Timetables for train strike released

Northern trains

Northern has released details of amended timetables ahead of planned RMT strike action on Saturday 1 September.

The strike action, together with some cancellations on Sunday 2 September, will see Northern running reduced timetables across the weekend.

Ongoing engineering work in and around Manchester will also see some disruption to services, particularly between Manchester and Preston and Manchester and Liverpool.

On Saturday Northern expects to run around 30% of services with customers advised to plan carefully if they intend to travel on the rail network.

On Sunday there will be planned cancellations on a small minority of routes, primarily in the north west, and again customers should check up to the last minute before travelling.

Liam Sumpter, Regional Director for Northern, said: “We are doing all we can to keep our customers on the move and are focussing on running as many trains as possible. Customers should, however, be aware that there will be very few services running before 9am or after 6pm.

“Unfortunately, on some routes, we won’t be able to run services, while others will have a limited service. On those routes where we are able to operate trains, we expect all services to be extremely busy. We will also have replacement bus services available on some routes where trains aren’t running.

“We ask everyone to take time to plan their journeys carefully, allow extra time for travel and regularly check for service updates on our website.”

This weekend sees a several major events taking place throughout the north of England and customers are reminded of the impact the amended timetables will have on travel to and from those events.

Full details of Northern’s timetables for the RMT strike on Saturday 1 September can be found online at northernrailway.co.uk/strike or at www.nationalrail.co.uk