Last year we celebrated 50 years since Xerox first commercialized the fax machine. People marveled at the fact that sending a one-page letter took them only six minutes, as opposed to the few days ...

The fax machine, that feature of office life from 40 years ago, is alive and kicking in the offices of Northern Rail instead of enjoying a well-deserved retirement in a museum of how we used to ...

A delay-ridden rail company is still using fax machines in its head office, it was revealed in an emergency meeting held by mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Northern, which operates local ...

Originally, there was a fancy coffee shop really close to my house that had a fax machine. Then they got rid of it, so I went to a cellphone repair shop in my neighbourhood that actually turned out to ...

Northern Rail has said it still relies on fax machines to communicate with its train crews because of long-standing agreements with trade unions. This was revealed during a recent Rail North ...

The boss of a rail company struggling with poor performance was left in an awkward spot when he was forced to admit his staff still have to use fax machines to book holidays. Northern has so far ...

The revelation comes a day after state-owned rail operator Northern admitted it too still used the machines. A Neso spokesman said: “We do have fax machines in our control centre so that we can ...

It is understood that fax machines are used by train crew members to communicate over their rotas, or to book time off. Conductors are also able to use email for this process, but the rail firm ...

A rail firm repeatedly criticised over its poor service and cancellations is still using fax machines to communicate – and cannot axe the technology because of an agreement with unions ...

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A Northern Rail official has admitted the operator still uses fax machines to communicate with its train crews in an excruciating exchange about the state of its services. The shocking admission ...