Supporting the Northern Powerhouse

Changes happening now in the North

Below are press releases from rail companies in the North promoting changes and improvements happening in the area.

LNER's 'letter to friend' marks its first year
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Letter to a Friend’, an initiative which has...
Northern completes scheme to install more than 600 new ticket machines
The train operator pledged to install 600 new ticket vending machines across the network as part of...
LNER offers advance tickets for first time on almost 200 new journey combinations
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has made Advance tickets available on almost 200 new combinations of journeys customers...
Hull Trains returns after 3rd hibernation
Hull Trains has introduced new technology which publishes the level of passengers onboard in real time, to help make...
“At-Seat Order” rolled out across Avanti West Coast UK network
Customers in Standard can now have food and drink delivered to their seat. Avanti West Coast has rolled out a new...
New gateway to Grantham created as part of LNER station improvements
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has added more than 100 extra car parking spaces for customers and transformed the station...

People across the North support rail companies’ proposals for change

The rail industry recognise the need for big changes, that's why together we submitted proposals for a radical alternative to the current franchising system to the independently-chaired Williams review looking into the future of Britain's railway. We proposed for a more customer focussed, joined-up and accountable railway.

Find out more about our Big Plan for change