List of Northern Trains routes
This is a list of routes operated by Northern Trains in Northern England serving the main cities of Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield and the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Durham, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and all four areas of Yorkshire, plus some services running into Dumfries and Galloway, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Routes
These are the services that are operated by Northern Trains :Key
- - Station has parking facilities
- - Station has bicycle storage facilities
- - Station is disabled-friendly
- - Station serves an airport
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a bus/coach station
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Manchester Metrolink station
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Merseyrail station
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Nottingham Express Transit tram stop
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Sheffield Supertram stop
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a Tyne & Wear Metro station
- - Station serves or is within walking distance of a heritage railway station
Main Routes
Route 5 | Route 6 | Route 7 | Route 8 |
Merged into route 9 | |||
Service and frequency :'Monday – Saturday: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with 6 trains per day continuing to Whitby. Two additional trains continue to, and commence from, Battersby and Castleton Moor. Sunday: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with 4 trains per day continuing to Whitby. Evening: Hourly service between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe, with an infrequent service to and from Whitby. | Service and frequency : Monday – Sunday: Hourly service between and via . Hourly service between and. Hourly service between and . Evening: Hourly service between and, and and. Hourly service between and . Hourly service between and. | Bentham Line: Service and frequency : Monday – Saturday: 8 trains per day between and . Sunday: 5 trains per day between Leeds and Morecambe. Settle to Carlisle Line: Service and frequency : Monday – Saturday: 7–8 journeys per day between Carlisle and Leeds. Sunday: Five journeys per day between Carlisle and Leeds, with an additional return journey between Carlisle and Nottingham. Evening : One return journey per day between Leeds and Ribblehead. Note: Northern Trains also operate a regular local service between Lancaster and Morecambe. |
Route 9 | Route 10 | Route 11 | Route 12 |
To Blackpool South: Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Sunday: Every 60 mins ; Every 120 mins To Blackpool North: Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins from York Sunday: Every 60 mins from Leeds To Blackburn: Monday-Saturday & Sunday: Every 60 mins from Manchester Victoria To Preston: Monday-Saturday & Sunday: Every 60 mins from Leeds | Liverpool - Wigan
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 30 mins; Extra express journeys between Liverpool and Preston via Huyton, St Helens and Wigan Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins; Extra express journeys between Liverpool and Preston via Huyton, St Helens and Wigan Sunday: Every 60 mins Liverpool - Preston and Blackpool North
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins; Extra early-evening express journeys Sunday daytime: Every 60mins Preston - Ormskirk
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys | Bolton - Manchester Victoria
Monday-Saturday daytime: 4 journeys per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys per hour Sunday: 2 journeys per hour Bolton - Manchester Airport
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Extra express journeys from TransPennine Express Bolton - Hazel Grove
Daily: Every 60 mins | Manchester Victoria - Blackburn and Clitheroe/Hellifield
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Extra journeys between Blackburn and Manchester Sunday: Every 60 mins Extra journeys between Clitheroe and Preston |
Route 13 | Route 14 | Route 15 | Route 16 | |||
Preston - Blackpool North
Monday-Saturday: 2 journeys per hour Extra journeys from TransPennine Express Sunday: 3 journeys per hour Extra journeys from TransPennine Express Preston - Blackpool South
Daily: Every 60 mins | Manchester Victoria - Kirkby via Wigan Wallgate
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate
Monday-Saturday daytime: 60 mins ; 2 per hour ; 2 per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Sunday daytime: Every 60 mins Manchester Airport - Southport via Wigan Wallgate
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Sunday: Every 60 mins | Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge via Earlestown
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Extra afternoon journeys between Liverpool and Manchester Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Sunday daytime: 3 journeys Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Airport
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Sunday: Every 60 mins Liverpool Lime Street - Warrington Bank Quay via Earlestown
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins | Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central
| Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins 2 per hour Extra express journeys from Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales Evenings and Sundays: 60 mins Extra express journeys from Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Manchester Airport
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Sunday: Every 120 mins | Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent via Macclesfield
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins Extra express journeys between Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield and Stoke from Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry Sunday: 3 journeys Extra express journeys between Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield and Stoke from Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry | Manchester - Hazel Grove and Buxton
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins |
Route 21 | Route 22 | Route 23 | Route 24 |
Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport
Monday-Saturday: 2 journeys per hour Extra journeys from TransPennine Express Sunday: Every 60 mins | Manchester - New Mills Central
Monday-Saturday daytime: 2 journeys per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Sunday daytime: Every 60-120 mins Sunday evening: 2 journeys Manchester - Rose Hill Marple
Monday-Saturday daytime: 2 journeys per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey | Manchester - Sheffield
Monday-Friday daytime: Every 120 mins Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Sunday daytime: Every 60-120 mins Evenings: 1 journey | Manchester - Hadfield
Service: Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 30 mins 3 per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: 60 mins Sunday daytime: 30 mins Sunday evening: 3 journeys |
Route 25 | Route 26 | Route 27 | Route 28 |
Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge and Huddersfield
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins 2 per hour Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from TransPennine Express Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from First TransPennine Express Sunday: Every 60 mins Extra evening journey between Marsden and Huddersfield Extra express journeys between Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge and Huddersfield from TransPennine Express | Manchester Victoria - Rochdale and Littleborough via Castleton
Service: Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Every 60 mins Every 30 mins 4 journeys per hour Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins 2 journeys per hour Sunday: Every 60 mins | Blackpool North and Preston - Hazel Grove
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Extra journeys to/from Blackpool North Extra journeys between Blackpool and Manchester from TransPennine Express Evenings and Sundays: No service to Piccadilly - Journeys provided by TransPennine Express to Piccadilly or Northern to Victoria Blackpool North and Preston - Manchester Victoria
Daily: Every 60 mins | Hull - Scarborough
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 120 mins Every 30 mins Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey 3 journeys 5 journeys Sunday daytime: Every 120 mins Every 60 mins Sunday evenings: 1 journey 2 journeys |
Route 29 | Route 30 | Route 31 | Route 32 | Route 33 |
York - Leeds via Harrogate
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Every 30 mins Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins Sunday: Every 60-120 mins | Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Goole
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 120 mins 2 journeys per hour Extra journeys between Hull and Doncaster from Hull Trains Sunday daytime: Every 120 mins Every 60 mins Every 120 mins Evenings: 1 journey 2 journeys Hull - Doncaster and Sheffield via Selby
Monday-Saturday daytime: 1 journey per day Extra journeys between Hull and Doncaster from Hull Trains | Barton-on-Humber - Cleethorpes
Monday-Saturday: Every 120 mins Sunday: 4 journeys | Sheffield - Lincoln
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Extra journeys between Gainsborough and Lincoln from East Midlands Railway Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey Every 120 mins Every 60 mins Sunday: 4 journeys 6 journeys Sheffield - Gainsborough/Cleethorpes
| Nottingham - Sheffield and Leeds
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins Extra journeys between Nottingham and Sheffield from East Midlands Railway Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey 3 journeys Extra journeys between Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds from East Midlands Railway Sunday daytime: Every 60 mins Extra journeys between Nottingham and Sheffield from East Midlands Railway Sunday evenings: 2 journeys 3 journeys |
[West Yorkshire Metro] routes
Irregular services
Sometimes known as 'parliamentary' or 'ghost' trains, these irregular services are operated solely to avoid going through formal procedures to close a line or route.Ellesmere Port-Helsby | Sheffield-York | Stockport to Stalybridge |
Four journeys to and from Ellesmere Port, with two journeys extending to Warrington. No services on Sundays |
Three journeys in each direction per day |
One journey in each direction on Saturday mornings |