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Northern is looking to recruit up to 16 engineering apprentices to join the team responsible for maintaining and enhancing its fleet of trains.

Northern is advising customers not to travel on routes between Carlisle and Haltwhistle due to the availability of replacement buses this weekend.  

Remembrance events are to be held across the network on Friday 11 November – and on Remembrance Sunday itself (13 November) – with customers and colleagues from the rail industry joining Northern staff in paying tribute to those who gave their lives. 

Northern's chief operating officer, Tricia Williams, has responded to the news that planned strike action by the RMT on Saturday 5th, Monday 7th & Wednesday 9th November has been cancelled. (AUDIO DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE BELOW)

A Blackpool conductor has been stripped of his long locks to raise money for charity after a close friend was diagnosed with breast cancer.  

Train operator, Northern has unveiled the first ‘dementia-friendly’ signage at one of its stations in Derbyshire.

Train operator, Northern has marked National Engineering Day (2 November) with the completion of its first ‘Intelligent Train’ makeover.

Northern and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) have today (Tuesday 1^st November) officially opened the first of a kind brand new accessible toilet at Guide Bridge station.

Northern has scooped a national customer experience award for its unique and innovative approach to improving accessibility on trains and at stations and ensuring ‘Northern is for everyone’.

More strikes by the RMT union in November have forced the train operator Northern to advise its customers across the North of England ‘Do Not Travel’ on three separate dates.

This half term week, Northern is introducing its newest member of the team.

A man who attacked a railway worker when he was caught fare dodging at Wigan Wallgate station in Greater Manchester has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.