December 2022 timetable - Manchester Recovery Task Force
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Earlier this year the Department for Transport, Transport for the North (TfN) and Network Rail sought views of rail users, the public and stakeholders on rail timetabling work that had been undertaken during 2020 by the Manchester Recovery Task Force (MRTF).
The MRTF was set up in January 2020 to develop and deliver solutions that improve the reliability of rail services for passengers. The MRTF was attended by a range of organisations, including the Department for Transport, TfN, train operators and Transport for Greater Manchester amongst others. The objective for the MRTF was to recast the rail timetable to address some of the structural issues around the pre-Covid timetable and provide reliable performance to passengers while different infrastructure solutions, with longer lead times, were planned, and delivered.
The public consultation, which ran from 14 January to 10 March 2021, has been used to help inform further work on the options. This led to a revised recommended timetable structure being developed. You can find out more about this timetable structure and why it was recommended in the consultation feedback document on the Department for Transport’s website.
Following that consultation, consideration of the comments received and the recommendation of the MRTF - and endorsed by the TfN Rail North Committee - Northern and TransPennine Express have produced indicative timetables which have now been published. These timetables are based on the MRTF’s recommended approach and are due to be introduced during December 2022.
Please note that these timetables will be subject to a bid and offer process with Network Rail and further operational refinement. The timings should therefore not be taken as definitive. Also, ongoing railway enhancement work including the Trans Pennine Upgrade will give rise to timetable amendments, during the course of the December 2022 timetable and in following years.
The map below shows the routes affected by the work of the Manchester Recovery Taskforce.
The timetables in detail
EWD – Monday to Saturday SuO – Sunday only
Manchester – Stalybridge/Huddersfield- Leeds
Leeds – Huddersfield – Manchester EWD
Leeds – Huddersfield – Manchester SuO
Manchester – Huddersfield – Leeds EWD
Manchester – Huddersfield – Leeds SuO
Manchester – Bradford Interchange – Leeds
Leeds – Hebden Bridge – Manchester EWD
Leeds – Hebden Bridge – Manchester SuO
Manchester – Hebden Bridge – Leeds EWD
Manchester – Hebden Bridge – Leeds SuO
Manchester - Blackpool/Preston
Manchester – Bolton – Preston EWD
Manchester – Bolton – Preston SuO
Preston – Bolton – Manchester EWD
Preston – Bolton – Manchester SuO
Liverpool – Preston/Blackpool
Liverpool – Wigan – Blackpool EWD
Liverpool – Wigan – Blackpool SuO
Blackpool – Wigan – Liverpool EWD
Blackpool – Wigan – Liverpool SuO
Manchester – Newton-le-Willows – Liverpool
Liverpool and Chester – Manchester EWD
Liverpool and Chester – Manchester SuO
Manchester – Chester and Liverpool EWD
Manchester – Chester and Liverpool SuO
Manchester- Warrington – Liverpool
Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester EWD
Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester SuO
Manchester – Warrington – Liverpool EWD
Manchester – Warrington – Liverpool SuO
Manchester – Sheffield
Manchester – Clitheroe
Manchester – Wigan – Southport
Manchester – Wigan – Kirkby and Southport EWD
Manchester – Wigan – Southport SuO
Southport – Wigan – Manchester SuO
Southport and Kirkby – Wigan – Manchester EWD
Manchester – Altrincham – Chester
Chester-Altrincham – Manchester EWD
Chester-Altrincham – Manchester SuO
Manchester – Altrincham – Chester EWD
Manchester – Altrincham – Chester SuO
Manchester – Crewe
Manchester – Stoke-on-Trent
Manchester – Buxton
Manchester – New Mills/Rose Hill
Manchester – Rose Hill and New Mills EWD
New Mills and Rose Hill – Manchester EWD
Manchester – Hadfield/Glossop
Deansgate – Manchester Airport (the Castlefield corridor)
Deansgate – Manchester Airport EWD
Manchester Airport – Deansgate EWD
Deansgate – Manchester Airport SuO
Manchester Airport – Deansgate SuO
Morecambe – Lancaster
Cumbrian Coast and Lancaster/Windermere – Manchester Airport
Carlisle Barrow and Windermere – Lancaster and Manchester EWD
Carlisle Barrow and Windermere – Lancaster and Manchester SuO
Manchester and Lancaster – Windermere Barrow and Carlisle EWD
Manchester and Lancaster – Windermere Barrow and Carlisle SuO
Blackpool – Colne/Leeds
Blackpool – Colne and Leeds SuO
Blackpool to Colne and Leeds EWD
Leeds and Colne – Blackpool EWD
Leeds and Colne – Blackpool SuO
Preston – Ormskirk
Where more than one train operator delivers services on a route, timetables will include East Midlands Railway, Transport for Wales, TransPennine Express and Northern services. There are other train operators whose services are not directly affected by the MRTF work and therefore have not been included in these timetables. For further information visit their websites.
This scheme has now closed
The feedback we receive will help inform the final stage of the MRTF timetable process, following the extensive consultation completed earlier this year. That timetable will be formally bid to Network Rail in early 2022 and, following this process, it’ll be introduced in December 2022.
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