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

Main Routes

Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4
Northern Trains Route 1:
East Coast Main Line
Chathill
Alnmouth
Acklington
Widdrington
Pegswood
Morpeth
Cramlington
Manors
Newcastle
Tyne Valley Line to Carlisle
Northern Trains Route 2:
Durham Coast Line
Tyne Valley Line to Carlisle
Newcastle
Heworth
Sunderland
Seaham
Horden
Hartlepool
Seaton Carew
Billingham
Stockton
Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland
Thornaby
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley Line to Saltburn
Esk Valley Line to Whitby
Northern Trains Route 3:
Bishop & Tees Valley Lines
Bishop Auckland
Shildon
Newton Aycliffe
Heighington
North Road
Darlington
Dinsdale
Teesside Airport
Allens West
Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line
Eaglescliffe
Thornaby
Middlesbrough
Esk Valley Line to Whitby
South Bank
Redcar British Steel
Redcar Central
Redcar East
Longbeck
Marske
Saltburn
There are currently no trains calling at
Redcar British Steel until further notice.
Northern Trains Route 4:
Tyne Valley Line
Carlisle
Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness
& West Coast Main Line to London Euston
Wetheral
Brampton
Haltwhistle
Bardon Mill
Haydon Bridge
Hexham
Corbridge
Riding Mill
Stocksfield
Prudhoe
Wylam
Blaydon
MetroCentre
Dunston
Newcastle
Durham Coast Line to Middlesbrough

Service and frequency (from December 2019):[1]

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.


Note: Teesside Airport is served by a once-weekly Sunday service (towards Darlington only). Following the December 2019 timetable change, services calling at British Steel Redcar have been suspended.

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.

Route 5 Route 6 Route 7 Route 8
Northern Trains Route 5:
Esk Valley Line
& Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley Line to Saltburn
James Cook
Marton
Gypsy Lane
Nunthorpe
Great Ayton
Battersby
Kildale
Commondale
Castleton Moor
Danby
Lealholm
Glaisdale
Egton
North York Moors Railway to Pickering
Grosmont
for North York Moors Railway
Sleights
Ruswarp
Whitby
Northern Trains Route 6:
Cumbrian Coast & Windermere Lines
Carlisle
Dalston
Wigton
Aspatria
Maryport
Flimby
Workington
Harrington
Parton
Whitehaven
Corkickle
St. Bees
Nethertown
Braystones
Sellafield
Seascale
Drigg
Ravenglass
for Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Bootle
Silecroft
Millom
Green Road
Foxfield
Kirkby-in-Furness
Askam
Barrow-in-Furness
Roose
Dalton
Ulverston
Cark and Cartmel
Windermere
Kents Bank
Staveley
Grange-over-Sands
Burneside
Arnside
Kendal
Silverdale
Oxenholme Lake District
Carnforth
Lancaster
Preston
Wigan North Western
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Airport
Northern Trains Route 7:
Bentham & Settle to Carlisle Lines
Carlisle
Armathwaite
Heysham Port
Lazonby and Kirkoswald
Morecambe
Langwathby
Bare Lane
Appleby
Lancaster
Kirkby Stephen
Carnforth
Garsdale
Wennington
Dent
Bentham
Ribblehead
Clapham
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Giggleswick
Settle
Long Preston
Hellifield
Gargrave
Skipton
Keighley
for Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Bingley
Shipley
Leeds

Merged into route 9

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).
Sunday: 5 trains per day between Leeds and Morecambe (1 train per day to Heysham Port).


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.


Note: Northern Trains also operate a regular local service between Lancaster and Morecambe.

Route 9 Route 10 Route 11 Route 12
Northern Trains Route 9:
Calder Valley & East Lancashire Lines
York
Ulleskelf
Church Fenton
Micklefield
East Garforth
Garforth
Cross Gates
Leeds
Bramley
New Pudsey
Bradford Interchange
Halifax
Sowerby Bridge
Colne
Mytholmroyd
Nelson
Hebden Bridge
Brierfield
Burnley Central
Burnley Manchester Road
Burnley Barracks
Todmorden
Walsden
Rose Grove
Littleborough
Hapton
Smithy Bridge
Huncoat
Rochdale
Accrington
Manchester Victoria
Church and Oswaldtwistle
Rishton
Blackburn
Mill Hill
Cherry Tree
Pleasington
Bamber Bridge
Lostock Hall
Preston
Salwick
Kirkham and Wesham
Poulton-le-Fylde
Blackpool North
Moss Side
Blackpool South
Lytham
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Ansdell and Fairhaven
Squires Gate
St. Annes-on-the-Sea
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington
are request stops.


