Northern trains show thanks to NHS workers

Northern has redesigned four of its trains to show the company’s thanks to NHS workers during the coronavirus outbreak.

The new livery will be on four of Northern’s trains operating across the rail company’s network in the North of England, although the operator is running a reduced timetable given the drop in passenger numbers as non-essential workers stay at home.

The idea for the redesigning carriages came from Northern Conductor Team Leader, Angela Burke. She said:

I’ve been watching the news and have been touched by many of the small and large gestures that have brought communities together. During my daily walks I’ve seen many signs and rainbows in windows and realised, as a nation, we clearly want to say ‘thank you’. My thought was, ‘how can we spread the message further across the communities for everyone to see?’

“I am absolutely delighted that this idea has been taken up and a massive thank you to all the team that have put this together. It looks amazing and naming one of our new trains Key Worker is fantastic.”

Northern took Angela’s idea and worked with Aura Brand Solution to make it a reality, putting the new design on four trains (195111, 3310110, 331109 and 158860) and naming 195111 Key Worker.

Tim Locke, Rail Director at Aura Brand Solutions, said:

It’s been an honour to work on this project with Northern to show our support for the fantastic work the NHS is doing.

“It’s really nice to see so many different teams rallying together during these difficult times to highlight the great work carried out by the country’s key workers.”

The trains all left Northern depots on April 22nd sporting the new livery and will be out and about on network lending visible support and encouragement to NHS staff and all key workers across the north of England.