Guidance

Northern 2015 rail franchise agreement

Franchise agreement and ancillary legal documents for Arriva Rail North Limited.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 19 February 2016
• Last updated: 23 July 2019 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 24 August 2021

This rail franchise agreement has been superseded by the Northern 2020 rail services agreement.

Documents

Northern 2015: franchise agreement

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Northern 2015: train service requirements

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Details

The franchise agreement between the Secretary of State for Transport and Arriva Rail North Limited dated 22 December 2015.

The contract with Arriva Rail North Limited was announced by the Transport Minister on 23 December 2015.

This agreement replaces the previous Northern Rail 2012 franchise agreement.

These documents form part of the public register of franchise agreements. Please email queries about franchise agreements to rail.publicregister@dft.gov.uk.

Published 19 February 2016
Last updated 23 July 2019 + show all updates

1. 23 July 2019

   For consistency with the shared conformed copy franchise agreement, the public register franchise agreement has been updated with two derogations to previously redacted paragraph 75.2 of part 1 to schedule 6.1.

2. 28 May 2019

   Uploaded new version of the franchise agreement which includes a contract change to Schedule 6.1 paragraph 57 which now states Northern will incur expenditure of £100k in each of the second, third and fourth Franchisee Years rather than the first three years due to the lead times associated with planned disruptions.

3. 1 March 2017

   Routine franchise update.

4. 13 July 2016

   Northern Rail franchise routine update.

5. 19 February 2016

   First published.