TransPennine Express

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RE: First Transpennine Express
Barring a last minute cancellation, First TransPennine Express drivers are set to go on strike on Tuesday (5 November) and next Saturday (9 November):

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First TransPennine Express drivers who are members of ASLEF have voted to take industrial action on Tuesday 5 November and Saturday 9 November.

Should this action go ahead, it will cause disruption to the rail network on those days. Passengers are therefore advised to prepare by visiting http://www.nationalrail.co.uk or calling 08457 48 49 50 to check that alternative services are available to them. Rail services in general are also expected to be much busier than usual. For more details on the industrial action, visit http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/industrialaction/

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Should the strike go ahead, the following services would run:
*Manchester-Leeds-York: half-hourly service between 6am and 6pm Manchester Piccadilly, Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Leeds with an hourly service continuing to York via Garforth. A couple of extra journeys in the early hours running to/from Manchester Airport. Stalybridge only served at peak times.
*Manchester-Stockport-Sheffield: Hourly service between 7am and 7pm with occasional drop to two-hourly service. Dore & Totley only served at peak times
*Manchester Airport-Piccadilly-Preston-Edinburgh/Glasgow/Blackpool North/Barrow: Hourly service between Manchester Airport and Preston via Piccadilly, Oxford Road, Bolton and Chorley. Trains continue every 2 hours to Edinburgh via Lancaster, Carlisle and Lockerbie. Services to/from Barrow reduced to 2 journeys. Services to/from Blackpool North reduce to one/two journey
*Windermere-Oxenholme: Hourly service with one journey running to/from Preston
*York-Scarborough: Two-hourly service between 8am and 5pm
*Leeds-Hull & Cleethorpes-Doncaster: Replaced by bus service at peak times only