NORTHERN has announced its amended timetables as railway workers get set to stage further strike action in the ongoing row over driver-only operated trains.

Members of the RMT union will strike on Saturday (September 8) and it will see Northern running reduced timetables across the weekend.

Northern said it is trying to modernise its service but the walk-out on Saturday is the third of six planned 24-hour walk-outs on consecutive Saturdays.

A further three walk-outs by trade union members are scheduled to take place on September 15, September 22 and September 29.

Ongoing engineering work in and around Manchester will also see some disruption to services, particularly between Manchester and Liverpool, with Northern running an hourly service via Warrington Central.

Services running via St Helens Junction will start and terminate at Newton-le-Willows with buses running to and from Manchester Oxford Road.

On Saturday Northern expects to run around 30 per cent of services with customers advised to plan carefully if they intend to travel on the rail network.

On Sunday there will be planned cancellations on a small number of routes, mainly in the north west, and again customers have been asked to check up to the last minute before travelling.

The weekend also sees a number of major events taking place throughout the north of England and customers have been reminded of the impact the amended timetables will have on travel to and from those events.

Saturday, September 8

Saltaire Festival

• SKIPTON – Three trains per hour to and from Skipton – last train Saltaire is at 19:12

• LEEDS – Two trains per hour to and from Leeds. Last train from Saltaire is at 19:12

Tour of Britain (cycling)

• SHEFIELD TO WORKSOP – One train every two hours between the two stations. First train from Sheffield is at 06:38. Last train from Worksop is at 19:07

• LINCOLN CENTRAL TO WORKSOP – One train every two hours between the two stations. First train from Lincoln Central is at 08:22. Last train from Worksop is at 17:06

• NOTTINGHAM – There will be no Northern service to and from Nottingham. Customers should use Cross Country or East Midlands Trains services.

• SHEFIELD TO RETFORD – One train every two hours between the two stations. First train from Sheffield is at 06:38. Last train from Retford is at 18:57

• LINCOLN CENTRAL TO RETFORD – One train every two hours between the two stations. First train from Lincoln Central is at 08:22. Last train from Retford is at 17:17

Penistone Agricultural Show

• SHEFFIELD – One direct service to and from Sheffield during the morning, no afternoon service from Sheffield. Last train from Penistone is at 16:42

• BARNSLEY – One train per hour to and from Barnsley during the morning, one train in the afternoon – last train from Penistone is at 16:42

• HUDDERSFIELD – Hourly service to and Huddersfield during the morning , two trains in the afternoon – last train from Penistone is at 15:17

For more information on Northern’s timetables for the RMT strike on Saturday, visit northernrailway.co.uk/strike or at nationalrail.co.uk.