To Blackpool South: Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 60 mins (Preston-Blackpool South);
Every 120 mins (Colne-Blackpool South)

To Blackpool North: Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins from York
Sunday:
Every 60 mins from Leeds (additional trains from Blackburn)

To Blackburn: Monday-Saturday & Sunday:
Every 60 mins from Manchester Victoria

To Preston: Monday-Saturday & Sunday:
Every 60 mins from Leeds

Liverpool - Wigan[8]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 30 mins;
Extra express journeys between Liverpool and Preston via Huyton, St Helens and Wigan
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins;
Extra express journeys between Liverpool and Preston via Huyton, St Helens and Wigan
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Liverpool - Preston and Blackpool North[8]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings:
Every 60 mins;
Extra early-evening express journeys
Sunday daytime: Every 60mins

Preston - Ormskirk[8]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys

Bolton - Manchester Victoria[9]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: 4 journeys per hour
Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys per hour
Sunday: 2 journeys per hour

Bolton - Manchester Airport[9]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Extra express journeys from TransPennine Express

Bolton - Hazel Grove[9]


Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Manchester Victoria - Blackburn and Clitheroe/Hellifield[10]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Blackburn and Manchester
Sunday:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Clitheroe and Preston

Route 13 Route 14 Route 15 Route 16

Preston - Blackpool North[12]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
2 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express
Sunday:
3 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express

Preston - Blackpool South[12]


Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Manchester Victoria - Kirkby via Wigan Wallgate[13]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins

Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate[13]

then:

or:

then:


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
60 mins (Southport-Manchester via Wigan and Atherton);
2 per hour (Wigan-Manchester via Bolton);
2 per hour (Wigan-Manchester via Atherton)
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins (Wigan-Manchester via Atherton)
Sunday daytime: Every 60 mins (Wigan-Manchester via Atherton)

Manchester Airport - Southport via Wigan Wallgate[13]


Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 60 mins (Southport-Manchester Piccadilly)

Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge via Earlestown[14]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (Liverpool-Stalybridge (some run to/from Huddersfield))
Extra afternoon journeys between Liverpool and Manchester Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins (Liverpool-Manchester)
Sunday daytime: 3 journeys

Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Airport[14]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Liverpool Lime Street - Warrington Bank Quay via Earlestown[14]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins

Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central[15]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 30 mins
Extra express journeys from TransPennine Express and East Midlands Railway
Evenings and Sundays:
Every 60 mins
Extra express journeys from TransPennine Express and East Midlands Railway

Route 17 Route 18 Route 19 Route 20

Manchester Piccadilly - Chester via Altrincham[16]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
2 per hour (Stockport-Chester at peak times) Sunday: Every 120 mins, most services extended beyond Manchester to/from Wigan Wallgate and Southport

Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport[17]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Crewe)
2 per hour (Manchester-Alderley Edge)
Extra express journeys from [[Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales
Evenings and Sundays:
60 mins
Extra express journeys from Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales

Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Manchester Airport[17]


Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins (Manchester-Alderley Edge)
Sunday: Every 120 mins (Manchester-Alderley Edge)

Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent via Macclesfield[18]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Extra express journeys between Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield and Stoke from Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry
Sunday: 3 journeys
Extra express journeys between Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield and Stoke from Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry

Manchester - Hazel Grove and Buxton[19]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins

Route 21 Route 22 Route 23 Route 24

Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport[20]


Service:
Monday-Saturday:
2 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Manchester - New Mills Central[21]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
2 journeys per hour (some continue to Sheffield)
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins
Sunday daytime: Every 60-120 mins
Sunday evening: 2 journeys

Manchester - Rose Hill Marple[21]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
2 journeys per hour (one express journey)
Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey

Manchester - Sheffield (The Hope Valley Lane)[22]

  • Manchester Piccadilly

then:

or:

then:


Service:
Monday-Friday daytime: Every 120 mins
Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Sunday daytime: Every 60-120 mins
Evenings: 1 journey

Manchester - Hadfield[23]


Some journeys call at Hadfield before Glossop
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 30 mins
3 per hour (rush hour) Monday-Saturday evenings: 60 mins
Sunday daytime: 30 mins
Sunday evening: 3 journeys

Route 25 Route 26 Route 27 Route 28

Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge and Huddersfield[24]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Huddersfield)
2 per hour (Manchester-Stalybridge)
Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from TransPennine Express
Monday-Saturday evenings:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Huddersfield)
Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from First TransPennine Express
Sunday:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Huddersfield)
Extra evening journey between Marsden and Huddersfield (running to/from Leeds)
Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from TransPennine Express

Manchester Victoria - Rochdale and Littleborough via Castleton[25]

continues to Leeds via Bradford or Dewsbury
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Littleborough - all stops)
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Littleborough - express)
Every 30 mins (Manchester-Rochdale - all stops)
4 journeys per hour (Manchester-Rochdale)
Monday-Saturday evenings:
Every 60 mins (Manchester-Littleborough)
2 journeys per hour (Manchester-Rochdale)
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Blackpool North and Preston - Hazel Grove[26]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (Preston-Hazel Grove)
Extra journeys to/from Blackpool North
Extra journeys between Blackpool and Manchester from TransPennine Express
Evenings and Sundays: No service to Piccadilly - Journeys provided by TransPennine Express to Piccadilly or Northern to Victoria

