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	Northern Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004.
		Serco-NedRailways was announced as the 'preferred bidder' for the Northern franchise by the SRA on 1 July 2004, and signed the agreement to operate the franchise on 19 October.
		Northern Rail leases a fleet comprised of diesel and electric multiple units and has not continued First and Arriva's practice of hiring locomotive-hauled trains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Rail (650 words)

	SRA - New Northern Rail Franchise Signed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) and the five affected Passenger Transport Executives have signed a franchise agreement with Serco-NedRailways to operate the new Northern Rail franchise.
		On 1 July 2004, the SRA announced that Serco-NedRailways was its Preferred Bidder for the new Northern Rail franchise.
		The Northern Rail franchise will combine the existing First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern franchises, incorporating inter-urban, commuter and rural services throughout the whole of the North of England, including in and around the Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) areas.
	www.sra.gov.uk /news/2004/10/northern_rail (407 words)

	Serco-NedRailways - Northern Rail
		Northern Rail’s function is to deliver train and station services, together with related support activities to passengers in accordance with the specifications of its Franchise Agreement.
		Northern’s services also provide access to and from remote rural and coastal communities, offering an important aspect of social inclusion for local residents and providing a sustainable means of travel for the many visitors to tourist locations such as York, the five National Parks, and coastal resorts.
		Northern Rail will also operate over 17 of the lines proposed by the SRA for Community Rail designation Importantly one of those routes, the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby is designated as one of the five national pilot schemes with the purpose of gaining early experience in taking forward the SRA’s proposed strategy.
	www.serco-nedrailways.com /aboutus/northernrailfranchise.html (345 words)

	Northen Sky Rail Charters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Your Northern Sky land cruise may be chartered by a family, group of friends, corporate travel or any combination you desire.
		Northern Sky Rail Charter is a proud member of the
		With nearly a century of experience, Avalon Rail staff has been involved in the restoration and preservation of private railcars as well as the upgrading and improvements of these historical vehicles longer than any other staff around.
	www.northernsky.com (253 words)

	Northrail - Defending Rail Services and Jobs in the North
		They picked up on one sentence in the "Northern Rail Review" report that said the company was being run reasonably well and turned it into a glowing endorsement of their management of the company.
		Network Rail's chief executive, John Armitt, said he was "particularly disappointed" that the strikes could make it more difficult for some people to watch a football match on TV.
		At a meeting with Northern Rail on May 8 where all unions were due to give a "joint response" to Northern's proposed pension contribution hike ASLE&F reps stated that they found the proposals acceptable and had already written to the company telling them so.
	www.rail.metaltype.co.uk (1211 words)

	Announcement on Review of Northern Franchise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Northern Rail, one of the largest franchises, provides services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber.
		The Strategic Rail Authority initiated a review in March 2005 with the purpose of reviewing the current timetable, which had not changed over several years, to ensure it meets present day demand and secures value for money for the taxpayer.
		We will continue to work closely with Northern Rail and Passenger Transport Executives to make sure services meet future demand and that Government policy for the regions is supported.
	www.dft.gov.uk /stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/page/dft_railways_611381.hcsp (463 words)

	The Northern Pacific Railroad - Yellowstone's First Rail Access
		Construction began in 1870 but progress was halted for six years when the Panic of 1873 caused most all rail construction in the US to come to a standstill.
		Cooke became head of the Northern Pacific RR in 1868 and served until 1873.
		However, the financial burden was too great, and the firm went bankrupt, thus precipitating the panic of 1873, which brought rail building to a standstill until 1879.
	www.geocities.com /geysrbob/RR-NPRR.html (1472 words)

	Welcome to the City of York, Pennsylvania - The First Capital of the United States
		York County Heritage Rail Trail is one of eight county parks within the York County Department of Parks and Recreation.
		It was originally chartered as the Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail Road, then the Northern Central Rail Road, later as the Pennsylvania Rail Road and finally as the Penn Central Rail Road.
		Following the declared bankruptcy of the Penn Central Railroad in 1970 and the major destruction of the rail line in 1972 by Hurricane Agnes, the County of York purchased the rail corridor in 1990 through a special agreement the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and formed the York County Rail Trail Authority.
	www.yorkcity.org /visitors/RailTrail/Index.htm (815 words)

