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Northern is encouraging commuters in the north east to switch from driving to taking the train as they could save hundreds of pounds a year.  

Northern has issued 10% less penalty fares in the first month since the government increased the ‘fine’ to £100 compared to the same period last year.

Train operator, Northern has teamed-up with Decorum Vending to install 79 new vending machines at 51 locations across its network, offering customers a choice of top-quality, well-known brands.

Train operator Northern is investing £10 million to upgrade its facilities for more than a thousand staff across its network.  

Northern and mobility scooter manufacturer TGA have launched a new partnership aimed at making train travel easier with a mobility scooter or wheelchair.

Work to transform a Tameside station to improve facilities for Northern passengers is now complete.  

A train conductor whose intervention helped return a group of vulnerable children that had been reported missing to their homes is encouraging colleagues and customers to follow suit if they see something that doesn’t feel ‘quite right’.

Northern has made it more difficult for fraudsters to cheat ticket checks on its trains in a scam the train operator says would have been akin to ‘Netflix password sharing’.

Northern is recruiting a new head of learning, talent and development to lead the charge in all aspects of its recruitment and training programmes.

Northern, the largest train operator in the North of England, continues to recruit, train and qualify the next generation of railway professionals.

Thirsty customers in the north west can now refill their water bottles across some of Northern’s busiest stations and cut down on plastic waste.   

Train operator, Northern is on-course to deliver a fourfold increase in the number of apprentices graduating from its training academies in Leeds and Manchester.