As a result of the continuing impact of COVID-19 we will be running amended ‘Key Worker’ timetables from Tuesday 24 March.

Everyone at Northern is working to provide the best possible rail service during this difficult time, but it is simply not possible to operate our usual timetable. Where we are not able to run trains we will seek to provide rail replacement road transport.

Though we continue to run services, the Government is advising that, if possible, you should avoid non-essential public transport. If your only option is to travel by train, try to avoid rush hour, vary your usual travel times to prevent crowding and follow instructions at the station and on board the train.

If you are showing any Coronavirus symptoms, however mild, you should self-isolate along with other members of your household. The latest Public Health England advice is available here.  

We will continue to do all we can and hope you will also continue to play your part when travelling on Northern services.

Please only travel if your journey is absolutely essential under the new government guidance. 

  

Northern's Key worker timetables will appear below in PDF downloadable form when available:

Please note these are subject to change. It is advisable to plan your journey using National Rail Journey Planner for the most accurate service. You can also personalise a timetable for your route, by using the National Rail timetable creator. 

 

Route 1: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre

From Monday 30 March, trains on this service will be covered by TransPennine Express - please check their website to find out more. 

In addition to this, Northern will be running a limited number of bus services.

• N1 Newcastle to Morpeth: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.    From 3 May
• N1 Newcastle to Morpeth and Chathill: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 2: Nunthorpe to Middlesbrough and Newcastle

• N2 Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough to Newcastle and Metrocentre: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N2 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool and Newcastle: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.    From 31 May

 

Route 3: Bishop Auckland to Darlington, Middlesbrough and Saltburn

Please note engineering works will impact this route on Saturday and Sunday 30/31 May. Alternative timetables for these dates are provided below.

• N3 Bishop Auckland to Darlington, Middlesbrough and Saltburn: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N3 Bishop Auckland to Darlington, Middlesbrough and Saltburn: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 4: Newcastle to Hexham and Carlisle

• N4 Newcastle to Hexham and Carlisle: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 10 May
• N4 Newcastle to Hexham and Carlisle: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 5: Middlesbrough to Whitby

• N5 Middlesbrough to Nunthorpe and Whitby: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N5 Middlesbrough to Nunthorpe and Whitby: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 6: Carlisle to Barrow and Lancaster, Windermere to Lancaster

• N6 Carlisle to Barrow and Lancaster, and Windermere to Lancaster: Key Workers Timetable Sundays.    From 10 May
• N6 Carlisle to Barrow and Lancaster, and Windermere to Lancaster: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 7: Leeds to Settle and Carlisle, Skipton to Lancaster, and Lancaster to Morecambe

• N7 Skipton to Lancaster: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N7 Lancaster to Morecambe: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N7 Leeds to Lancaster and Carlisle: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N7 Lancaster to Morecambe: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 9: Blackpool to Preston and Colne

• N9 Blackpool to Preston and Colne: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N9 Blackpool to Preston and Colne: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 10: Liverpool to Earlestown and Manchester, Liverpool to Wigan, Preston to Ormskirk

• N10 Liverpool to Wigan and Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N10 Liverpool to Wigan and Blackpool: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N10 Preston to Ormskirk: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 12: Manchester to Blackburn and Clitheroe

• N12 Manchester to Blackburn and Clitheroe: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N12 Manchester to Blackburn and Clitheroe: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 14: Manchester Airport to Manchester, Kirkby and Southport

• N14 Manchester Airport to Manchester, Wigan and Southport: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 10 May
• N14 Manchester Airport to Manchester, Kirkby and Southport: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 26 May

 

Route 15: Liverpool to Earlestown and Manchester, Liverpool to Wigan

• N15 Liverpool to Wigan and Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N15 Liverpool and Chester to Earlestown and Wigan: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 16: Liverpool to Warrington Central and Manchester

• N16 Liverpool to Warrington Central and Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N16 Liverpool to Warrington Central and Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 17: Manchester to Altrincham and Chester