	RMT - Briefing Paper - Northern Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Work on the review of the Northern Rail franchise is proceeding, and I expect to announce proposals for consultation early next year.
		Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish the consultants' report on the review of the Northern Rail franchise; and whether he expects the results of that review to be incorporated into the 2006 timetable.
		Derek Twigg: The review of the Northern rail franchise is continuing, and an announcement will be made in due course.
	www.rmt.org.uk /Templates/Internal.asp?NodeId=95976 (1967 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Burlington Northern Livingston Complex, Livingston, Park County, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rail traffic and engine maintenance are part of the current BNRY operations.
		Burlington Northern (BN) subsequently operated the yard until the facility's closure in February 1986 (1).
		The Burlington Northern Rail Yard (BNRY) is in the City of Livingston in Park County, Montana, approximately 25 miles east of Bozeman and 100 miles west of Billings (Figure 1, Appendix A).
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/burling/bnl_p1.html (3223 words)

	Appius Web Communications - Portfolio - Northern Rail
		Serco-NedRailways, winners of the Northern Rail franchise, appointed Appius to build a new website for the franchise launch in December 2004.
		Northern Rail is the largest UK rail network covering 14 million people and 472 stations.
		The timescales for the franchise launch were aggressive and Appius had to bring all the experience of DLR and Metrolink to bear in a short space of time.
	www.appius.com /portfolio/northernrail.asp (321 words)

	SRA - Serco-NedRailways Announced as Preferred Bidder for new Northern Rail Franchise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The franchise will provide the existing levels of rail services and will include contractualised, specified targets for year on year reductions in cancellations and improved punctuality.
		The SRA announced on 3 February 2003 that Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) would continue to operate services until the Northern Rail franchise commences and on 29 March 2004 that First North Western would continue to operate services until the Northern Rail franchise commences.
		The Northern Rail franchise will incorporate rural and urban services throughout the whole of the North of England, including in and around the Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) areas.
	www.sra.gov.uk /news/2004/6/preferred_bidder_northern_rail (437 words)

	Northern Ireland Railways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northern Ireland Railways (NIR or NI Railways) – formerly, and very briefly, known as Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) – is the railway operator responsible for running the railway network in Northern Ireland.
		The rail network in Northern Ireland is not part of the National Rail network that operates on the island of Great Britain.
		Much of Northern Ireland's railway network was closed during the 1950s and 1960s, declining from 1500 km (900 miles) in the 1950s to 342 km (210 miles) at present.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways (907 words)

	Northern Sky Rail - History
		The City of Los Angeles, or GOLD as it was often referred to, disappeared with the startup of Amtrak on May 1, 1971.
		Among the things we saw was that Northern had already rebuilt a number of dome cars before we showed up.
		I was satisfied that all of the learning-curve problems were gone and that the Northern Sky could only benefit from the refined process.
	www.northernsky.com /history.html (669 words)

	The Rail Place, Ely, Nevada
		Rails are cut either straight or on a slant and include a choice of fl or silver pen and attached holder.
		Bookends from polished rail are available with or without engraved plates identifying "N.N.Ry." and "1906" for the Nevada Northern Railway and the year operations began.
		Published by Friends of the NNRy, this pictorial history is filled with hundreds of historical photos depicting the NNRy and all of the towns that played a role in the copper industry of White Pine County.
	nn.railfan.net /links/steiner.htm (474 words)

	Appius Web Communications - Press Releases - Northern Rail - In the community and now online...
		Covering 472 stations and servicing over 14 million passengers it was essential that Northern had a customer focused site that delivered the right messages and visitor interactions.
		The development of the on-line identity for the rail franchise was highly creative concentrating on people and places, with representations of users and cultural hot spots one can visit on Northern trains throughout the site.
		Why not make a quick stop off at the Northern Rail site www.northernrail.org.
	www.appius.com /news/december2004/northernrail_pr.asp (150 words)

	Railsport Games 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a closely fought final the teams were level at 0-0 after extra time, before the men from Copenhagen won a penalty shoot out to defeat the “Commissioners” from BT Police HQ Leeds.
		Rail Gourmet of Euston Station won the Cricket tournament defeating First Great Western Paddington in another close final.
		Volleyball was dominated by Serco Rail Operations from Derby who won the Open Four’s and Men’s Pairs, Ken Keegan, Beryl Keegan, Paul Ghundoo and Graham Werrett being the successful players.
	www.railsport.org.uk /games/latest_games.html (418 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Rail campaigners in city march
		Campaigners were joined by politicians, including SDLP leader Mark Durkan, and senior representatives from rail operators Translink which produced a report putting forward a strong economic case for retaining the threatened line.
		A report published in March on the future of rail travel in Northern Ireland found the network could be dramatically improved for an extra few million pounds a year.
		The report, commissioned by the province's bus and rail company Translink, found extra expenditure could mean the introduction of an hourly service to Derry.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3912073.stm (435 words)

	http://www.cubic.com
		The largest train operating company of the privatized rail network, Northern Rail operates services across all of northern England.
		The new system, known as FasTIS, will replace Northern Rail’s APTIS system, also a Cubic system, which has been the workhorse for the rail industry in the UK for almost 20 years.
		Northern Rail will install and integrate 236 new FasTIS units at its 153 staffed stations as well as at its two training academies.
	www.cubic.com /corp/news/pr/2006/FasTIS_Northern_Rail_final_6-20.html (416 words)

