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Northern to launch extended compensation scheme for regular travellers

Transport for the North has been working with Northern to broker a compensation scheme for the worst affected regular travellers who suffered from disruption to their rail travel in the summer of 2018 ...
Monday 24th September 2018

Statement regarding Sunday cancellations of Northern trains

Reacting to the news that Northern are again cancelling services in some areas this Sunday, Barry White, Chief Executive of Transport for the North, said: “We are disappointed that passengers in the North ...
Friday 17th August 2018

Transport for the North calls for more to be done for Rail passengers

On Tuesday 31 July 2018, members of the Transport for the North Partnership Board received an update from Northern, TransPennine Express and Network Rail on current levels of train performance and future plans ...
Tuesday 31st July 2018

Northern Powerhouse Rail at centre of UK’s plans in first National Infrastructure Assessment

In another step forward for Northern Powerhouse Rail, the network that will transform travel across the North of England has been named as one of the UK’s major long-term infrastructure priorities ...
Tuesday 10th July 2018

Calls for more to be done to compensate rail passengers

Transport for the North’s board met today and agreed with the Department for Transport to an initial package to compensate season ticket holders in the areas of the North that have been ...
Thursday 28th June 2018

Reaffirming our commitment to rail passengers and businesses in the North

On Tuesday 12 June 2018, members of the Transport for the North partnership board met in Manchester to discuss the issues regarding rail service disruption across the network operated by Northern ...
Tuesday 12th June 2018

John Cridland responds to letter from Mayor Andy Burnham | 6th June 2018

Transport for the North’s Chairman John Cridland has written back to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham in response to his recent letter regarding concerns about the Northern Rail emergency timetable ...
Wednesday 6th June 2018

Transport for the North stand firmly with passengers across the North

This statement is made following discussion with and on behalf of the members of the Transport for the North board ...
Tuesday 5th June 2018

Northern’s updated service recovery plan | Transport for the North

It has today been confirmed that rail operator Northern will launch a service Recovery Plan. This will involve an interim timetable being implemented from Monday 4 June 2018 ...
Friday 1st June 2018

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