165 trains per day will be removed from schedules for two months

Around 165 trains per day will be removed from schedules until the end of July to "stabilise service levels" amid major disruption Credit: PA

Train operator Northern has axed 165 daily services until the end of July to improve reliability amid major disruption.

Passengers have been hit with hundreds of delays and cancellations since new timetables were introduced on May 20.

An "interim timetable" will be introduced on Monday with 165 trains removed - 6% of Northern's total services.

Northern insisted it will still run more trains than it did before last month's timetable change, and expects to "get back to a full timetable service by the end of July"

Northern managing director David Brown said:

Areas affected:

  • Manchester

  • Liverpool

  • Blackpool

  • The Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere.