Three week warning to Northern Rail commuters

Northern Rail has issued a three week warning to customers of incoming timetable changes.

Trains across the North of England will switch to a new timetable from Sunday, June 2 in a huge changeup by Northern Rail.

Northern says the majority of its services are largely unaffected, but some have been re-timed and there are a handful of service changes. Rail users are urged to check what the new timetable means for them and their local station using the ‘Check My Timetable’ feature on the Northern website.

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In the North West changes to the timetable will see an increase in capacity on services between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street. Sunday services between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly will make additional calls at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme.

A new Saturday service from Rochdale will also link Blackburn, Bolton, Manchester and Salford with the Yorkshire Dales via Clitheroe.

Among other changes taking place across the North of England, the North East will see the first passenger services to operate on the new Northumberland Line, with Newcastle and Ashington connected by a half-hourly service Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays from the autumn. Services will call at Newsham and Seaton Delaval, with some also calling at Manors station.

In Yorkshire and the East Midlands there will be additional stops and extra capacity on some services from Leeds to Skipton and stations in Cumbria. In the Calder Valley, more services will stop at Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Low Moor. There will be extra capacity on services from Leeds to Harrogate and York. Meanwhile, there will be a reduction in capacity on services between Sheffield and Huddersfield while engineering work takes place.

Matt Rice, the new chief operating officer at Northern, said: “We’re all set for the new timetable next month. The vast majority of services are unaffected by the change, but there are a small number of services that have been re-timed.

“Customers should use the ‘Check My Timetable’ tool on the website to see the changes that affect their local station.”

For more information about the new timetable, click here.

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