Northern has announced a number of cancellations of Friday afternoon/evening services from Liverpool.
The destinations include Manchester Oxford Road, Blackpool North, Wigan North Western and Warrington Bank Quay and have been cancelled due to a short notice lack of available conductors.
Passengers travelling from Liverpool are asked to plan their journeys carefully this evening.
Northern are also reminding passengers of the RMT strike this weekend, which will affect train services to and from Liverpool this Saturday.
The following services are cancelled:
- 2.55pm – Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road
- 3.37pm – Liverpool to Blackpool North
- 5pm – Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay
- 5.59pm – Liverpool to Wigan North Western
- 6.19pm – Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road
- 6.35pm – Liverpool to Blackpool North
- 7.28pm – Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road
- 8.15pm – Liverpool to Wigan North Western
What did the officials say?
Graeme Follin, Head of Trains and Stations for Northern said:
“We are sorry we have had to cancel these services on such an important evening for Liverpool City Region and customers can be assured we are doing all we can to get them where they need to be.
“We do still have services running to all destinations this evening and on several routes there are alternative operators such as East Midlands Trains and TransPennine Express who will be able to carry customers.
“Again, we are very sorry for the disruption this will cause and ask customers to plan their journeys carefully.”
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I find that Arriva who are managing the Northern rail franchise isn’t getting any better despite new trains that are currently being built by CAF (Class 195 and Class 331) and will start passenger service from December this year and Class 769 Bi-mode from next year. I think it’s time that the government should take over the troubled Northern franchise and to put a end to the strikes that it’s caused lots of misery to passengers right across the North of England including most parts of Yorkshire, The Midlands, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cumbria, County Durham and Tyne & Wear.