Rail passengers can catch a train and pick up their online delivery at the same time later this month. Bolton train station is set to get new parcel delivery lockers by the end of the month. It follows a deal between Northern and Quadient which operates parcel lockers at more than 20,800 locations around the world.
Parcel Pending by Quadient is a growing network of smart lockers that are used for deliveries from major carriers including Royal Mail, DPD, Evri and UPS - and for new services such as convenient key drop-offs with Keynest across the UK. Lockers have already been installed at stations in Apperley (West Yorkshire), Bamford (Derbyshire), Burnley (Lancashire), Clifton (Greater Manchester), Euxton (Lancashire) and Penistone (South Yorkshire). By the end of September, lockers will also be installed at stations in: Adlington, Disley and Lostock Gralam in Cheshire Hathersage in Derbyshire Bolton, Hag Fold, Hyde North and Humphrey Park in Greater Manchester Burnley in Lancashire Ulleskelf and Lealholm in North Yorkshire Alnmouth in Northumberland A further 30 locations across the Northern network are currently being identified, with a view to lockers being installed by spring 2025.
Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “Our stations are at the heart of the communities they serve and as such they are the perfect base for other popular services that people require. “Access to parcel delivery lockers at stations is something our customers have t.
