Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a British Railway company which ensures of the local services in the North of the England since 2004. The concession was allotted to a consortium formed by NedRailways (British subsidiary company of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, railroads of State Dutch) and Serco, an international group of the public transport. This consortium had already gained the concession of the network Merseyrail in 2003.

The Serco-NedRailways consortium was declared like the “candidate preferred” for the Northern concession by SRA the 1st luillet 2004, and with signed the convention of exploitation the October 19th. However, the new owner did not really take charges with it the network following the former owners, First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern, that the December 12th 2004. The concession is planned for one duration maximum 8 years and 9 months, according to the performances carried out by the Serco-NedRailways consortium.

It does not seem not envisaged to invest in new trains, but according to certain rumors of many oars diesel could be acquired in China for average costs of 650.000 books per case - a price appreciably less low than those of the European competitors . Relative convention with the concession imposes a reduction of 15% of the delays from here on 2009 as well as a new mode of incentives and penalties.

Northern Rail will take in leasing a park of motorized including/understanding units diesel and electric oars. Northern did not continue the policy of First and of of hiring of oars towed by Locomotive S. This concession Arrived should exclusively use a park of oars of Classes 142,144,150,153,155,156,158,321/9, 323 and 333.

Park of rolling stock

See too

List of the railway companies of travellers in the United Kingdom

External bond

Northern Rail, official site (in English)

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