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Alex Hornby

@alexhornbyrail

Commercial & Customer Director at Northern. Passionate about the people and places we serve, and the teams who help us do it.

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We don’t mind which of our life changing stations you vote for - as long as it’s #Ashington or #Ribblehead!

Support us in our opportunity to win #WorldCupOfStations 2025 - thank you 🙏

👉 www.raildeliverygroup.com/our-services...

13.10.2025 18:48 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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What a special (and proud!) day with some special people - notably our long-serving collegaues Mick, Mark and Colin - and a host of Apprentices and trainee drivers & conductors, celebrating our past, present and future with our newly unveiled Railway 200 train 💙

#railway200 X #Northern

10.09.2025 16:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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And we’re working on the 1%.

09.09.2025 21:13 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Our autumn commuter campaign aims to capture the imagination and is all about modal shift, including digital billboard messages triggered by traffic queues on key arterial routes in/out of busy towns and cities.

The message is to switch to “Train Mode On”!

#Northern #GoDoYourThing 💙

07.09.2025 20:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Arriving this month…

A very special train, inside and out 💙

#Northern X #Railway200

06.09.2025 09:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Coming to a station poster board near you…

#Northern #maps

06.09.2025 09:23 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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We've been riding the Northumberland Line for #BetterTransportWeek today with @alexhornbyrail.bsky.social from Northern Rail and Paul Henry Programme Director for the Northumberland Line.

18.06.2025 15:26 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cheers gaffer. ‘Til we meet again. 🤍

25.05.2025 20:52 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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👀 Unlimited travel with Northern, anywhere, everywhere, as many trains as you like from just £10 all day?

💥 Our latest offer is here in time for the summer!

👉 Collect tokens in your local newspaper. For more info head to northernrailway.co.uk/nationalworld

29.04.2025 16:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Our revenue protection teams have one of the most challenging jobs. They’re good people doing so much to create a fair railway for us all. We recognised their work recently in conference, rewarding top performer Richard Hagues who took away the Revenue Officer of the Year prize.

27.04.2025 08:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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⏰ We’re getting there. From 18 May, we’re adding extra capacity on some of our busiest lines (Blackpool-Manchester, Leeds-Doncaster & Wigan-Bolton). There will be some retimings and a few more extra services added across the network too.

ℹ️ More info 👉 www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timet...

27.04.2025 07:38 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Easter everyone, and thanks as ever to those keeping us moving today, whether it be front of house or behind the scenes.

Take a look at www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/easter or give our team a shout on X if you need any help on your travels today.

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20.04.2025 09:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our shared vision and alignment with @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social, the demand for better connectivity and our 99% reliability being achieved in Bradford were just a few of the things discussed live on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social with the legend that is @jeremyvine.bsky.social.

12.04.2025 06:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fascinating evening behind the scenes at our Newton Heath train care centre in Manchester. Even deeper appreciation for the work of our engineers keeping our trains safe and on the move.

02.04.2025 06:48 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Being a big kid with a famous, fast blue train and a design hero 💙

Excellent day thanks to all at North Yorkshire Moors Railway 🙏

29.03.2025 19:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We all love a good mayoral train naming ceremony, as we celebrate #Bradford2025 alongside Mayor Tracy Brabin and Council Leader Susan Hinchcliffe here at Forster Square!

Our electric train 331004 is now ‘The Bradfordian’ in Bradford City of Culture livery. 💙🖤

27.03.2025 21:08 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Good morning from Leeds. On-time and pleasant journey in from Harrogate with friendly conductor Janine. After cosying up with our friends at LNER on platform 1, we’re off to Bradford Forster Square from platform 2 on our on-time 0812 departure.

Have a great Thursday.

27.03.2025 08:15 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Departing Windermere 👋

26.03.2025 21:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Flashback to July 1968 and the always delightful station at Knaresborough.

📸 Thanks to Chris Davies.

18.03.2025 20:03 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Greetings from our newest station! Newsham opens today on the #NorthumberlandLine, starring our brilliant Programme Mgr Paul, and Susan who’s just landed from Wembley telling me how the station will change her life - she was in a very good mood, can’t think why!

17.03.2025 22:34 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Flashback to 1974 - when it was double tracked at Burnley Central, here we have a Class 105 ready to leave for Preston.

📸 Thanks to Nowtbutalad

16.03.2025 22:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Good morning from York 👋

16.03.2025 19:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Good afternoon from Starbeck 👋

15.03.2025 16:07 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Departing Harrogate.

13.03.2025 06:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We have already cleared a lot of the growth and vegetation, and are managing the present situation pending a wider (and sympathetic) refurbishment project next year with Network Rail. Frustrating it’s not sooner, but it means a better, long term solution and set of improvements.

13.03.2025 06:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We did have a timescale for this, let me check and I’ll get back to you. Agree it needs sorting!

12.03.2025 08:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Our new favourite pub - and one of the latest additions in our property portfolio - Oxford Road Tap right on the footprint of the station.

Double Arrow-tastic.

09.03.2025 10:32 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Leeds to Shipley to Bradford to Manchester… just some of today’s travels.

And a shout out to our fab Georgia and Mandy at Forster Square. Exciting news for Bradford customers lands next week!

05.03.2025 20:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎉 We’re ready for the next new station on the popular and successful #NorthumberlandLine.

👀 Newsham is confirmed as opening on Mon 17 March. Tickets go on sale 7 days beforehand.

01.03.2025 11:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our revitalised and refurbished class 323 electric trains are looking good, and really smart inside. This one is just about to depart on time from Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe. WiFi and USB charging both on board, just as customers tell us they want.

27.02.2025 20:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0