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March 2, 2020 | Main line

New managing director appointed as Northern franchise enters public ownership

THE British government’s operator of last resort (OLR) took over operation of the Northern franchise on March 1, after secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, transferred control from Arriva Rail North.

October 10, 2018 | Fleet

Northern unveils first new DMUs and EMUs

ARRIVA Rail North (Northern) officially unveiled the first two new trains being introduced under its £500m modernisation programme at an event in Liverpool on October 4.

September 17, 2018 | Rolling stock

CAF DMUs for Northern begin mainline testing

MAIN line testing of the first CAF Civity DMU for Arriva Rail North (Northern) began on the British network on September 14, with the first train running from Liverpool to reach the West Coast Main Line for testing between Warrington and Carnforth.

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