SATURDAY 8 APRIL 2017 – PLANNED STRIKE ACTION

Train operator Northern have now launched their timetables and travel advice for the planned strike action this Saturday (8th April)

Timetables for their revised train services and replacement buses are now available on their website Northern Railway.

Customer communications have already started with posters at stations and website messages to raise awareness of the planned strike.

Travel Advice for Customers who are planning on travelling on 8 April:

Any services Northern run on Saturday 8 April will be extremely busy.  Please give yourself extra time to travel and consider whether your journey is necessary.  Check before you travel by visiting their website.  On the day, please use Journey Check  for up-to-date train running information.

Grand National Travel Advice

Northerns travel advice for customers travelling to and from the Grand National at Aintree

‘Services to and from Liverpool Lime Street will be limited.  The last Northern train is scheduled to leave Liverpool Lime Street station at 18:30, before the Grand National Event is over.  Customers who want to travel by train after then will need to use other train operator services from Liverpool Lime Street or consider alternative forms of travel for their journey home.  Please be aware that any services we are able to run will be extremely busy.  Northern are doing their best to keep people on the move’.