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Northern has committed to offering support to veterans and serving armed forces personnel on Remembrance Day.

Northern is calling on Cumbrian football fans to plan their travel carefully ahead of this weekend’s derby between Barrow and Carlisle United.

The Manchester Christmas Markets open this weekend, and Northern is asking everyone to show goodwill to all this festive season.    

Remembrance events are to held across the network on Thursday 11 November – and on Sunday – with customers and colleagues from the rail industry joining Northern staff in remembering those who gave their lives. 

Ticketless travel across the North is being met with the message ‘play fare’ by the rail industry.

A community group at one of Northern’s stations in Cheshire hopes to help passengers pass the time while waiting for a train or on their journey by creating book exchange.

Exploring Yorkshire’s beauty spots and topping-up the feel-good factor during the darker autumn and winter months is now even easier thanks to a new initiative by rail operator Northern and Canal & River Trust, the waterway and wellbeing charity that looks after 2,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales.

Northern is giving commuters the chance to ‘win back’ part of the cost of their season tickets.

Northern services on the Cumbrian Coast Line have returned this afternoon (Friday), following yesterday’s flooding.

Northern continues to advise customers not to travel on the Cumbrian Coast Line due to poor conditions following torrential rain across the county.

Northern has underlined its commitment to protecting public money by saving more than £10m in fraudulently claimed refunds in the past 18 months.

Commuters are being encouraged to return to rail by Northern.