The long distance regional services connecting Sunderland, Newcastle, Scarborough and Hull with Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool were operated under the TransPennine Express banner, the rest as Arriva Trains Northern.
Northern Ireland | Northern Territory | Northern Pacific Railway | Kimberley, Northern Cape | Northern Illinois University | Northern Cape | Northern England | Army of Northern Virginia | Northern California | Northern Italy | Royal Northern College of Music | Northern Ireland national football team | Northern | Northern Hemisphere | Northern Exposure | Northern Ontario | Northern Province | Northern Mariana Islands | Northern League | Northern Rhodesia | United States District Court for the Northern District of California | Palmerston, Northern Territory | Northern Germany | Northern Wei | Northern Ireland Assembly | Katherine, Northern Territory | Northern Ndebele people | Great Northern War | Arriva Yorkshire | Virgin Trains |
Passenger services on the line are currently operated by Northern Rail (previously First North Western), East Midlands Trains (previously Central Trains) and TransPennine Express (previously Arriva Trains Northern).