Contract for Northern Franchise rail services. Currently operated by Northern Trains Limited (NTL)

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Lot 1: Contract for provision of regional passenger rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between: • Bradford Forster Square - Skipton • Wakefield - Huddersfield/Hebden Bridge - Bradford Interchange - Leeds - Selby • Bradford Forster Square - llkley • Sheffield - Moorthorpe - Leeds • Sheffield - Hull • Knottingley - Wakefield • Bradford FQ - Skipton • Goole - Castleford -Leeds • Blackpool North -Leeds/York • Sheffield - Gainsborough Central/Lincoln • Doncaster - Scunthorpe • Hull- Scarborough • Hull- Bridlington -Scarborough • Wigan - Leeds • Leeds - Bradford Forster Square • Leeds - llkley • Bradford FQ - llkley • Hull- York/Bridlington • Scarborough/Hull-Sheffield via Doncaster • Barton on Humber- Cleethorpes • Carlisle - Settle - Leeds • Skipton - Leeds • Adwick - Sheffield • Doncaster - Leeds • Leeds - Knottingley • Leeds - Knaresborough • York-Leeds/Huddersfield • Sheffield - York • Wakefield - Huddersfield • Halifax - Hull • Leeds - Barnsley - Sheffield (Stoppers) • Blackpool N - York • Leeds - Lancaster • Castleford - Bradford Interchange via Huddersfield • Leeds - Lincoln via Sheffield • Leeds - Sheffield via Moorthorpe • Leeds - Harrogate - York • Leeds - Manchester Victoria • Sheffield - Huddersfield • Leeds - Garforth - York • Leeds - Nottingham • Leeds - Chester • Cleethorpes - Gainsborough • Bishop Auckland - Darlington - Saltburn • Newcastle - Carlisle • Saltburn - Chester le Street - Carlisle • Saltburn - Bishop Auckland • Newcastle - Carlisle • Whitby-Middlesbrough • Durham Coast • Chathill- Newcastle • Wigan Wallgate - Via Bolton - Manchester Vic • Manchester Vic - Stalybridge/Huddersfield • Manchester Ox Road / Manchester Airport - Crewe (Styal) • •Southport-Wigan - Via Atherton - Manchester Vic • Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport • Clitheroe - Manchester Victoria via Bolton • Rochdale - Blackburn • Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Manchester Airport • Manchester Piccadilly - Chester • Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton • Manchester Piccadilly- New Mills Central • Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke on Trent • Kirby-Manchester Victoria via Atherton • Clitheroe - Blackburn - Manchester Victoria via Todmorden • Southport- Stalybridge • Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge • Manchester Piccadilly- Marple/Rose Hill • Hazel Grove - Blackpool • Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield/Glossop • Blackburn - Wigan • Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield • Southport-Alderley Edge via Bolton • Manchester Piccadilly - Hazel Grove • Liverpool - Newton Le Willows/Wigan/Manchester Victoria • Windermere - Oxenholme • Liverpool/Warrington Central- Manchester Oxford Road/Piccadilly • Blackpool N - Preston • Barrow/ Windemere - Preston - Wigan - Bolton - Manchester • Warrington BQ - Liverpool • Liverpool/Hunts Cross - Warrington Central - Manchester Ox Rd • Blackpool N - Liverpool (Stoppers) • Preston - Ormskirk • Carlisle - Whitehaven - Barrow • Liverpool-Manchester Airport via Warrington (express) • Cumbria Coast • Blackpool N - Liverpool (express) • Blackpool South - Colne • Manchester - Preston • Manchester Airport- Windermere/ Barrow (Express) via Wigan • Blackpool N - Manchester Airport (Express) via Bolton • Liverpool - Crewe via Manchester Piccadilly • Barrow/Windermere - Preston • Liverpool-Oxford Road via Warrington Central (Stoppers) • Carlisle - Clitheroe - Blackpool N • Lancaster-Morecambe • Ellesmere Port- Liverpool via Warrington BQ • Blackpool North - Preston - Manchester There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated by Northern Trains Limited.