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Northern England Train Strike Days- Service Levels

Strike day service levels are now available for Northern England-
EDIT- AVANTI Times added.
Northern Rail (all local trains)
Only the following lines are running, and to a reduced timetable (this is the same as on all previous strike days)-
Darlington - Saltburn
Liverpool - Manchester Airport
York - Leeds
Leeds - Hebden Bridge
Leeds - Ilkley
Leeds - Skipton
Leeds - Moorthorpe - Sheffield
Leeds - Bradford Forster Square;

Transpennine Express- see this link for timetables-
https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/strike-action
Only these routes will run on restricted timetables-
Manchester Airport to Preston (no service north of Preston to the Lake District, Glasgow and Edinburgh);
Huddersfield to York (no service Manchester and Liverpool to Huddersfield, or to points north and east of York, including to Edinburgh);
Sheffield to Cleethorpes (no service Manchester to Sheffield)

Avanti West Coast-
Thursday 16 March- just 3 trains to Carlisle with coach connections to Glasgow due to the Engineering work at Carstairs (last is 1324 from London), no service to Edinburgh (use LNER), or in North Wales (use Transport for Wales from Crewe), last to Manchester at 1528, Liverpool at 1543 and Birmingham/Wolverhampton at 1616.
Southbound the first service from Glasgow is a coach at 0440, arriving London 1223 after a 2 hour wait at Carlisle, last services to London are 1220 from Glasgow, 1439 from Carlisle, 1533 from Liverpool. 1555 from Manchester and 1629 from Birmingham.

Saturday 18 March- broadly similar service as Thursday except that the first train from Glasgow is an 0825 coach, arriving London at 1422, only 2 trains in each direction to Birmingham extend to Wolverhampton, and last trains from Liverpool and Manchester are 1 hour later than on Thursday. Also generally some very slight timing changes to Thursday

LNER- see this link, and choose the drop down box for individual dates-
https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/Industrial-action/
Reduced service only from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh and Leeds- no service on other branches or north of Edinburgh (north of Edinburgh served by Scotrail on normal timetable)-
Last train London to Edinburgh at 1300, Newcastle at 1430 and York at 1630;
Last train to London from Edinburgh at 1300, Newcastle at 1425 and York at 1558

This is pretty much the service level on each strike day so far.

Merseyrail, Grand Central, Transport for Wales (services to Liverpool and the Wirral), Lumo and Hull Trains- normal service

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Thank you so much! Not traveling until May but getting my head geared up for flexibility!

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isn31c, thank you! All information is much appreciated. We are traveling in May/June and dreading trying to change our plans (as need be) with the strike days and reduced timetables/services as they crop up.