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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - ant17612 - 26/01/2020 19:41

It is expected Arriva will be stripped of the franchise this coming week.


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - wirralbus - 26/01/2020 21:05

(26/01/2020 19:41)ant17612 Wrote:  It is expected Arriva will be stripped of the franchise this coming week.

What to a Dft/TfN management contract or OLR.

Think the OLR will only have the same evidential problems that Arriva has .


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - ant17612 - 27/01/2020 16:01

(26/01/2020 21:05)wirralbus Wrote:  What to a Dft/TfN management contract or OLR.

Think the OLR will only have the same evidential problems that Arriva has .

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/26/northern-rail-to-be-renationalised-and-some-beeching-closures-reversed

Believe it is going ahead and staff have already been informed.


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - ant17612 - 28/01/2020 18:17

142009 and 142049 have been moved to Kingsbury for scrap.


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - 507022 - 28/01/2020 23:00

(28/01/2020 18:17)ant17612 Wrote:  142009 and 142049 have been moved to Kingsbury for scrap.

If I remember correctly, wasn't 142049 the one that spent some time in Canada iearly in its life?


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - Gordon V - 28/01/2020 23:53

(28/01/2020 23:00)507022 Wrote:  If I remember correctly, wasn't 142049 the one that spent some time in Canada iearly in its life?

Spot on,it was


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - boby32 - 29/01/2020 14:21

The operator will be stripped from 1st March 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51298820


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - knutstransport - 29/01/2020 20:35

https://media.northernrailway.co.uk/news/future-of-the-northern-franchise


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - childwallblues - 30/01/2020 07:12

I doubt in the long run Arriva will be too concerned given that the parent company DB wanted rid anyway.


RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North) - ant17612 - 30/01/2020 12:03

195021 involved in a derailment at Edge Hill this morning, looks a mess!