Northern Rail festive timetable 2018: The changes that will affect Leeds travellers over Christmas and New Year

Due to signalling and electrification improvement projects being carried out throughout the Christmas and New Year period, a number of services will be re-routed or replaced by a bus service.

On Thursday 27 December, Friday 28 December and Wednesday 2 January, there will be no rail services into or out of Manchester Victoria.

Rail services will be routed to other Manchester stations, or be replaced by a bus service.

Between those dates, services into and out of Manchester Victoria have also been altered.

The routes impacted by the works are as follows:

Thursday 27 December

- Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield/Glossop. Last service replaced by bus.

Thursday 27 - Friday 28 December and Sunday 30 December - Tuesday 1 January

- Manchester - Bolton

- Manchester - Clitheroe

- Manchester Airport - Manchester - Kirkby/Southport

- Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield via Stalybridge

- Manchester Victoria - Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central

- Manchester - Blackpool North

- Manchester Victoria - Leeds. The revised timetable for the Leeds service can be viewed at cloudfront.net

Tuesday 1 January

- Manchester - Liverpool Lime Street via Earlestown

Tuesday 1 - Thursday 3 January

- Manchester - Liverpool Lime Street. Late night services replaced by bus.

- Liverpool Lime Street - Preston. The 23:15 Liverpool Lime Street to Preston service will not call at Prescot, Eccleston Park, Thatto Heath Garswood and Bryn. A bus will be provided.

- Blackburn - Manchester Victoria, via Todmorden. The 23:25 Blackburn to Manchester Victoria service will be replaced by bus.

Tuesday 1 - Friday 4 January

- Blackpool - Manchester. Late night and early morning alterations to services.