Northern Trains renationalized Archived Message Posted by Mary on March 1, 2020, 7:29 am Who'd have thunk it! 'Northern trains run for last day under Arriva Rail North Northern trains are running for the last day under Arriva Rail North before the government takes over control. Passengers have faced widespread delays, cancellations and strikes since new timetables were introduced by the firm in May 2018. A government operator will run services from Sunday after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said "people across the North deserve better".' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51674914 The so called 'government operator' has the somewhat doom laden title of 'Operator of Last Resort'. Message Thread: Northern Trains renationalized - Mary March 1, 2020, 7:29 am ...but maybe not for long... - AlanG March 1, 2020, 3:51 pm Re: ...but maybe not for long... - Mary March 1, 2020, 6:49 pm   Searching