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Train operator, Northern has been shortlisted for a national award for its work towards long-term environmental sustainability.

A group of volunteers has come on-board at a station in Newcastle to work hand-in-hand with Northern and create a community at the station.

A group of Year 6 students from Bradford had their school trip saved after a Northern travel advisor stepped in. 

Northern has published the timetable for the skeleton service it will operate next Thursday (18 August) and Saturday (20 August) as the latest round of strike action by the RMT union and ‘work to rule’ measures by the TSSA union take place.

A man from Bridlington has been nominated for a national rail industry award for his contribution to the running of Bridlington station.

A total of 36 new defibrillators are set to be installed at Northern’s stations in South Yorkshire.  

People heading to Blackpool on trains operated by Northern will now be able to buy one ‘through ticket’ that will also cover their bus and tram journeys in the town.

A man from Bradford has been nominated for a national rail industry award for his community work across the East Midlands and Yorkshire.

A special exhibition at one of Northern’s stations has celebrated how the railway transformed the quiet spa of Harrogate 160 years ago into a bustling tourist town. 

Train operator, Northern, has begun the process of training its 7,000-strong workforce in how to spot vulnerable people on the railway – AND have the confidence to intervene.

A man from Liverpool has been nominated for a national rail industry award for his life saving response to a customer who had attempted to take their own life at Southport station.

Thirsty customers will soon be able to refill their water bottles across some of Northern’s busiest stations and cut down on plastic waste.