TPE have introduced an amended timetable with effect from 10th January 2022.
Due to a shortage of available train crew as a result of rising sickness levels, predominantly driven by the Omicron variant of Covid-19, along with industrial relations issues and the Government’s advice to work from home where possible – TPE have introduced an amended timetable from Monday 10th January 2022. This amended timetable will provide a stable and reliable service for those customers who are travelling with TransPennine Express.
There appears to be little change in our area. Huddersfield – Manchester stopping services will continue to operate hourly
Hopefully this will produce a more stable timetable than what has been experienced for the past month with a list of cancellations being published at around 10pm the night before, something which didn’t help much with passengers trying to plan ahead.
It appears there may still be some additional short notice cancellations published at around 10pm for the following day.
It’s early days for the new timetable, but for Slaithwaite & Marsden it looks like the number of cancellations will be down from an average of 57 per week (over the 4 weeks from 13th December to 9th January) to less than a third of that.
Link is https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/amended-timetable