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NEW RAIL SERVICES FOR CUMBRIAN COAST

4th December 2007

Northern Rail is introducing new services for the Cumbrian Coast line as part of its winter timetable, which comes into operation on Sunday 9 December. 

From Monday 10 December a new weekday evening service will be introduced between Whitehaven and Workington.  Departing Whitehaven at 21.22, the service will call at Parton and Harrington on request and arrive in Workington at 21.38.

The 17.27 Carlisle – Barrow-in-Furness service, which currently operates Monday – Thursday and Saturdays only, will also run on Fridays from 14 December.

Steve Butcher, Area Director, Northern Rail said: “We continually review our services to ensure they are meeting the needs of our customers. 

“We are working closely with Cumbria County Council and the local Community Rail Partnership to develop the Cumbrian Coast Line.  We’ve already brought in additional carriages to meet extra demand for services in the summer months, we’ll be running the Cumbrian ‘Christmas Cracker’ every Sunday in December.”

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Notes to editors

Northern Rail is the biggest train operator in Britain, providing 2,500 local and regional train services every day across the north of England, serving a population of nearly 15m. We are now carrying 77 million passengers a year, 22% more than when we started our franchise in December 2004.

Northern Rail is owned by Serco-NedRailways, a joint venture established in 2002 that combines Serco’s world-class service credentials and NedRailways’ unrivalled rail industry expertise. Serco has run the highly successful Docklands Light Railway since 1997 while NedRailways’ parent, NS Dutch Railways, carries over 1.1 million passengers every day in the Netherlands.

In addition to Northern Rail, Serco-NedRailways has the 25-year concession for Merseyrail, which provides urban train services in Merseyside.

  

Recent Northern honours

 

Public Transport Operator of the Year - National Transport Awards 2007

Winners – Example of Excellence in Rural Action, Business in the Community Awards 2007

Overall Winners - Community Rail Awards 2007