capable of operating a very minimalist timetable due to the number of staff involved.

Northern Trains took over all the services operated by Arriva Rail North on 1 March 2020.

Northern Trains took over all of the rolling stock operated by its predecessor, namely Class 142,144,150,153,155,156,158,170 and 195 diesel multiple units and Class 319,321,322,323,331 and 333 electric multiple units.

Northern Trains currently has depots for its train crew at Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool North, Buxton, Carlisle, Darlington, Doncaster, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Hull, Liverpool Lime Street, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Victoria, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Sheffield, Skipton, Wigan Wallgate, Workington and York.

Northern Trains' fleet is maintained at depots listed in the table below:.