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| Franchise(s): | Regional Railways North East 2001 – 12 December 2004 |
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| Main region(s): | North East, Yorkshire |
| Other region(s): | North West, North Midlands |
| Fleet size: | 169 until Feb 2004. 141 after. |
| Parent company: | Arriva |
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Arriva Trains Northern was a train operating company that operated passenger trains in Northern England. The company had previously been known as Northern Spirit before being taken over Arriva.
The franchise was taken over by Northern Rail in December 2004.
Introduction[]
Arriva took over MTL Group which owend Northern Spirit in February 2000, and the RRNE franchise was renamed 'Arriva Trains Northern' in April 2001.
Arriva Trains Northern operated a mix of long distance regional services and local urban & rural passenger services in the North of England, Arriva also operated the Transpennine Express franchise but on 1 February 2004, the service became a separate franchise, also incorporating some former First North Western routes. However, the new franchise did not include the Bradford to Blackpool service which remained with Arriva Trains Northern and has since become a York to Blackpool route operated by Northern Rail.
Arriva claimed to operate around 1,400 services every day, 1,000 of which pass through Leeds City station. They claimed to cover around 80,000 miles every day on a network which stretches from Hull and Scarborough on the East Coast across to Blackpool, Liverpool, and Manchester on the West Coast, and from Carlisle and Sunderland in the North to Sheffield and the North Midlands in the South. Most of their services are focused in and around Yorkshire.
During the first half of the franchise period, Arriva Trains Northern suffered many problems. First carried over from the Northern Spirit era, a shortage of drivers and rolling stock lead to many cancellations on a daily basis. An emergency timetable was later brought in which cancelled many services on a permenant basis rather than random as before. A long running dispute with the RMT union lead to strikes on over a dozen different days
Arriva Settle and Carlisle Service[]
During 2003 and 2004 Arriva Trains Northern hired EWS-owned Class 37 locomotives for services over the Settle-Carlisle line, Arriva also used the loco hauled service between Leeds and Knaresborough and on summer Saturdays between York and Carlisle.
The Leeds - Settle - Carlisle route was mostly operated by 156's.
Arriva Trains Northern had initiated a twice daily Leeds — Glasgow Central service operated by a Class 158 DMU (calling at Settle, Carlisle, Lockerbie and Motherwell), but this was withdrawn due to industrial action at the TOC and never restored, and there remains no link from Yorkshire or the East Midlands to Glasgow over the line, and the link from Lancashire operates only on Sunday for the benefit of ramblers.
A proposal by Glasgow Trains would reverse this.
Fleet[]
The summer 2004 timetable for Arriva Trains Northern services on the Settle to Carlisle line.
| Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Built | |
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| Class 142 Pacer | File:142020 at York.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 6 | 1985 - 1987 |
| Class 144 Pacer | File:144001lincoln.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 23 | 1986 - 1987 |
| Class 150 Sprinter | File:Arriva NWalesTrain.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 10 | 1985 - 1987 |
| Class 153 Super Sprinter | File:153304 at Doncaster.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 20 | 1987 - 1988 |
| Class 155 Super Sprinter | File:Northern-155346-02.jpg | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 7 | 1987 |
| Class 156 Super Sprinter | File:156443 at Carlisle.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 46 | 1987 - 1989 |
| Class 158 Express Sprinter | File:158908 at Doncaster.JPG | Diesel multiple unit | 90 | 145 | 38 | 1989 - 1992 |
| Class 308 | File:Britishrailclass308.jpg | Electric multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 33 | 1961 |
| Class 321/9 | File:321901 at Doncaster.JPG | Electric multiple unit | 100 | 160 | 3 | 1988 - 1991 |
| Class 333 | File:Northern-333xxx-01.jpg | Electric multiple unit | 100 | 160 | 16 | 2000 |
Routes[]
See Northern Rail.
| Preceded by Northern Spirit |
Operator of the Regional Railways North East franchise 2001 - 2004 |
Succeeded by Northern Rail Northern franchise |
| Succeeded by First TransPennine Express Trans Pennine franchise |
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