Train passengers face cancellations over Bank Holiday weekend as workers strike

29.04.2022 - 19:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Train passengers could see Bank Holiday plans ruined as train staff are due to strikes this weekend.

TransPennine Express is asking customers to plan carefully ahead of planned National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) strike action taking place on Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1. A 'very limited service' will be operating over the weekend and customers have been advised not to travel, but to plan carefully if journeys are necessary.

The TPE website recommends: "If you’re planning to travel on a day affected by RMT strikes you should check for updates up to the last minute as services may be subject to short notice changes. You should also allow extra time for journeys as the services we are able to operate will be far busier than normal."

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There will be no TPE trains in operation on the West Coast Mainline on Saturday and anyone that needs to make an essential journey between Liverpool/Manchester and Glasgow/Edinburgh via Preston and Carlisle should seek alternative transport or travel on Friday or Monday instead. There is an amended timetable on the Sunday.

There are also amended timetables for the north route (Liverpool and Manchester to Leeds, Hull, York, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Edinburgh via Huddersfield) and the south route (Manchester to Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Cleethorpes via Sheffield).

All amended timetables can be found here. Customers with tickets marked “AP TPE ONLY” or “TPE ONLY”, as well as flexible tickets (Off-Peak, Anytime, etc) on days of strike action will be allowed to use their tickets to board some trains operated by other companies.

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