Northern to operate amended Sunday timetable

Northern has released details of an amended timetable for Sunday 5 April.

The impact of coronavirus continues to be felt across the rail industry and, in response to this, Northern has had to reduce the number of services if operates on Sundays.

Those trains which are still running are intended to help key workers get where they need to be at the weekend.

Only essential journeys should be made and anyone travelling for any other reason may be challenged by colleagues from British Transport Police.

Where trains are not running, Northern is still working to provide rail replacement coaches, but this may not be possible on all routes.

Details of the routes that will have rail services are below and anyone planning to travel should check National Rail Enquiries for timings.

Lines with a rail service on Sunday 5 April

• Barrow – Manchester Airport: two hourly service
• Windermere – Manchester Airport: two hourly service
• Carlisle – Workington: two hourly service
• Barrow – Whitehaven: two hourly service
• Blackpool – Manchester Airport: hourly service
• Liverpool Lime Street – Manchester Oxford Road (via Warrington Central): hourly service (fast services suspended)
• Blackpool South – Colne: two hourly service
• Liverpool Lime Street – Wilmslow (via Newton-le-Willows and Manchester Airport): hourly service terminating at Manchester Airport
• Wigan – Stalybridge (via Bolton): two hourly service
• Southport – Blackburn (via Atherton and Todmorden) – this service is split: hourly Southport Southport – Manchester Victoria service and two hourly Manchester Victoria – Blackburn (via Todmorden)
• Stoke – Manchester Piccadilly: six services in each direction
• Clitheroe – Manchester Victoria via Bolton: hourly service
• Manchester Victoria - Leeds (via Bradford Interchange): hourly service
• Manchester Piccadilly - Chester (via Altrincham): two hourly service
• Manchester Piccadilly – Buxton: two hourly service
• Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield (via New Mills): two hourly service
• Manchester Piccadilly – Hadfield: hourly service
• Manchester Piccadilly – Crewe (via Stockport): two hourly service
• Liverpool Lime Street – Blackpool: hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street – Wigan
• Preston – Leeds: two hourly service
• Lancaster – Morecambe: two hourly rail replacement service
• Leeds – Huddersfield (via Bradford): two hourly service
• Leeds – Selby: two hourly service (TPE services to/from Hull also call additionally at South Milford)
• Leeds – York (via Garforth): two hourly service
• Leeds – York (via Harrogate): hourly service
• Leeds – Preston: two hourly service
• Leeds – Manchester Victoria: hourly service via Bradford Interchange – Leeds – Huddersfield services also serve stations between Leeds and Halifax.
• Leeds – Knottingley (via Castleford and Wakefield): Two hourly service
• Leeds – Doncaster: two hourly service
• Leeds/Bradford – Ilkley: two hourly service.
• Leeds – Bradford Forster Square: two hourly service
• Leeds – Carlisle: four services in each direction
• Leeds – Sheffield (via Moorthorpe): two hourly service.
• Leeds – Sheffield (via Barnsley): two hourly service
• Huddersfield – Sheffield (via Penistone): two hourly service.
• York – Hull: five services in either direction
• Hull – Scarborough: two hourly service.
• Hull – Sheffield: two hourly service.
• Doncaster – Sheffield (via Rotherham): two hourly service.
• Sheffield – Lincoln: three hourly service
• Bishop Auckland – Darlington/Saltburn: services at least every two hours
• Middlesbrough – Saltburn: services at least every two hours.
• Middlesbrough – Nunthorpe: six services in each direction
• Darlington – Whitby: morning and evening service in each direction
• Newcastle – Middlesbrough/Nunthorpe: two hourly service (not all call at Nunthorpe)
• Carlisle – Newcastle: two hourly service