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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 1d

What an utter irrelevance.

Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 2d

Now appearing at stations all over the North - these lovely new leaflets promoting destinations across the network.

Pick one up from a station near you!

Blackpool by train leaflet, new from Northern

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 10d

⚡ 30.09.25 ⚡️

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 13d

Now this is Content

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve lived with iOS26 for over a week now and can honestly say it’s just the absolute worst.

How could Apple have shipped such utter crap? Steve Jobs would be spinning in his grave.

Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly this - this is what I keep trying to articulate to anybody around me who will listen.

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The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · Sep 8

The inside track on the creation of the ever-so-pretty (and substantially more useful) new Northern network map. Fascinating stuff. Designers are so clever.

Transport Designed @transportdesigned.com · Sep 8

👋 Introducing Northern’s new network map...

🗺️ Find out how we redesigned Northern's network map with clarity, consistency and connections in mind 👇

transportdesigned.com/introducing-...

Introducing Northern's new network map - Transport Designed

Find out how we redesigned Northern's network map with clarity, consistency and connections in mind

transportdesigned.com

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

Can confirm they do an excellent flat white in there!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes, work to be done in that area. What looks like it should be the least complicated area is actually quite complex geographically!

Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

Aah, thanks Gareth, high praise! It's far from perfect, feedback still coming in every day but all gratefully received. Would love to hear any thoughts you might have! 🙌

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm quite proud of this one, so I've put together a few words to give you an idea of how it was developed 👇

transportdesigned.substack.com/p/introducin...

Introducing Northern's new network map

Find out how we redesigned Northern's network map with clarity, consistency and connections in mind

transportdesigned.substack.com

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

With fantastic support from friends and colleagues who allowed/encouraged/prodded me behind the scenes, it's now been adopted by Northern and released into the wild - and will shortly be appearing in print at over 470 of Northern's stations across the North of England.

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

🗺️ A month or two ago, Northern quietly launched a new network map.

It started out as my personal pet project, born out of an ever-so-slight frustration that the existing map didn't actually show you where trains went. Which is sort of...fundamental, really.

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hands down, it's my favourite station. Blessed that I get to use it most days!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 8

As cartography gaffes go, this is quite a big one...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland

Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s history

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 4

This must be relatively rare - don’t think I’ve ever seen an Avanti on P2 at Piccadilly before!

Avanti class 390 at Manchester Piccadilly

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 4

It definitely feels like Autumn now.

Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 4

There’s a first time for everything. Sheffield is great. Enjoy!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 4

Haha, beat me to it! 🟡🟡

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 2

It helps that TOCs are an integrated part of the TRU Enterprise - true industry collaboration in its purest form!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 1

Utterly bizarre seeing 802s picking up at Brighouse!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤔 Well this is new…

TPE and Northern working together to deliver for customers whilst Huddersfield station is closed as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.

It means a 6-car Class 185 to Brighouse for me this morning!

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is the kind of content I live for. And I genuinely had no idea that the quirky building in the middle of the roundabout outside Leeds bus station is a former filling station!

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Pump it up! The UK’s most glorious garages – in pictures

From the mock-Tudor fad of the 1920s to drivers refuelling on a roundabout, each era produces its own distinctive petrol stations – as photographer Philip Butler discovered

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · Aug 18

Signed, sealed and delivered with a Routemaster. Would it really have been a Harrison wedding without a double decker bus?

Mr & Mrs Harrison walking into the room for their wedding breakfast smiling and holding hands high in the air

Red Routemaster bus with Danielle & Matt on the destination display

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · Aug 11

the Guardian asked me to write about the Elizabeth Line! 193 comments in 90 minutes! that's gotta be good, right? right?

Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge

It’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge

www.theguardian.com

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