Leeds : Northern Needs You - Vote With Your Bum!
Our journey towards 2020 and a transformed standard of rail travel is now underway, and we’re starting with your seats!
Where: Leeds station, Leeds, LS1 4DY
When: Tuesday 30 August 2016 from 07.00 – 19.00
- Pre-arranged interviews with Northern spokespeople will be available from 10.00
- Filming can be arranged from 10.00 – 16.00 but not during peak hours at the station
Why: Northern is investing £1billion over the next nine years to transform rail travel in the North. The introduction of 98 state-of-the art, brand new trains by 2020 forms part of this investment.
What: We are committed to making the right improvements for our customers. From Tuesday 30 August to Tuesday 20 September, Northern is holding a series of roadshow events across the network to gather feedback on one of the key design features of the new trains; the seats.
We’re asking our customers and our employees to vote with their bums and decide on which of three seat designs they prefer and would like to see finally installed in our fleet of new trains.
Customers will be encouraged to share their #newseat selfie with Northern on social media via Twitter and Facebook. After they vote for their favourite seat, they’ll be entered into a prize draw to win £500 worth of shopping vouchers.
The first of these roadshows will be held at Leeds station on 30 and 31 August and followed by;
| Venue | Dates | Times |
| Manchester Victoria | 1/2 September | 0700 – 1900 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 5/6 September | 1000 – 1900 |
| Blackpool North | 8/9 September | 1000 – 1900 |
| Metro Centre | 15 September | 1000 – 1900 |
| Carlisle | 16 September | 1000 – 1700 |
| Sheffield | 19/20 September | 1000 – 1900 |
The 98 new trains are just one of the ways Northern is transforming the standard of rail travel in the North.
Contact Information
Joselyn Rankin
Media Manager
Northern
(01904 56) 8652
07795 008693