75% of Northern rail services will resume this month

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Train services scrapped by Northern Rail after hundreds of delays and cancellations will be reintroduced.

75% of Northern train services removed during the interim timetable to be reintroduced on Monday 30 July, with the remaining 25% to be reintroduced during SeptemberFull reinstatement of all services on Lakes Line from Monday 30 JulyTrain operators and Network Rail are working on improvements to train timetables to improve the reliability of services through Greater ManchesterThe Rail North Partnership asked the rail industry to assess options for improving services for customers here in the North West.

Northern Rail were forced to introduce an interim timetable that saw hundreds of services scrapped.

David Brown, Managing Director, Northern said:

  • Northern service reintroductions

Lakes Line

  • following the partial reintroduction of services on Monday 2 July, a full service (35 trains a day) on the Lakes line will be reintroduced from Monday 30 July.

Blackpool

  • We are reintroducing all services from Blackpool to Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly (31 daily services in total) on Monday 30 July.

  • 17 services a day (of the 30 removed) will be reintroduced on Monday 30 July between Blackpool South and Colne, via Preston. The remaining 13 services will be reinstated in September.

Lancashire

  • There will be ten daily services (out of the 16 removed) reintroduced on 30 July between Ormskirk and Preston, with the remaining six reinstated in September.

  • All 24 services on the Lancaster to Morecambe line will be reinstated on 30 July.

  • The four services between Preston and Blackburn will also be reinstated on 30 July.

  • The six Blackburn to Southport services will be reinstated in September.

Manchester

  • We will reintroduce four services a day (of the 10 removed) on the Kirkby to Manchester Victoria line via Wigan on 30 July. The other six services will be reinstated during September.

  • The Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge services (12 removed) will all be reinstated in September.

  • Train times will be live in industry information systems from Saturday 21 July and downloadable timetables on the Northern website also available from Monday.

Liverpool Lime Street

  • Following the completion of major upgrade works by Network Rail, Liverpool Lime Street will reopen and Northern will recommence the vast majority of its services to and from Liverpool on Monday 30 July.

  • The following Liverpool services will be reintroduced on Monday 3 September:

  • Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road (4 services)

  • Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay (15 services)