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Northern Rail,〔(Companies House extract company no 4619954 ) Northern Rail Limited〕 often referred to as Northern, is the primary train operator in Northern England and is a British train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio〔("Abellio Group Head Office" Group corporate website, Abellio, Utrecht, Netherlands, Undate ). Retrieved 19 June 2015.〕 operating the Northern Rail franchise. Northern runs a mix of commuter rural and some longer-distance services around Cheshire, County Durham, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Northumberland, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and Yorkshire. Northern's services also extend to the north Midland counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire. Most services are supported by passenger transport executives. Northern Rail also operates the Northern Electrics sub-brand on recently electrified services in North West England. Of all the train operating companies in the UK, Northern Rail operates the most stations. The current Northern Rail franchise will end in February 2016 since beginning operation in 2004 and the new operator will be announced in December 2015. The current Northern franchise has received no new build trains since 1998 and the new franchisee is required to remove the unpopular Pacer trains by the end of the decade. The new operator will be required to double services on many Northern routes and order at least 120 new carriages over the course of the franchise. ==History== In 2000 the Strategic Rail Authority announced that it planned to reorganise the North West Regional Railways and Regional Railways North East franchises operated by First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern. A TransPennine Express franchise would be created for the long-distance regional services, with the remaining services to be operated by a new Northern franchise. On 1 July 2004 the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the franchise to Serco-NedRailways, beating FirstGroup. The franchise was awarded for six years and nine months, with a two-year extension subject to performance targets being achieved. Serco-NedRailways' bid had assumed that some Class 142 ''Pacer'' trains would be released imminently when Manchester Metrolink services started between Manchester and Oldham. Due to a substantial delay in extending the Metrolink, it became clear that this was not going to be the case. As a result the contract signing was delayed, and the services operated by First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern did not transfer to Northern until 12 December 2004. In May 2010 the Department for Transport confirmed that Northern had met the performance targets, and the franchise was extended for two years until September 2013. In May 2012 the Department for Transport granted Northern a six-month extension until 31 March 2014. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the franchise would be further extended to February 2016.〔("Railway plan puts new focus on passengers" ). Secretary of State for Transport statement 26 March 2013.〕 In August 2014, the Department for Transport announced Abellio, Arriva and Govia had been shortlisted to bid for the next franchise. 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 Rail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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