List of Northern Trains routes
This is a list of routes operated by Northern Trains in Northern England serving the main cities of Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield and the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Durham, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and all four areas of Yorkshire (North, South, East and West), plus some services running into Dumfries and Galloway, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Routes
These are the services that are operated by Northern Trains (based on the published timetable numbering):
Key
- Station has parking facilities - Station has bicycle storage facilities - Station is disabled-friendly - Station serves an airport - Station serves or is within walking distance of a bus/coach station - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Manchester Metrolink station - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Merseyrail station - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Nottingham Express Transit tram stop - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Sheffield Supertram stop - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Tyne & Wear Metro station - Station serves or is within walking distance of a heritage railway station
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Service and frequency (from December 2019):[2] Monday – Saturday: Hourly service between Nunthorpe and Hexham (some trains continue to Whitby and Carlisle). Sunday: Hourly service between Nunthorpe and Carlisle (some trains continue to Whitby). Evening: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Hexham. |
Service and frequency (from December 2019):[3] Monday – Saturday: Half-hourly service between Saltburn and Darlington, with an hourly service to Bishop Auckland. Sunday: Hourly service between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland. Evening: Half-hourly service between Saltburn and Darlington, with a limited number of trains continuing to Bishop Auckland.
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Service and frequency (from December 2019):[4] Monday – Saturday: Three trains per hour between Newcastle and Hexham, with two trains per hour continuing to Carlisle. Two trains per hour continue to, and commence from, Morpeth and Nunthorpe. Sunday: Three trains per hour between Newcastle and Metrocentre, with one train per hour continuing to Nunthorpe (some continue to Whitby) and Carlisle, and a two-hourly service through to Morpeth. Evening: Hourly service between Carlisle and Newcastle, with additional services running to and from Metrocentre. A limted number of trains continue to Middlesbrough. |
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Service and frequency (from December 2019):[5]Monday – Saturday: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with 6 trains per day continuing to Whitby. Two additional trains continue to, and commence from, Battersby and Castleton Moor.
Sunday: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with 4 trains per day continuing to Whitby. Evening: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with an infrequent service to and from Whitby. |
Service and frequency (from December 2019):[6] Monday – Sunday: Hourly service between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness via Whitehaven (some trains continue to Lancaster). Hourly service between Barrow-in-Furness and Manchester Airport. Hourly service between Windermere and Oxenholme Lake District (some trains continue to Manchester Airport). Evening: Hourly service between Carlisle and Whitehaven, and Millom and Barrow-in-Furness. Hourly service between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster (with some trains continuing to Preston and Manchester Airport). Hourly service between Windermere and Oxenholme Lake District. |
Bentham Line: Service and frequency (from February 2020):[7] Monday – Saturday: 8 trains per day between Skipton and Lancaster (4-5 trains per day between Skipton and Leeds, 4–5 trains per day between Lancaster and Morecambe).
Settle to Carlisle Line: Service and frequency (from February 2020):[7] Monday – Saturday: 7–8 journeys per day between Carlisle and Leeds. Sunday: Five journeys per day between Carlisle and Leeds, with an additional return journey between Carlisle and Nottingham. Evening (Monday – Saturday only): One return journey per day between Leeds and Ribblehead.
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Liverpool - Preston and Blackpool North[8]
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Bolton - Manchester Victoria[9]
Bolton - Manchester Airport[9]
Bolton - Hazel Grove[9]
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Manchester Victoria - Blackburn and Clitheroe/Hellifield[10]
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Preston - Blackpool North[12]
Preston - Blackpool South[12]
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Manchester Victoria - Kirkby via Wigan Wallgate[13]
Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate[13]
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Manchester Airport - Southport via Wigan Wallgate[13]
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Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge via Earlestown[14]
Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Airport[14]
Liverpool Lime Street - Warrington Bank Quay via Earlestown[14]
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Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central[15]
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Manchester Piccadilly - Chester via Altrincham[16]
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Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport[17]
Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Manchester Airport[17]
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Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent via Macclesfield[18]
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Manchester - Hazel Grove and Buxton[19]
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Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport[20]
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Manchester - New Mills Central[21]
Manchester - Rose Hill Marple[21]
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Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge and Huddersfield[24]
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Manchester Victoria - Rochdale and Littleborough via Castleton[25]
continues to Leeds via Bradford or Dewsbury
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Blackpool North and Preston - Hazel Grove[26]
Blackpool North and Preston - Manchester Victoria[26]
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Hull - Scarborough (Summer only)[27]
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York - Leeds via Harrogate[28]
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Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Goole [29]
Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Selby [29]
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Barton-on-Humber - Cleethorpes[30]
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Sheffield - Gainsborough/Cleethorpes [31]
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Nottingham - Sheffield and Leeds[32]
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West Yorkshire Metro routes
Irregular services
Sometimes known as 'parliamentary' or 'ghost' trains, these irregular services are operated solely to avoid going through formal procedures to close a line or route.
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References
- "Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Train times: Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Train times: Sunderland and Newcastle to Hexham and Carlisle" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Train times: Carlisle to Preston and Manchester via Cumbrian Coast and Windermere – Manchester Airport" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Train times: Leeds to Carlisle & Leeds to Morecambe/Heysham Port" (PDF). Northern Trains. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- Northern Rail Timetable 10
- Northern Rail Timetable 11
- Northern Rail Timetable 12
- https://d11vpqhghel6qd.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/bucket/manchester-to-blackburn-and-clitheroe-2707.pdf
- Northern Rail Timetable 13
- Northern Rail Timetable 14
- Northern Rail Timetable 15
- Northern Rail Timetable 16
- Northern Rail Timetable 17
- Northern Rail Timetable 18
- Northern Rail Timetable 19
- Northern Rail Timetable 20 Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Northern Rail Timetable 21
- Northern Rail Timetable 22
- Northern Rail Timetable 23
- Northern Rail Timetable 24
- Northern Rail Timetable 25
- Northern Rail Timetable 26
- Northern Rail Timetable 27
- Northern Rail Timetable 28
- Northern Rail Timetable 29
- Northern Rail Timetable 30 Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Northern Rail Timetable 31
- Northern Rail Timetable 32
- Northern Rail Timetable 33
- "Metro - West Yorkshire's rail network timetable". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- Network Rail complete timetable