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Northern Rail Travel Advice For Monday 12 January For Services In Merseyside And Greater Manchester

Northern Rail is intending to run a normal timetable on all routes on Tuesday 12 January, except: Manchester Piccadilly – Hadfield/Glossop The normal timetable will operate, with the exception of the following trains, which are cancelled: 07.40 Hadfield – Manchester … Continue reading

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Bringing the World to North Wales – Arriva Trains Wales announce direct services to Manchester Airport

As of 13th December, Arriva Trains Wales will be introducing a direct link from the North Wales Coast and Chester to Manchester Airport, opening up affordable journey opportunities for business and leisure passengers in the region. There will be three … Continue reading

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Music on the Line Chesterfield Musician Tops US Rapper in 24 Hour Challenge

Chesterfield based singer/songwriter and rising musical star, Tensheds, has beaten the odds and topped US rapper, Jay-Z, in the Northern Rail 24 Hour Music Challenge – playing eight gigs in eight cities all in one day for the Railway Children … Continue reading

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Revised timetables for some Northern Rail routes

Northern Rail is operating a revised autumn timetable on some routes to allow for the effects of leaf-fall on the railway tracks. Trains will leave up to five minutes earlier than in the summer timetable to maintain a more reliable … Continue reading

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Electrify more lines between cities to cut carbon and congestion – ATOC

Proposals to electrify up to 400 miles of railways, to fill in the network’s ‘missing links’ and provide better connections between some of the UK’s biggest cities are set out today by train companies. The Association of Train Operating Companies … Continue reading

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