North West Sunday timetable update
If you’re travelling in the North West on a Sunday, please check your journey before you set off. As Sundays fall outside of conductors’ regular working week, a revised timetable has been in place across several routes since December 2024 and will continue until further notice as outlined in the summary below.
These do not include real-time alterations, so please also use the National Rail website, Northern service updates and the App for up-to-date information before you travel.
Current Sunday Timetable Changes
Cancelled services:
- 09:52 and 14:47 Barrow-in-Furness → Manchester Airport
- 10:33 and 12:30 Manchester Airport → Barrow-in-Furness
Cancelled services:
- 09:12 Preston → Manchester Airport
- 17:30 Manchester Airport → Windermere
Bus replacements: Evening services to Windermere
Bus replacements:
- 19:38 Whitehaven → Carlisle
- 21:10 Carlisle → Whitehaven
Cancelled services:
- 11:51, 15:51, 19:48 Blackpool North → Manchester Airport
- 13:45, 17:45, 21:45 Manchester Airport → Blackpool North
Cancelled services:
- 08:25, 11:25, 14:25, 17:25, 20:25 Liverpool → Manchester Oxford Road
- 09:46, 12:46, 15:46, 18:46, 21:46 Manchester Oxford Road → Liverpool
- No change between Preston ↔ Colne
- Reduced to a 2-hourly service between Preston ↔ Blackpool South
Service changes:
Hourly service now running every 2 hours between Liverpool and Manchester Airport (with longer 6-car trains for added capacity)
Bus replacements:
Between Manchester Airport ↔ Wilmslow
Cancelled services:
- 23:10 Manchester Airport → Liverpool
- 23:30 Liverpool → Manchester Airport
Service changes:
- Hourly service now running every 2 hours between Southport ↔ Manchester Victoria
- Every 2 hours between Manchester Victoria ↔ Blackburn
Train service withdrawn and replaced by buses
Service changes:
- Hourly service now running every 2 hours between Manchester Victoria ↔ Blackburn
Service changes:
- Service withdrawn between Manchester Victoria ↔ Chester
Service changes:
- Hourly service now running every 2 hours
Service changes:
- Hourly service replaced by two trains every three hours
Service changes:
- Half-hourly service replaced by two trains every 90 minutes
Service changes:
- Hourly service reduced to every 2 hours
Service changes:
- Hourly services now every 2 hours
- 23:15 Liverpool → Blackpool North cancelled
Service withdrawal:
- Rail services removed and replaced with buses
Rail service withdrawn and replaced by buses
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