Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that the government will be nationalising Northern rail, stripping Arriva UK Trains of its franchise, with the service to be brought under public control ...

Like thousands of commuters across the north of England, the Manchester-based software developer had grown exasperated at the frequent delays and cancellations to Northern Rail services, which were ...

Andy O’Donnell’s evening commute along the Preston to Manchester airport railway line from his office near Buckshaw Parkway, a station in Chorley, to home in Heald Green, a suburb of Stockport, should ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson’s U.K. government said it will take the troubled Northern Rail franchise back into state ownership ...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stated that the Northern rail franchise could collapse due to financial issues. Credit: Northern Northern Rail is in financial trouble and could collapse within months ...

Northern Rail plans to introduce the remaining trains to serve more parts of the country. Credit: Northern Arriva UK train subsidiary and rail operator Northern Rail announced that 33% of its new ...

The question of whether or not the government should renationalise the UK’s railways has been raised again after the troubled rail company Northern had its franchise cancelled. In March, the franchise ...

Plans to extend high-speed rail across the north of England have been delayed further and will not now be announced by the prime minister at the Labour Party conference next week. The BBC understands ...