Northern warns of more train delays - because staff booked the World Cup final off

Northern rail is warning of train delays on Sunday after a large number of staff booked the day off to watch the World Cup final. According to workers’ contracts, they don’t have to work on Sundays if they give enough notice.

Last week when England made it into the last four of the World Cup, Northern was inundated with requests for time off – around about. It’s thought that many staff booked the day off with a hope the Three Lions would be playing in the final on Sunday.

A spokesman for the company said they are working to try and get as many people working as possible to minimise disruption, but urged customers to be aware and plan ahead.

Northern will be running an amended timetable across much of the north west of England with many services in Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, likely to be cancelled.Some services in Yorkshire will also be affected.