• N17 Manchester to Altrincham and Chester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N17 Manchester to Altrincham and Chester: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 18: Crewe to Wilmslow and Manchester, Manchester Airport to Manchester

• N18 Crewe and Manchester Airport to Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 10 May
• N18 Crewe and Manchester Airport to Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 19: Manchester to Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

• N19 Manchester to Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N19 Manchester to Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 20: Manchester to Hazel Grove and Buxton

• N20 Manchester to Hazel Grove and Buxton: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N20 Manchester to Hazel Grove and Buxton: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 22: Manchester to Marple and Sheffield

• N22 Manchester to Rose Hill and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 23: Manchester to Marple and Sheffield

• N23 Manchester to Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N23 Manchester to Rose Hill and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 24: Manchester to Hadfield and Glossop

• N24 Manchester to Hadfield and Glossop: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 17 May
• N24 Manchester to Hadfield and Glossop: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 25: Manchester to Stalybridge

• N25 Stalybridge to Manchester.  From 18 May

 

Route 26: Sheffield to Doncaster, Adwick and Scunthorpe

• N26 Sheffield to Doncaster, Adwick and Scunthorpe: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 27: Blackpool to Preston, Manchester and Hazel Grove

• N27 Blackpool to Preston and Manchester: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 10 May
• N27 Blackpool to Preston, Manchester and Hazel Grove: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 26 May

 

Route 28: Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield

• N28 Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N28 Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Monday to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 29: York to Harrogate and Leeds

• N29 York to Harrogate and Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N29 York to Harrogate and Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 30: Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield

• N30 Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N30 Scarborough to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield: Key Workers Timetable for Monday to Saturdays.  From 1 Jun

 

Route 31: Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber

• N31 Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 32: Sheffield to Lincoln

• N32 Sheffield to Lincoln: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N32 Sheffield to Lincoln: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 33: Sheffield to Barnsley and Leeds

• N33 Nottingham to Sheffield and Leeds: Key Workers: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.    From 18 May
• N33 Sheffield to Barnsley and Leeds: Key Workers: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 24 May

 

Route 34: Hull to Selby and York

• N34 Hull to Selby and York: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N34 Hull to Selby and York: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 35: York and Hull to Leeds

• N35 York and Selby to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N35 York and Hull to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 36: Leeds to Manchester Victoria and Preston, Manchester to Blackburn via Todmorden 

• N36 Manchester to Blackburn: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N36 Leeds to Manchester Victoria and Preston: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N36 Leeds to Manchester Victoria and Preston: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 25 May
• N36 Manchester to Blackburn via Todmorden: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 25 May

 

Route 39: Ilkley to Leeds & Bradford Forster Square

• N39 Ilkley to Leeds & Bradford Forster Square: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N39 Ilkley to Leeds & Bradford Forster Square: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 31 May

 

Route 40: Skipton to Bradford Forster Square and Leeds

• N40 Skipton to Bradford Forster Square and Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N40 Skipton to Bradford Forster Square and Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 41: Goole and Knottingley to Leeds

Please note engineering works will impact this route on Sunday 31 May. An alternative timetable for this date is provided below.

• N41 Knottingley to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N41 Knottingley to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 24 May

 

Route 42: Sheffield and Doncaster to Leeds

Please note engineering works will impact this route on Sunday 31 May. An alternative timetable for this date is provided below.

• N42 Sheffield and Doncaster to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May
• N42 Sheffield and Doncaster to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 24 May

 

Route 43: Sheffield to Barnsley and Huddersfield

• N43 Sheffield to Barnsley and Huddersfield: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N43 Sheffield to Barnsley and Huddersfield: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May

 

Route 46: Bradford Forster Square to Leeds

• N46 Bradford Forster Square to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Sundays.  From 3 May
• N46 Bradford Forster Square to Leeds: Key Workers Timetable for Mondays to Saturdays.  From 18 May