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Northern Electrics are electric commuter rail services introduced in 2015, and operated by Northern Rail, a British train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio a joint venture between Serco and Abellio. The services operate on the Liverpool to Manchester Lines. As a result of complete electrification of these lines by state track operator Network Rail, they became capable of taking more trains at a higher speed, with raised punctuality, reliability with less pollution than diesel. The first complete day of Northern Electrics services was 22 May 2015. ==History== State rail infrastructure owner Network Rail began electrification of the lines between Manchester and Liverpool in 2013 as part of its Northern Hub upgrade programme. The work was completed in February 2015. The first electric services between Liverpool and Manchester commenced on March 5, 2015—the first service operated by Northern Electrics being the Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport route.〔 As part of Northern Rail's plans for operation of the newly electrified Liverpool to Manchester lines, an initial 20 Class 319/3 units were transferred from Thameslink following a repaint and internal refresh. 12 units launched the services early in 2015, with the remaining 8 units due to enter traffic for Northern Electrics in September the same year. The Class 319s have largely replaced Class 142 ''Pacer'', Class 150 ''Sprinter'' and Class 156 ''Express Sprinter'' diesel multiple unit stock that were once the mainstay of services between Liverpool and Manchester. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northern Electrics (Northern Rail)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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