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Bob's The Big Cheese
BOB'S THE BIG CHEESE
26th June 2008

Bob Parmley, station supervisor at Appleby is set to hang up his dispatch baton after welcoming customers to the station for over 17 years. Not for him a quiet life of retirement though, Bob is...




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MORE TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN MIDDLESBROUGH AND NUNTHORPEMORE TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN MIDDLESBROUGH AND NUNTHORPE
5th December 2007
Northern Rail, working in partnership with Tees Valley Joint Venture Strategy and Middlesbrough Council, is introducing more trains between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe as part of its winter...

NEW RAIL SERVICES FOR ALDERLEY EDGE
4th December 2007
Northern Rail will be introducing a new morning service from Alderley Edge and intermediate stations into Manchester from Monday 10 December.  The service will call at: Alderley Edge ...

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...

NEW DIRECT SERVICE BETWEEN COLNE AND MANCHESTER
3rd December 2007
Northern Rail, working in partnership with the East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership, will be running a new direct service between Colne and Manchester Victoria on weekdays from Monday 10...

WINTER OFFERS FOR TRAVEL ON THE SCENIC LEEDS-SETTLE-CARLISLE LINE
12th November 2007
Northern Rail is offering anyone with a West Yorkshire MetroCard or Metro Concessionary Permit the opportunity to take advantage of great discounts to travel on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line,...

BLACKPOOL NORTH'S 'STATION STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR'BLACKPOOL NORTH'S 'STATION STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR'
2nd November 2007
Northern Rail’s station supervisor at Blackpool North, Julie Mcleod, was named ‘Station Staff Member of the Year’ at the RailStaff Awards 2007, beating off competition from...

BLACKPOOL NORTH FIRST FOR NEW TICKET GATES
31st October 2007
The first automatic ticket gates on the Northern Rail network will be installed at Blackpool North Station in the next few weeks. The six new ticket gates will help reduce congestion at...

NORTHERN WINS TOP AWARD FOR CYCLING BLUEPRINT
26th October 2007
NORTHERN Rail has won a top award for its cycling strategy – and the judges were so impressed they said it should be a blueprint for other train operators.Northern won the...

NEW HIGH FOR TRAINS ON TIME
24th October 2007
THE NUMBER of Northern Rail services arriving on time in Merseyside has reached record levels over the last seven months. On average 95% of Northern Rail services have arrived on time since...

EVERY SECOND COUNTS FOR NORTHERN
24th October 2007
NORTHERN Rail has invested in new digital atomic watches for its 3,000 train and station employees to synchronise timekeeping across its network. The watches are extremely accurate as they...


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