I live in Skipton, so perhaps we have dropped lucky with the services we have but I was wondering how Northern Connect due to launch in Dec 2019 will transform and perhaps enhance the Northern service and its reputation.
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/northern-connect
Northern Connect routes
Barrow-Preston-Wigan-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Windermere-Preston-Wigan-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Blackpool-Preston-Bolton-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Blackpool-Preston-Burnley-Halifax-Bradford-Leeds-York
Bradford-Halifax-Rochdale-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Chester-Warrington Bank Quay-Manchester-Rochdale-Halifax-Bradford-Leeds
Hull-Doncaster-Sheffield
Leeds-Bradford-Halifax-Rochdale-Manchester-Liverpool
Lincoln-Sheffield-Barnsley-Wakefield Kirkgate – Leeds
Liverpool-Warrington Central-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Middlesbrough-Durham-Newcastle-Carlisle
Nottingham-Sheffield-Wakefield Westgate-Leeds
Currently, at Skipton, we have the ace Class 333 trains that are exclusive to this line (so they don't get pinched across the network) and up to Shipley you can literally get a train like very 15 mins (Leeds/Bradford routes). The beauty of having 2 other lines as well to Morecambe and Carlisle brings even more journey options. The new options at Northern Connect at Leeds and Bradford will hopefully open up Manchester times plus direct routes to Chester, Blackpool, Liverpool and Manchester Airport.
So with Northern Connect due in 8 months, are we on the cusp of a super new service across the main cities with over 100 new trains across the network?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_(train_operating_company)#Future_fleet
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/northern-connect
Northern Connect routes
Barrow-Preston-Wigan-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Windermere-Preston-Wigan-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Blackpool-Preston-Bolton-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Blackpool-Preston-Burnley-Halifax-Bradford-Leeds-York
Bradford-Halifax-Rochdale-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Chester-Warrington Bank Quay-Manchester-Rochdale-Halifax-Bradford-Leeds
Hull-Doncaster-Sheffield
Leeds-Bradford-Halifax-Rochdale-Manchester-Liverpool
Lincoln-Sheffield-Barnsley-Wakefield Kirkgate – Leeds
Liverpool-Warrington Central-Manchester-Manchester Airport
Middlesbrough-Durham-Newcastle-Carlisle
Nottingham-Sheffield-Wakefield Westgate-Leeds
Currently, at Skipton, we have the ace Class 333 trains that are exclusive to this line (so they don't get pinched across the network) and up to Shipley you can literally get a train like very 15 mins (Leeds/Bradford routes). The beauty of having 2 other lines as well to Morecambe and Carlisle brings even more journey options. The new options at Northern Connect at Leeds and Bradford will hopefully open up Manchester times plus direct routes to Chester, Blackpool, Liverpool and Manchester Airport.
So with Northern Connect due in 8 months, are we on the cusp of a super new service across the main cities with over 100 new trains across the network?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_(train_operating_company)#Future_fleet
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