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for Northern Rail, England

Rating Summary based on 7 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
    		2
  • 3 Stars
    		2
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
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Detailed rating

  • Frequency of trains
  • On-board facilities
  • Speed of trains
  • Ticketing System
  • Value for Money
  		• 3.6
  		• 2.0
  		• 2.3
  		• 2.7
  		• 2.4
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  • 124 of 124 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 marymoose99

    Member since 15/11/2006

    Reviews written: 171

    3 Stars You have reached your Final Destination... Review with images 13/03/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It gets me to work

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I don't really want to go to work

    For my 50th review on Ciao I thought I'd write something a bit different and talk to you about my journey to and from work - sounds exciting already doesn't it?!!! I have also included some pictures - I have to say, it's been quite difficult getting pictures of the train without people noticing that I was taking pictures of the train. Introduction I remember my first time on a Northern rail train. Shattered having come from a day at work in London, I got on the train at Carlisle and drifted in and out of sleep. I awoke to the train stopping. In a panic I rushed to the door only to be told: ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 conireland

    Member since 27/05/2012

    Reviews written: 24

    3 Stars Good for local trips - Northern Rail 08/07/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Extensive coverage of the north, cheap tickets

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Longer journey times, occasional lateness

    Northern are a train operating company (TOC) who cover a large area of the north of England. The services provided by Northern are extensive and I personally use Northern trains to travel near the Manchester area. As Northern offer 'local' trains you can often connect one Northern service to another if you are travelling over a longer distance. Train frequency is good in most places as Northern tend to operate stopper services which mean that they call at most local stations. This also means that you can use Northern to connect with 'express' services at more mainstream stations if you do ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    the_tester

    1 Star Northern Rail 19/01/2009
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages gets you from a to b

    Disadvantages Disadvantages overcrowding, delays, cancellations

    I too suffer daily at the hands of Northern Rail. Overcrowding, delays and cancellations are the most common problems. After three years of travelling to work using this company, i am able to say that from experience, there has been no improvement in the level of service for the £300,000,000 tax payers money that is annually chucked their way. The service provided by Northern rail is thrown into sharp contrast by that of Trans Pennine Express who have invested in new trains and actually understand the concept of customer service. I read with interest an interview with the boss of Trans Pennine ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    punkrockpenguin

    2 Stars I feel sorry for the poor staff 15/10/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You get where you want to go on time.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The trains are a disgrace and the staff could be friendlier.

    I have used Northern rail 3 times in the last two years to adventure off to Leeds festival and back. I've only used the one line so I'm just going to review that. It is the Chester - Manchester Piccadilly line with a change onto Manchester piccadilly with Transpennine Trains. Our rail tickets cost the 2 of us £26 return (journey 1 on the Wednesday, Journey 2 on the following Monday) WITH RAILCARDS. We purchased them from The Trainline around 4 weeks in advance. The price is great but they were very early morning journeys. The day time journeys were revoltingly expensive. The Staff are ... more
  • 6 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 johnnyhaupt

    Member since 14/01/2005

    Reviews written: 76

    4 Stars Northern Rail Trains get you from a to b in a fashion 24/10/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages get you where you going,

    Disadvantages Disadvantages too many stops, and no real special offers

    The trains themselves seem old, and aren't very fashionable compared to the big virgin ones. They don't have many deals on, like theres no advance tickets. The best deal is a duo ticket, which saves you roughly a third off a ticket price. This basically works say if I was going to Doncaster to sheffield, if someone else was with me, I pay full they pay half. There is always quite a large space on these trains for prams and wheelchairs, and having a baby this can be a problem on the posher trains. I think they mainy run local stopping services as far south as Nottingham, and up to Newcastle. I ... more
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    grimmy00

    1 Star Buses masquerading as trains 06/03/2011

    Advantages Advantages Nice staff.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Reliabilty. Overcrowded. Dirty.

    I have been living in Yorkshire all my life, thus whenever i have to go somewhere local, even if my eventual journey takes me farther afield, i must always start with a Northern Rail train. I consider myself a fairly well travelled person (in England), ive been to London, Manchester, Birmingham, Devon,York and many more. Yet from my point of view i have yet to find a train company as incompetent as Northern Rail. I believe the realiabilty is dreadful. I have to commute a very short distance to work, the train journey is exactly 8 mins. The train i have to catch is the 7.29 am. Yet (and this is ... more
  • 0 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 mason22

    Member since 11/02/2005

    Reviews written: 6

    4 Stars Good commuter service 20/08/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Regular trains, relatively new rolling stock, prices ok-ish

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Limited on-board facilities on trains

    Running commuter services in the Northern region and, in particular, in and around Leeds, Northern Rail provide one of the better, regular and more punctual commuter services in the UK. Train fleet is generally good, with many new(ish) trains and only a relatively small proportion of older less comfortable units. This newer fleet translates into a decent level of reliability with trains rarely late by more than a couple of minutes. As a commuter service, the trains do not have much in the way of on-board facilities. They could for example benefit from a trolley services as per Trans-Pennine ... more
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