FleetWatch for Northern
Live Northern departures, and an alarm before your stop.
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Northern runs local and regional trains across the north of England, around Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle and out to the Lake District, the Yorkshire coast and the Pennines.
FleetWatch is an Android app for people who take the same trains most days. It shows live departures for any station in the UK, so Northern trains sit alongside everyone else’s, and it plans the whole trip door to door. It doesn’t sell tickets. It’s for everything that happens after you’ve got one.
Where Northern trains run
Main stations on the network:
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Manchester Victoria
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Leeds
- Bradford Interchange
- Sheffield
- York
- Newcastle
- Middlesbrough
- Preston
- Carlisle
- Hull
What FleetWatch does on Northern services
Northern stations are busy interchanges, with several lines through the same station. The live board shows each platform and delay, and journey alerts tell you about a cancellation or a platform change on a train you are watching, even with the app closed.
- Live departure boards with platforms, delays and the reason behind them in plain English.
- Door-to-door journeys with a change included, so a two-leg trip reads as one journey rather than two searches, even where the second train is another company’s.
- Board and track. Tell FleetWatch you’re on the train and it follows the service from the live timetable, then sounds an alarm with a vibration before your stop.
- Journey alerts for the trains you watch: a notification when one is cancelled, late or changes platform, even with the app closed.
- Smart Routes suggest a way round a problem on your usual line. Tube connections come from Transport for London, so they exist in London only.
FleetWatch shows National Rail services. City tram and metro networks such as Manchester Metrolink are not part of it, so a journey that uses one is planned up to the station where you leave the train.
Delay Repay on Northern
Delay Repay is run by each train company, so the rules and the claim form are on Northern’s own site: Northern Delay Repay. FleetWatch checks your arrival against the operator’s rules, tells you when a journey qualifies, prepares the details and reminds you before the deadline. The claim itself is yours to send.
Common questions
Does FleetWatch work on Northern trains?
Yes. The live board works for any station in the UK, so Northern trains appear on it like any other. FleetWatch plans journeys door to door, tracks the train you are on and sounds an alarm before your stop.
Is FleetWatch made by Northern?
No. FleetWatch is an independent Android app from The Unknown Dev Ltd. It isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Northern. Live information comes from National Rail.
Does it cost anything?
It’s free to install. What stays free and what is in the paid plan is set out on the FleetWatch page.
Using a different train company? See them all, or read what FleetWatch does in full.