Northern launches online group travel booking facility for parties of 10 or more

It has a dedicated group travel team that will respond to enquiries within two working days and make all the arrangements required.

Group bookers will get up to 20% discount on standard fares. Meanwhile, youth groups could get up to a maximum 76% saving with child fares already discounted by 50% - supporting young people using rail for group travel.

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “Our network of over 540 stations covers both sides of the Pennines, down to the Midlands and up to the Borders of Scotland. As such, groups looking to explore the region have unrivalled connectivity with Northern.

“For international visitors, who might arrive into London and then travel North to visit historic cities like Chester and Liverpool or the Lake District National Park, we are working with our partners at Avanti and LNER, who have a role to play in bringing them to our Northern hubs so we can get them out to where they want to be.”

Group travel organisers should visit: www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/group-travel

Northern operates more than 2,000 services a day to more than 540 stations across the North of England.