Joe decides not to renew his franchise agreement.
During the first 100 days of running the Northern franchise, the government operator will prepare a plan to fix the problems on the network. In December 2015, the Department for Transport (DfT) awarded Arriva a contract to operate the Northern franchise. It commenced in April 2016 and was scheduled to run until March 2025.[2][3] Northern (legally Northern Trains Limited[1]) is a publicly-owned train operating company in England which commenced operating the Northern franchise on 1 March 2020. It is operated by DfT OLR Holdings, after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February …