The Northern Hub was a rail upgrade programme between 2009 and 2020 in Northern England to improve and increase train services and reduce journey times between its major cities and towns, by electrify
Terminating platforms at Manchester Victoria in 2012, before modernisation
Approximately 90% of Arriva Rail North's rolling stock was built in the 1980s, including the unpopular "Pacers" (pictured). As of 2017, the last investment in new-built rolling stock for Northern was in 1998.
The partially complete new roof at Manchester Victoria in July 2014
A diagram showing the Ordsall Chord.
The Castlefield corridor is a railway corridor between Castlefield junction and Fairfield Street junction in Greater Manchester, England. The corridor forms the eastern end of both of the Liverpool–Ma
The Castlefield Corridor from Manchester Piccadilly station. 40 million passengers travel through Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Deansgate in Manchester city centre on only one track per-direction.
High density residential development around the western end of the Castlefield Corridor in the Deansgate Area. As seen from Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop.