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Greater Manchester railway station upgrade completed on time

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November 24, 2025
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A £10m upgrade of Salford Central station that is designed to improve accessibility and customer experience is now complete.

Esk Valley Railway to run Forget-Me-Not Train from Whitby again

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November 16, 2025
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The Esk Valley Community Railway in the North Yorkshire Moors will again be running its Forget-Me-Not Train for people with dementia and their carers next Wednesday (19 November).

Train services to be disrupted as new signalling system commissioned at Darlington

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November 13, 2025
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Darlington has a new, improved signalling system – but Network Rail is warning passengers that journeys between York and Newcastle will face disruption when the system is brought into use.

Rail union to hold day of action in Manchester against Northern outsourcing

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November 12, 2025
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The RMT is planning a day of action on 19h November in an effort to persuade Northern to end its practice of outsourcing across the railway.

MPs hold talks in support of re-opening Skipton to Colne Line

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November 10, 2025
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MPs meet with campaigners and local business leaders to reaffirm the commitment to restoring the Skipton to Colne Line

Automatic ticket charging using GPS technology to be expanded

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November 3, 2025
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A trial of digital ticketing using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology is being expanded to Northern services between Sheffield and Doncaster.

£3.6m restoration of North Yorkshire railway station completed

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November 1, 2025
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Network Rail has completed a £3.6m refurbishment of Filey station on the Hull to Scarborough Line in North Yorkshire.

Publicly-owned train operators report annual increase in season ticket sales

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October 31, 2025
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The DFTO has announced that over the last year, railway operators in public ownership have seen an increase in the number of season tickets sold.

Sunday’s Greater Anglia transfer means half of operators now publicly owned

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October 10, 2025
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This Sunday (12 October), Greater Anglia’s services will transfer into public ownership under Great British Railways (GBR). This will mean that half of Britain’s train operators will no longer be owned by private companies.

3 MILLION train tickets made available for just £2

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September 30, 2025
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Northern is once again having its Flash Sale, with 3 million tickets available for just £2. Tickets are on sale now and will run until…