Northern Rail strike action

[Jack]

The RMT are threatening to strike over Christmas because of pay on the two bank holidays on the 27th and 28th. The union wants conductors to receive double time for those rostered to work those dates.

[lysander]

Pity they hadn't noticed how the calendar fell earlier isn't it? Why should strike action be allowed without seriously considering any alternatives. Conciliation should be mandatory...and who will suffer? Not the employees ( a days wage maybe) not Northern's shareholders but, as ever, we the public will be the ones!

[SF07]

Conductors will be going on strike on 27th and 28th December, which means Northern Rail will run a reduced service on some routes between 9am and 6pm only and no services on others. Replacement bus services for planned engineering works will still run but no other replacement bus service will operate.

Services in West Yorkshire running:
*Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds
*Leeds-Bradford-Halifax (no through journeys towards Lancashire and Manchester)
*Leeds-Skipton
*Leeds-Ilkley
*Leeds-Harrogate-Knaresborough
*Leeds-Doncaster

Services in other areas:
*Barrow-Workington
*Barton upon Humber-Cleethorpes
*Blackburn-Preston
*Hull-Bridlington
*Hull-Doncaster-Sheffield
*Lancaster-Morecambe
*Liverpool Lime St-Wigan
*Manchester Piccadilly-Glossop
*Manchester Piccadilly-Marple
*Manchester Piccadilly-Manchester Airport
*Manchester Victoria-Bolton-Wigan
*Manchester Victoria-Rochdale
*Newcastle-MetroCentre-Hexham-Carlisle
*Newcastle-Sunderland-Hartlepool-Middlesbrough
*Newcastle-Morpeth

Services not running in West Yorkshire:
*Huddersfield-Barnsley-Sheffield (alternative route: TransPennine Express to Leeds then Northern Rail to Barnsley, Sheffield, 82 bus to Denby Dale, 313/314 to Holmfirth then 20 to Penistone and Barnsley, 312/313/314 to Berry Brow, 313/314 to Brockholes, 336/337 to Lockwood, 341 to Stocksmoor)
*Huddersfield-Manchester Victoria (alternative travel: TransPennine Express to Stalybridge and Manchester Piccadilly, 185 bus to Marsden, 184 bus to Greenfield station and Manchester - connect at Uppermill for 350/353/354 to Mossley and Ashton)
*Huddersfied-Leeds (alternative travel: TransPennine Express to Dewsbury and Leeds, 203/262 bus to Mirfield and Dewsbury, 229 bus to Batley then 221 bus to Morley, 51/55 bus from Leeds to Morley)
*Huddersfield-Wakefield (alternative travel: 231/232 to Wakefield, 203/262 to Mirfield, 327 to Deighton)
*Brighouse-Wakefield (alternative travel: Grand Central services, 278 bus via Dewsbury)
*Leeds-Manchester Victoria via Brighouse (alternative travel: TransPennine Express to Dewsbury and Manchester Piccadilly, 278 bus Dewsbury-Mirfield-Brighouse, 590 bus Hebden Bridge-Todmorden-Littleborough-Rochdale)
*Halifax-Rochdale via Todmorden (alternative travel: 590 bus to Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Littleborough and Rochdale or 528 bus to Sowerby Bridge, Littleborough and Rochdale)
*Halifax-Blackburn via Burnley (alternative travel: 592 bus to Burnley connect at Burnley for Mainline bus to Accrington or 152 bus to Blackburn)
*Leeds/Wakefield-Pontefract-Knottingley (alternative travel: Grand Central from Wakefield to Pontefract, 189 bus to Castleford then 188 to Knottingley, 410 bus to Pontefract then 148/149 to Knottingley)
*Ilkley/Leeds-Bradford Forster Square (alternative travel: Northern Rail from Leeds to Bradford Interchange, Northern Rail from Ilkley to Leeds then Bradford Interchange or to Shipley then 625/627/737 bus to Bradford)
*Knaresborough-York (alternative travel: Northern Rail to Leeds then CrossCountry/TPE to York)
*York/Selby-Leeds (alternative travel: Cross Country and TransPennine Express between York, Garforth, Cross Gates and Leeds, TPE service between Selby, Garforth, Cross Gates and Leeds, 19 bus East Garforth-Leeds, 402/403 bus Selby-Garforth-Leeds)
*Leeds-Rotherham-Sheffield (alternative travel: Northern Rail and East Coast to Doncaster then TransPennine Express or X78 bus to Rotherham and Sheffield, Northern Rail to Sheffield via Barnsley, X78 bus from Sheffield or X12 bus from Barnsley to Rotherham)

www.northernrail.org/news/6557

[Burnside]

Planned timetables for West Yorkshire services:

Airedale Line
Leeds - Skipton: Hourly 09:26 - 18:26 & 20:26
Skipton - Leeds: Hourly 09:18 - 19:18 & 21:18
NO SERVICE BRADFORD - SKIPTON OR SKIPTON - MORECAMBE/HEYSHAM
BUSES RUNNING SKIPTON - CARLISLE

Caldervale Line
Leeds - Halifax: Hourly 08:37 - 17:37 & 19:37
Halifax - Leeds: Hourly 09:33 - 17:33, 18:35 & 20:21
NO SERVICE HALIFAX - WAKEFIELD, MANCHESTER OR BLACKPOOL

Hallam Line
Leeds - Sheffield via Barnsley: Hourly 09:37 - 17:37
Sheffield - Leeds via Barnsley: Hourly 09:51 - 17:51
TRAINS STOP ONLY AT LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, BARNSLEY, MEADOWHALL AND SHEFFIELD.

Harrogate Line
Leeds - Knaresborough: Hourly 10:29 - 17:29 (extra's at 11:59, 13:59, 15:59 and 17:59) plus 18:29 and 19:29 through to York
Knaresborough - Leeds: 09:35 & 10:35 (both from York), 11:35, 12:35, 13:05, 13:35, 14:35, 15:05, 15:36, 16:35, 17:05, 17:42, 18:35, 19:05

Wakefield Line
Leeds - Doncaster: Hourly 10:19 - 18:19 except 14:19 which does not run
Doncaster - Leeds: 09:14, 10:14, 11:26, 12:25, 13:27, 15:14, 16:14, 17:27
NO SERVICE TO MOORTHORPE, THURNSCOE, GOLDTHORPE, BOLTON ON DEARNE, SWINTON OR ROTHERHAM CENTRAL

Wharfedale Line
Leeds - Ilkley: Hourly 09:02 - 18:02
Ilkley - Leeds: Hourly 09:40 - 18:40
NO SERVICE BRADFORD - ILKLEY

York & Selby Lines
York - Leeds: 09:09 & 11:09(all stops), 12:13 & 14:13(all stops bar Church Fenton), 15:08 & 17:08 (all stops)
Leeds - York: 09:41 (all stops), 10:41 & 12:41 (not Chruch Fenton), 13:41 & 15:41 (all stops), 16:41 (not Church Fenton)
NO TRAINS WILL CALL AT ULLESKELF, NOR WILL NORTHERN SERVE SOUTH MILFORD OR SELBY. SELBY CAN BE REACHED USING TRANSPENNINE SERVICES TO/FROM HULL.

[northerner]

Transdev Harrogate have said on their website they will have extra buses on standby for the 36 if needed, however unfortunately no mention for Transdev Keighley's 662 route, so expect overcrowding.