Northern releases timetables for day of industrial action

Northern releases timetables for day of industrial action

Northern has published details of its revised train timetable that will operate during industrial action on its network on Monday 13 March.

The train operator expects to run approximately 980 services, or around 40 per cent of its normal timetable, carrying more than 100,000 customers across many but not all of its routes in the North of England.

Northern expects all services to be extremely busy and customers are advised to give themselves extra time to travel and consider whether their journey is necessary.

Richard Allan, Deputy Managing Director at Northern, said: “We have focused our planning efforts on maintaining a train service on our busier routes between 7am and 7pm, and are looking to provide replacement bus services on some routes where trains won’t run.

“We are acutely aware of the important role that Northern plays in keeping the north of England moving, would ask for your patience on Monday, and ask all our customers to individually take time to consider whether your journey is necessary and if it is, please plan carefully.”

Northern has more than 100 trained managers and other colleagues who will be carrying out some conductor duties to operate the revised timetable following the decision by the RMT union to hold a strike by Northern conductors on 13 March.

Full details of the revised timetables and supporting information for customers can be found on the Northern website and we expect to have details of any rail replacement buses later this week. We will have people out across the network during the coming week to assist customers and answer any questions they might have.

Information will also be displayed on posters at all stations across our network and on customer information screens where available.