Travelling with children

At Northern, we do not offer seat bookings. 

Unfortunately, we cannot offer assisted travel for help with pushcairs, buggies or prams. However, our station and onboard staff will be happy to help you when and where they can. Look out for the accessibility sign on the outside of our train doors, which is where, if needed we can use a ramp between the train and the platform.

Pushchairs, buggies and prams are welcome on all our Northern trains. We kindly ask that you ensure they are folded at all times and stored in the way as any other item of luggage. 

If you are unable to do this, then you may be able to store them in wheelchair spaces if available. However, if a customer requires wheelchair space they will take priority of this space. 

Please remember to never leave your pram unattended in a wheelchair space, and to also not store anything else here such as luggage or bags. 

We have a host of information about our stations, including if they have step-free access. To see all step-free stations across the Northern network, take a look at the step-free network map. 

Some stations have baby changing facilities, but not all. You can find out which stations have these facilities by visiting our station pages. 

Yes, we have baby changing facilities on board our Northern trains, located in our toilets.

Not only are our trains child friendly, but our tickets are budget-friendly too. Children aged 5 - 15 travel for half-price on the majority of fares across the UK rail network, and under 5s travel for free alongside fare-paying passengers.  

Children should not travel on their own. Children should only travel alone until they are mature enough to understand the risks involved with rail travel and are confident to travel alone. 

It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to make this decision.

The British Transport Police have helpful guidance available for children travelling alone.