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May timetable is now available at https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-04/May-December/Northern_6_booklet_0319_32pp-2.pdf Engineering work on 26 May means there will be no trains north of Maryport and buses between Carlisle and Workington. For timetable see file:///C:/Users/david/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/7BFNMV8M/Alteration notice Week 09 (25 - 31 May).pdf [...]
January news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays until 16 February. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On the Cumbrian coast there are usually one return journey between Workington and Barrow, one between Whitehaven and Barrow and another two between Millom and Barrow. There is no service between [...]
December news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays until 26 January. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On the Cumbrian coast there are usually two return journeys between Workington and Barrow and another three between Millom and Barrow. In December there is no service between Carlisle and Workington. [...]
November news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays until 29 December. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On the Cumbrian coast there are usually two return journeys between Workington and Barrow and another between Workington and Whitehaven. In December there is no service between Carlisle and Whitehaven. [...]
October news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays 6, 13, 20 and 27 October and 3 and 10 November. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On the Cumbrian coast there are usually two return journeys between Workington and Barrow and another between Workington and Whitehaven with six or seven buses between [...]
September news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 September and 6, 13 and 20 October. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On 25 August on the Cumbrian coast there were two return journeys between Workington and Barrow with six or seven buses between Carlisle and Whitehaven connecting [...]
August news
The RMT union has announced more strikes on Saturdays 25 August, 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 September. Timetables are usually available by Tuesday for the following Saturday. On 25 August on the Cumbrian coast there were two return journeys between Workington and Barrow with six or seven buses between Carlisle and Whitehaven connecting with the trains. [...]
July news
The RMT union have called off the strike on Saturday 21 July. However there may be disruption to services on Sunday 15 July. Despite the poor strike timetable otherwise services are stabilising generally with few cancellations now on either the Cumbrian coast or Furness lines though it is still worth checking before setting off especially [...]