Northern Rail services in the north west of England are experiencing significant disruption due to a shortage of train crew. Several routes to major cities like Manchester and Liverpool have been cancelled, prompting warnings for passengers to check their journeys before travelling.
Rail passengers across the north west are facing travel disruption this morning. Several services have been cancelled on Northern routes to Manchester, Manchester Airport and Liverpool. The operator has stated that some of the services are affected by changes to the timetable. The disruption comes as Northern is under increasing pressure over service unreliability in recent months - most significantly affecting Sunday service.
The company recently warned it could take three years for services to fully improve. An update on the National Rail website says: 'Short notice cancellations are expected in the north west today, due to train crew not being available. Please check your journey before travelling. If you do travel, please leave yourself plenty of time to do so and don't rely on last trains of the day, as they may be earlier than usual or cancelled at short notice. There will be no Northern services on the below routes – but travel is available to and from some stations along those routes with other train operators and ticket acceptance is in place to accommodate Northern customers.' The four routes in question are: In a statement shared on X, Northern said: 'Ticket acceptance is in place today for any further cancellations on the below routes.' These include Transpennine Express services from Liverpool to Manchester; Liverpool to Preston; Manchester to Stalybridge; Manchester to Stockport and to Sheffield; Oxenholme to Preston to Manchester to Manchester Airport; and Liverpool to Sheffield. Also services from Transport for Wales namely Manchester to Chester and Manchester to Crewe. Services affected on the East Midland Railway line include Liverpool to Warrington to Manchester; Manchester to Sheffield; and Liverpool to Sheffiel
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