TransPennine Express is warning customers travelling to Eurovision to expect major disruption.
Due to planned RMT and ASLEF strike action, there will be timetable changes next week on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13. It will cause havoc for all customers on the network, however, it will be particularly impactful for people attempting to reach the Eurovision Song Contest.
On Friday May 12, when ASLEF members plan to take action, there will be no TPE services at all. Meanwhile, on Saturday May 13– the day of the Eurovision Grand Final – planned RMT strike actions means there will be a significantly reduced TPE service.
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Kathryn O’Brien, operations and customer experience director at TPE, said: "This next week should be a time of celebration for Liverpool and the wider North West region, as we have been given a unique opportunity to host the world’s biggest music competition on behalf of those in Ukraine.
"Whilst we will do all we can to help make the event a success, sadly our customers need to be aware that the strike action will have a significant impact on our ability to run services to and from Liverpool. On Friday there will be no services at all and on Saturday, when we know so many people will want to head into Liverpool to be part of the historic event, we will run all that we can – but even this will be a limited timetable, with no trains out of the city after 7pm."
She added: " We will have TPE staff out and about across the network over the coming week and into next weekend to provide help and advice to our customers and we will do all we can to keep people on the move. But we need our customers to plan ahead carefully, consider their travel options and make other arrangements, where necessary, if travelling to and from Eurovision."
To help Eurovision fans get to Liverpool, TPE will operate the following services on Saturday, May 13:
- At least an hourly service from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool between 7.50am and 6pm
- An hourly service from Huddersfield to Liverpool between 8.15am and 5.20pm
- Five services from Preston to Liverpool between 9am and 5.05pm
- Four services from Sheffield to Liverpool between 9am and 4.10pm
Full details of TPE’s timetable for Saturday 13 May can be found via the TPE website or National Rail Enquiries.
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