****MEDIA INVITE**** Rail industry joins Rail Minster to travel across the Ordsall Chord**** MEDIA INVITE****
Sunday 10 December – 10.55am Manchester Victoria
Rail Minster Paul Maynard MP will be joining Northern and colleagues from the rail industry to travel across the Ordsall Chord on its first day of operation – Sunday, 10 December.
Media are invited to attend the event – to be hosted at Manchester Victoria – to mark the opening, with opportunities to interview Mr Maynard as well as dignitaries, including David Brown (Managing Director of Northern) and Martin Frobisher (Route Managing Director for Network Rail). Members of the press will also be given the chance to travel alongside VIPs on one of the first trains to cross the iconic bridge.
The Ordsall Chord, a centrepiece of the Great North Rail Project, connects north and south Manchester and, on Sunday, will see customers cross for the first time.
It is a key link in the modernisation of rail services in the north of England and will enable Northern’s customers to travel from West Yorkshire, through the Calder Valley, direct to Manchester Oxford Road.
Contact Information
Glyn Hellam
Media Manager
Northern
01904 568652
07795 008693
Glyn.Hellam@northernrailway.co.uk
@northern_pr
Notes to editors
Media attendance at the event will be granted via an accreditation process and anyone planning to attend should email their details, no later than 5.30pm on Friday, 8 December, to glyn.hellam@northernrailway.co.uk.
Media should arrive at Manchester Victoria by 10.55am with interviews to take place at the station shortly after.
The train will depart Manchester Victoria at 11.40am with a photo opportunity to be hosted at Manchester Oxford Road at the conclusion of the journey – at around 11.46am.