Northern Trains - How they LOST their franchise | Failed Franchises #2 - Arriva Rail North

Hello & welcome to the second episode of Failed Franchises. In this series I'll look at train companies that have failed at their franchise agreements. Today I look at the history of Arriva Rail north and how they lost their franchise back in early 2020!

As always thank you so much for watching; do consider liking, subscribing & 'joining' the channel. Also, do note that some footage features the more modern NORTHERN branding - as the footage shown is from 2024.

Join my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ/join (Get several different brilliant perks such as access to videos early and a mention in each video, from £2.99/month!)
Or donate to my Ko-Fi for similar perks: https://ko-fi.com/vanmanyo

Any content featured in this video has been accredited to the correct author, where possible, with permission. However, I may sometimes mistakenly miscredit content, so please let me know if I have got credits wrong for authors of content featured in this video.

Any views mentioned in this video are of my opinion and my opinion only. I am impartial and will never be swayed by a company to not tell the truth, however will sometimes speak from my own viewpoint. I always attempt to use sources that are from sites that I personally trust; BBC, Sky News etc, and I will always attempt to portray the whole picture of the subject in my videos.

References:
Wikipedia (and accreditted sources)
BBC
The Guardian
Sky News
ITV News
Rail Gazette
Department For Transport
ORR
RMT
Project Mapping
The Telegraph
The Standard

SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ

SECOND CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx87HEbY4zCXGOcVGPjXwQ

X- https://twitter.com/Vanmanyo1

Discord server link - https://discord.gg/QYpCgBZ

Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com/

Ⓒ Vanmanyo