Easter 2025 disruption

On Saturday 19 April, Sunday 20 April and Monday 21 April 2025, there will be no train services to, from or through Stockport due to engineering works. 

Buses will replace all trains between:

• Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport/Hazel Grove
• Stockport and Stoke-on-Trent
• Stockport and Altrincham (Saturday and Monday only)
• Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Altrincham and Chester (Sunday only)
• Stockport and Wilmslow
• Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

Avanti, CrossCountry, EMR, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales train services will also be impacted by this work - please check before travelling if connecting with any of these services. 

If you have a valid railway ticket, you can use it on the following Bee Network services during the line closure as an alternative travel option:

• 11 Altrincham - Gatley - Cheadle - Edgeley – Stockport
• 42C Handforth Dean - East Didsbury - Manchester Piccadilly
• 192 Hazel Grove - Stockport - Levenshulme – Manchester
• 368 Stockport - Edgeley - Cheadle Hulme
• 378/A Stockport - Bramhall - Heald Green - Cheadle Hulme
• 370/1 Stockport - Cheadle - Gatley - Altrincham
• Metrolink between Altrincham and Manchester city centre stops.

Railway tickets normally used through Stockport will also be accepted on rail services between Manchester Piccadilly, Heald Green and Wilmslow.

Rail replacement buses from Handforth to Stockport will be provided by Transport for Wales.

Please check before travelling,  detailed journey times are available through online journey planners, the Northern app and on our website.

For more information about the project, including road diversionary routes, please click here.

Due to engineering work between Dewsbury and Huddersfield, services that normally run through the area will be amended (19-21 April).

• Trains between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via Dewsbury will be diverted via Bradford Interchange and Halifax, and will not call at Cottingley, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Mirfield and Brighouse.
• Trains will not run between Leeds and Bradford Interchange via Dewsbury and also between Leeds and York via Garforth.
• Buses will run between Halifax and Dewsbury
• You can also use TransPennine Express train services to complete your journey if affected by this work. 

Due to engineering work, no Northern trains will run to or from Liverpool Lime Street station (Sunday 20 April)

• Manchester Oxford Road - Liverpool Lime Street trains will instead run as a reduced service between Manchester Oxford Road and Hunts Cross only.
• A replacement bus service will run between Hunts Cross and Liverpool Lime Street.
• Manchester Piccadilly – Liverpool Lime Street via Earlestown trains will run between Manchester Piccadilly and Huyton only. A replacement bus service will run between Huyton and Liverpool Lime Street.
• Blackpool North - Liverpool Lime Street services will run between Blackpool North / Preston and Huyton only. A replacement bus service will run between Huyton and Liverpool Lime Street.

Due to engineering work between Manchester Victoria and Salford Crescent (Sunday 20 April), the following service changes will be made:

• Leeds - Manchester Victoria - Chester services will run between Leeds and Manchester Victoria only. Trains will call additionally at intermediate stations between Todmorden and Manchester Victoria. You can use Transport for Wales services Manchester Piccadilly and Chester via Earlestown at no extra cost
• Manchester Oxford Road - Southport services will run to a reduced timetable
• Manchester Victoria - Clitheroe services will run to a reduced train service between Bolton – Blackburn and buses will run between Blackburn – Clitheroe. 
• Manchester - Wigan Wallgate via Bolton services will be diverted and will not call at Salford Crescent. Buses will run between Bolton and Wigan. 

You can use the following at no extra cost - TransPennine Express services between Manchester Piccadilly and Stalybridge, and local bus services between Manchester and Salford Crescent

On 19, 20, and 21 April, Northern’s stopping services between Leeds and York (calling at Cross Gates, Garforth, East Garforth, Micklefield, and Church Fenton) will be temporarily operated by TransPennine Express (TPE) instead of Northern.

The timetable will remain the same, and Northern tickets will still be valid on these services, even though they will be run by TPE trains. However, please note that Northern tickets will only be valid on these specific replacement services— you cannot use them on other TPE services.

Additionally, due to engineering work in the Mirfield area, trains between Leeds and Manchester will be diverted via the Calder Valley route through Hebden Bridge. As a result, Northern services on this route are expected to be much busier than usual.

Please check your journey before you travel.

Buses will replace trains 18-21 April (Good Friday - Easter Monday) between Newcastle - Ashington (Northumberland line) due to engineering works.

Bus timetable information can be found through National Rail journey planners or the northern website 

Please allow extra time to travel.