Northern (Arriva Rail North)

[boby32]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
New date for introduction of class 195 and class 331.

https://www.railmagazine.com/news/networ...caf-trains

[mikestone]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Northern Connect services were never planned for December 2018 and therefore pushed back to May 2019 were they?

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(17/01/2019 11:46)mikestone Wrote:  Northern Connect services were never planned for December 2018 and therefore pushed back to May 2019 were they?

The original plan was two timetable recasts - December 2017 and December 2019. The idea was new and additional services like Chester to Leeds would start at the December 2017 timetable change and get upgraded to Northern Connect status - which includes station improvements as well as rolling stock improvements, with all 12 Northern Connect routes running as such by December 2019 - .

I'm pretty sure at one stage Northern were saying Manchester Airport to Blackpool, Man Airport to Cumbria and Chester to Leeds would be upgraded to Northern Connect during 2018. While routes like Bradford to Liverpool, which are only be introduced at December 2019, would be Northern Connect from the outset.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
RMT have just announced three more strike dates which are the 2nd, 9th & 16th February.

[mikestone]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Still no sign of Northern timetable for May in RTT - the only other franchised TOC missing is Virgin.
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I wonder if there are some negotiations going on with Virgin to adjust their trains to get closer to the franchise commitment?

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(18/01/2019 13:36)mikestone Wrote:  Still no sign of Northern timetable for May in RTT - the only other franchised TOC missing is Virgin.
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I wonder if there are some negotiations going on with Virgin to adjust their trains to get closer to the franchise commitment?

Northern's track access application had a consultation closing date of mid Jan.

[mikestone]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
That doesn't always reflect what NR offer. Virgin has now appeared and no obvious change.

[mikestone]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Northern have actually managed to run the Preston-Hellifield Dalesrail today

[boby32]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(18/01/2019 13:36)mikestone Wrote:  Still no sign of Northern timetable for May in RTT - the only other franchised TOC missing is Virgin.
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I wonder if there are some negotiations going on with Virgin to adjust their trains to get closer to the franchise commitment?

There is a bit of Northern May 2019 timetable on RTT.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/a...wtt&toc=NT

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/a...wtt&toc=NT

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
769424 has been delivered to Allerton today