	Trans Canada Railway - Northern Rail Journey
		From Vancouver to Toronto by rail, this is the ultimate way to see the beauty and diverse landscape of Canada.
		The new Northern Rail Journey vacation is a variation on our popular Trans-Canada Rail Adventure featuring travel on the new Rocky Mountaineer Fraser Discovery Route and the Whistler Mountaineer, along with two nights onboard VIA Rail.
		Entering the Rocky Mountain Trench you are surrounded to the north by the steeply rising Rocky Mountains and to the south by the Cariboo Mountains.
	www.adventurelinktours.com /train/tour-packages/northern-rail.html (1398 words)

	Northern Sky Rail - Destinations
		The Northern Sky, and Amtrak's train #3 will take you and your guests through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona before arriving in Los Angeles at 8:45 a.m.
		The Northern Sky, and Amtrak's train #30 will take you and your guests through Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia before arriving at Union Station, Washington D.C. at 2:20 p.m.
		The fare includes lease of your private rail car for five days, all rail switching and carrier fees, all food and beverages, your full time attendant and chef, rail car parking fees, on board sleeping accommodations, and all of the "extras" that make traveling by private rail car a uniquely memorable experience!
	www.northernsky.com /destinations.html (767 words)

	National Rail Enquiries - Northern Rail
		Northern Rail may give discounts for groups of 10 or more.
		Northern aims to make its services available to all including those with disabilities or restricted mobility.
		All Northern's trains can accomodate wheelchairs and all units are fitted with portable ramps.
	www.nationalrail.co.uk /companies/NT.html (501 words)

	The Jersey City Economic Development Corporation - Heavy Hopes Ride on Light Rail in Northern New Jersey
		Now that the light rail is here, county officials are expecting another 60,000 jobs in the next five years as six office towers rise in Jersey City alone.
		The light rail's impact is already being felt in Bayonne, an old-world community where three generations of one family can be found on a single street.
		Jeffrey Warsh, executive director of NJ Transit, said parking and riding the light rail to Jersey City will be so much cheaper -- $5 a day to park and ride vs. $14 to park near the waterfront -- that commuters won't be able to justify passing it up.
	www.jcedc.org /lightrailinnorthernnj.html (1291 words)

	NORTHERN RAILTRAIL IN GRAFTON COUNTY
		After the State of NH acquired the right of way in 1994, volunteers working as the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail, Grafton County brought 23 miles of trail into four-season use in 2001.
		As the spring sun melts the ice from Mascoma Lake, horses and riders have the urge to explore the Northern Rail Trail along the lake.
		eld and on to Canaan and through Grafton the Northern Rail Trail is used throughout the year.
	www.northernrailtrail.org (206 words)

	About Northern Plains Rail Services (NPRS)
		Northern Plains Rail Services is affiliated with Northern Plains Railroad.
		Begun in 1997, the rail repair and locomotive painting facility focused initially upon local shipper hopper repairs, as well as locomotive painting for various railroad and industrial clients.
		Northern Plains Rail Services (NPRS) is committed to providing high quality services for its customers on a competitive basis consistent with their needs and expectations.
	www.nprail.com /about.html (175 words)

	Northern Rail - Passenger Charter - Bicycles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Northern Rail serves stations in some of the most beautiful and challenging countryside in the UK.
		There will be no extra charge for bringing your bicycle on a Northern Rail service.
		If you wish to get in touch with Northern Rail please use any of the methods in our contact area...
	www.northernrail.org /passenger/bicycles.asp (159 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Rail disruption continues
		Army bomb disposal experts are now examining three suspect devices on railway lines at Dunloy in County Londonderry, Lurgan in County Armagh and Finaghy, in south Belfast.
		The Belfast to Lisburn line is still closed, as is the line between Ballymoney and Ballymena, where passengers are being transferred by bus.
		The Northern Ireland transport company Translink, said services had been disrupted by 33 alerts so far this year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/1293099.stm (474 words)

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