Timetable change December 2022
Winter timetable
Train times will changed on Sunday 11 December 2022 - If you haven't travelled in a while we encourage you to plan ahead and see if any changes affect your journey.
Train timetables changed on Sunday 11 December 2022, with some areas seeing more trains running where they’d been reduced in early 2022. The new timetable introduces some significant changes to services running into and through Manchester and the North West aimed at improving reliability across this very busy area of the rail network.
In the North West, the significant changes may include a change in calling patterns or starting and destination points. Where possible, train times in the Manchester area have been evened out, so that they’re more regularly spaced.
Below is a summary of the changes for each region. For individual train times, we encourage everyone to check online journey planners before they travel to make sure they’ve got the very latest information.
Online journey planners are updated with the new timetable.
Summary of changes
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Trains that were removed earlier in the year will be reintroduced
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Some re-timing of trains
The below table gives a summary of service patterns on routes. The routes may include different calling patterns and not call at all stations. First and last trains may differ from the service patterns. Please refer to online journey planners for specific changes to individual trains.
Route |
December 22 service pattern |
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Newcastle - Morpeth - Chathill |
Hourly |
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Carlisle - Hexham - Newcastle |
2 trains per hour |
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Hexham – Newcastle |
Hourly service |
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Newcastle - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough |
Hourly service |
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Chester-le-Street and Durham |
3 trains per day |
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Bishop Auckland - Darlington - Middlesbrough – Saltburn |
Hourly |
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Darlington – Middlesbrough - Saltburn |
Hourly |
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Middlesbrough - Nunthorpe |
Hourly |
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Middlesbrough – Whitby |
6 trains per day (both directions) |
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Trains that were removed earlier in the year will be reintroduced
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Some re-timing of trains
The below table gives a summary of service patterns on routes. The routes may include different calling patterns and not call at all stations. First and last trains may differ from the service patterns. Please refer to online journey planners for specific changes to individual trains.
Route |
December 22 service pattern |
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Carlisle - Skipton - Leeds |
8 trains per day (both directions) |
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Morecambe/Lancaster - Skipton |
8 trains per day (both directions) |
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Ilkley to Leeds / Bradford |
2 trains per hour |
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Skipton to Leeds / Bradford |
2 trains per hour |
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Leeds - Bradford FS |
2 trains per hour |
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York - Harrogate - Leeds |
2 trains per hour with additional Harrogate – Leeds peak services |
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Leeds - Micklefield – York |
1 train per hour |
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Hull – Leeds - Halifax |
1 train per hour |
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Hull - Selby - York |
Mostly hourly throughout the day, some services every 2 hours in the off-peak |
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Hull – Doncaster |
1 train per hour |
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Bridlington – Hull |
1 train per hour |
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Scarborough - Hull – Sheffield |
1 train per hour |
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Sheffield – Doncaster/Adwick |
1 train per hour |
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Doncaster – Scunthorpe |
1 train every two hours |
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Leeds - Sheffield - Nottingham |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds - Sheffield – Lincoln |
1 train per hour |
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Sheffield - Barnsley – Leeds |
Hourly |
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Sheffield - Worksop - Gainsborough Central |
Peak time service and Saturday Brigg service |
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Bradford Int - Huddersfield |
1 train per hour |
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Huddersfield - Wakefield - Castleford |
Peak time service (3 services each way) |
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Leeds - Knottingley/ Goole |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds - Doncaster |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds - Sheffield via Dearne |
1 train per hour |
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Sheffield - Huddersfield |
1 train per hour |
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Sheffield - Pontefract - York |
3 trains per day (both directions) |
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Blackpool – Leeds - York |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds – Bradford – Manchester Victoria |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds – Bradford - Manchester Vic – Chester |
1 train per hour |
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Leeds – Dewsbury - Manchester Vic – Wigan |
1 train per hour |
- Changes to services in and around Manchester as part of the Manchester recovery taskforce, which will see improvement to services and more structured timetables. Changes routes may include:
- Changes to calling patterns of some services
- Changes to starting points and destinations on some routes, with some additional direct services in some areas. This also means a change may now be required on other services
- Change of train operating company
- Trains that were removed earlier in the year will be reintroduced
- Some re-timing of trains
- With the significant changes taking place, we will phase the full timetable over Winter, to allow for the usual two-week Christmas and New Year timetable changes to take place and introduce the full timetable as more people return in the new year.
The below table gives a summary of service patterns on routes. The routes may include different calling patterns and not call at all stations. First and last trains may differ from the service patterns. Please refer to online journey planners for specific changes to individual trains.
Route |
December 22 service pattern |
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Barrow – Lancaster - Manchester Airport |
Hourly service between Barrow and Lancaster with most trains extended to Manchester Airport |
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Windermere – Oxenholme - Manchester Airport |
Hourly service between Windermere and Oxenholme-Windermere with some trains extended to Manchester Airport |
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Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle |
Broadly hourly |
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Blackpool North - Manchester Airport |
2 trains per hour. |
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Liverpool - Manchester Oxford Road |
1 train per hour |
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Liverpool - Warrington Central |
1 train per hour |
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Warrington Central - Manchester Oxford Road |
1 train per hour during the peak |
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Preston - Colne |
1 train per hour |
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Preston - Blackpool South |
1 train per hour |
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Liverpool - Manchester Airport |
1 train per hour For services between Manchester and Crewe, a change will be required at Piccadilly |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Airport - Crewe |
1 train per hour |
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Southport - Manchester Oxford Road |
1 train per hour Services that previously went through to Alderley Edge will depart from Manchester Piccadilly |
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Southport - Stalybridge |
1 train per hour |
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Stoke - Manchester Piccadilly |
1 train per hour with additional trains in the morning peak between Macclesfield – Manchester and Manchester and Stoke in the evening peak |
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Clitheroe - Rochdale |
1 train per hour |
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Blackburn - Manchester Victoria/Rochdale |
1 train per hour |
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Wigan - Leeds via Dewsbury |
1 train per hour |
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Chester - Manchester Victoria - Leeds via Bradford |
1 train per hour |
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Manchester Victoria - Leeds via Bradford |
1 train per hour |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Chester via Altrincham |
1 train per hour with additional trains in the peak between Chester and Stockport |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton |
1 train per hour off-peak 2 trains per hour peak time |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield via New Mills Central |
1 train per hour |
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Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills Central |
1 train per hour with additional services in the peak |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield |
2 trains per hour |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill |
1-2 trains per hour |
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Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport |
1 train per hour |
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Liverpool - Wigan |
2 trains per hour |
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Kirkby - Wigan - Victoria - Blackburn via Todmorden |
1 train per hour |
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Blackpool North - Leeds - York |
1 train per hour |
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Preston - Ormskirk |
1 train per hour |
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Liverpool - Blackpool |
1 train per hour |
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Lancaster - Morecambe |
1 train per hour |
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Alderley Edge - Manchester |
1 train per hour |
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Dales Rail (Sunday-only service) |
Winter Service |
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Services to/from Yorkshire are shown in the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire section |
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