Blackpool North and Preston - Manchester Victoria[26]


Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Hull - Scarborough (Summer only)[27]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 120 mins (Hull-Scarborough)
Every 30 mins (Hull-Bridlington)
Monday-Saturday evenings:
1 journey (Hull-Scarborough)
3 journeys (Hull-Bridlington)
5 journeys (Hull-Beverley)
Sunday daytime: Every 120 mins (Hull-Scarborough)
Every 60 mins (Hull-Bridlington)
Sunday evenings: 1 journey (Hull-Bridlington)
2 journeys (Hull-Beverley)

Route 29 Route 30 Route 31 Route 32 Route 33

York - Leeds via Harrogate[28]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins (York-Leeds)
Every 30 mins (Knaresborough-Leeds)
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins (York-Leeds)
Sunday: Every 60-120 mins (York-Leeds)

Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Goole [29]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 120 mins (Scarborough-Sheffield
Every 60 mins (Bridlington-Sheffield)
2 journeys per hour (Hull-Sheffield)
Extra journeys between Hull and Doncaster from Hull Trains
Sunday daytime: Every 120 mins (Scarborough-Sheffield)
Every 60 mins (Bridlington-Sheffield)
Every 120 mins (Goole-Sheffield)
Evenings: 1 journey (Bridlington-Sheffield)
2 journeys (Hull-Sheffield)

Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Selby [29]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
1 journey per day
Extra journeys between Hull and Doncaster from Hull Trains

Barton-on-Humber - Cleethorpes[30]


Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 120 mins
Sunday: 4 journeys

Sheffield - Lincoln[31]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Gainsborough and Lincoln from East Midlands Railway
Monday-Saturday evenings:
1 journey (Sheffield-Lincoln)
Every 120 mins (Sheffield-Retford)
Every 60 mins (Sheffield-Worksop)
Sunday: 4 journeys (Sheffield-Lincoln)
6 journeys (Sheffield-Retford)

Sheffield - Gainsborough/Cleethorpes [31]

Nottingham - Sheffield and Leeds[32]


Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Nottingham and Sheffield from East Midlands Railway (approximately every 30 mins combined)
Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey (Nottingham-Leeds)
3 journeys (Nottingham-Sheffield (one weekday journey runs via Derby))
Extra journeys between Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds from East Midlands Railway
Sunday daytime:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Nottingham and Sheffield from East Midlands Railway (approximately every 30 mins combined)
Sunday evenings:
2 journeys (Nottingham-Leeds)
3 journeys (Nottingham-Sheffield)

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.

Ellesmere Port-Helsby Sheffield-York Stockport to Stalybridge


Service:
Four journeys to and from Ellesmere Port, with two journeys extending to Warrington (one on Saturdays). No services on Sundays[14]


Service:
Three journeys in each direction per day[33]


Service:
One journey in each direction on Saturday mornings[34]

References

  1. "Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "Train times: Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. "Train times: Bishop Auckland and Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. "Train times: Sunderland and Newcastle to Hexham and Carlisle" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. "Train times: Carlisle to Preston and Manchester via Cumbrian Coast and Windermere – Manchester Airport" (PDF). Northern Trains. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. "Train times: Leeds to Carlisle & Leeds to Morecambe/Heysham Port" (PDF). Northern Trains. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  8. Northern Rail Timetable 10
  9. Northern Rail Timetable 11
  10. Northern Rail Timetable 12
  11. https://d11vpqhghel6qd.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/bucket/manchester-to-blackburn-and-clitheroe-2707.pdf
  12. Northern Rail Timetable 13
  13. Northern Rail Timetable 14
  14. Northern Rail Timetable 15
  15. Northern Rail Timetable 16
  16. Northern Rail Timetable 17
  17. Northern Rail Timetable 18
  18. Northern Rail Timetable 19
  19. Northern Rail Timetable 20 Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  20. Northern Rail Timetable 21
  21. Northern Rail Timetable 22
  22. Northern Rail Timetable 23
  23. Northern Rail Timetable 24
  24. Northern Rail Timetable 25
  25. Northern Rail Timetable 26
  26. Northern Rail Timetable 27
  27. Northern Rail Timetable 28
  28. Northern Rail Timetable 29
  29. Northern Rail Timetable 30 Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  30. Northern Rail Timetable 31
  31. Northern Rail Timetable 32
  32. Northern Rail Timetable 33
  33. "Metro - West Yorkshire's rail network timetable". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  34. Network Rail complete timetable
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