The government is considering whether the management of the North of England's largest rail commuter service should be taken into public hands. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Northern's ...

Northern rail is to be stripped of its franchise because of its “unacceptable” performance, transport secretary Grant Shapps has said. “I’m simply not prepared for the service on Northern ...

A Northern Rail passenger is being taken to court for wrongly claiming a train ticket discount worth less than £3. The train company, which was nationalised in 2020 following poor performance ...

Northern Rail is still relying on fax machines to communicate with staff as the state-owned operator grapples with some of the worst delays and cancellations in the industry. Bosses have revealed ...

Good morning from Manchester. At face value, the saga of Northern Rail might just appear to be about a single, perennially struggling local train operator. But it also tells a wider story.

Northern rail is the country’s second-largest operator and serves more than 500 stations across northern England. It is understood that fax machines are used by train crew members to communicate ...

In August, it was revealed that up to 75,000 criminal convictions would be overturned because eight rail firms - Northern, Transpennine, Avanti West Coast, Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s largest rail operator outside London is preparing to cut its Christmas timetable in an attempt ...