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
Route 5Route 6Route 7Route 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 9Route 10Route 11Route 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
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Service:
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
  • ' connecting service to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
  • '
  • Monday-Saturday evenings
  • evenings/Sundays
  • evenings/Sundays
  • evenings/Sundays
  • evenings/Sundays
  • Monday-Saturday evenings
  • evenings/Sundays
  • evenings/Sundays
  • Monday-Saturday evenings
  • '
  • some
  • some
  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings:
Every 60 mins;
Extra early-evening express journeys
Sunday daytime: Every 60mins
Preston - Ormskirk
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  • ' connections for Merseyrail service to
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys

Bolton - Manchester Victoria
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  • '
  • Most of these often extend to/from Southport
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: 4 journeys per hour
Monday-Saturday evenings: 3 journeys per hour
Sunday: 2 journeys per hour
Bolton - Manchester Airport
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  • Deansgate-Castlefield
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Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Extra express journeys from TransPennine Express
Bolton - Hazel Grove
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  • Deansgate-Castlefield
  • '
Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Manchester Victoria - Blackburn and Clitheroe/Hellifield
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  • request stop
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Service:
Monday-Saturday:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Blackburn and Manchester
Sunday:
Every 60 mins
Extra journeys between Clitheroe and Preston

Route 13Route 14Route 15Route 16

Preston - Blackpool North
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  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday:
2 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express
Sunday:
3 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express
Preston - Blackpool South
Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Manchester Victoria - Kirkby via Wigan Wallgate
  • '
  • ' connections for Merseyrail service to
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate
  • '
then:
  • limited service
or:
then:
  • ' connections for Merseyrail service to
Service:
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
  • '
  • Deansgate-Castlefield
  • ' connections for Merseyrail service to
Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge via Earlestown
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  • '
Service:
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
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  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 60 mins
Liverpool Lime Street - Warrington Bank Quay via Earlestown
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  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins

Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Oxford Road and Warrington Central
  • '
  • hourly
  • connecting service to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
  • hourly
  • hourly
  • limited service
  • hourly
  • two-hourly
  • hourly
  • two-hourly
  • two-hourly
  • two-hourly
  • Deansgate-Castlefield
  • '
Sunday: Every 120 mins, most services extended beyond Manchester to/from Wigan Wallgate and Southport

Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport
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  • '
Service:
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
  • '
  • limited services
  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 60 mins
Monday-Saturday evenings: Every 60 mins
Sunday: Every 120 mins

Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent via Macclesfield
  • '
  • limited services
  • '
Service:
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
  • '
  • every two hours
  • every two hours
  • '
  • Most of these now terminate at Buxton
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 60 mins

Route 21Route 22Route 23Route 24

Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport
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  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday:
2 journeys per hour
Extra journeys from TransPennine Express
Sunday: Every 60 mins

Manchester - New Mills Central
  • '
  • limited services
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • every two hours
  • '
Service:
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
  • '
  • some
  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
2 journeys per hour
Monday-Saturday evenings: 1 journey

Manchester - Sheffield
  • '
then:
  • limited services
  • limtied services
  • limited services
or:
then:
  • '
Service:
Monday-Friday daytime: Every 120 mins
Saturday daytime: Every 60 mins
Sunday daytime: Every 60-120 mins
Evenings: 1 journey

Manchester - Hadfield
  • '
  • '
  • '
  • A number of services start or terminate at Glossop
Some journeys call at Hadfield before Glossop
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
Every 30 mins
3 per hour
Monday-Saturday evenings: 60 mins
Sunday daytime: 30 mins
Sunday evening: 3 journeys

Route 25Route 26Route 27Route 28

Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge and Huddersfield
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  • '
Service:
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
  • '
  • '
continues to via Bradford or Dewsbury
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
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  • '
  • Deansgate-Castlefield
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Service:
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
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  • '
  • '
Service:
Daily: Every 60 mins

Hull - Scarborough
  • Hull
  • limited service
  • '
Service:
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 29Route 30Route 31Route 32Route 33

York - Leeds via Harrogate
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  • '
Service:
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
  • ' some
  • some
  • some
  • Hull
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • '
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • some
  • Meadowhall
  • '
Service:
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
  • '
  • Hull
  • '
  • Meadowhall
  • '
Service:
Monday-Saturday daytime:
1 journey per day
Extra journeys between Hull and Doncaster from Hull Trains

Barton-on-Humber - Cleethorpes
Service:
Monday-Saturday: Every 120 mins
Sunday: 4 journeys

Sheffield - Lincoln
  • '
Service:
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
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  • '
Nottingham - Sheffield and Leeds
  • '
  • Meadowhall
  • Barnsley
Service:
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-HelsbySheffield-YorkStockport to Stalybridge

  • '
  • one journey
  • one journey
  • ' two journeys
Service:
Four journeys to and from Ellesmere Port, with two journeys extending to Warrington. No services on Sundays

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  • Meadowhall
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Service:
Three journeys in each direction per day

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  • request
  • request
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Service:
One journey in each direction on Saturday mornings