Northern customers warned to plan carefully for Easter travel

Northern Train

Northern is calling on all customers to plan their travel carefully this bank holiday weekend. Wide-ranging Network Rail engineering work and other disruption on Easter Sunday 21 April, will see Northern running amended timetables, with some cancellations, primarily in the North West, and reductions in usual services.

Customers are advised to check up to the last minute before travelling.

Paul Barnfield, Service Delivery Director at Northern, said: “We plan to run as many services as possible on Easter Sunday and will provide the best possible service on key routes to the most popular destinations. However, engineering work across the region, coupled with other changes we have had to make, means there are fewer trains operating than normal.

“Some routes will have no services at all, while others may have a limited service, with rail replacement buses operating in some areas. And we expect all services to be extremely busy as our customers make the most of the forecast good weather and all the north of England has to offer.

“It’s vital that Northern customers plan any travel carefully, allow extra time for their journeys and keep an eye out for any further changes – even up to the last minute.”