Train times on Christmas Day 2019: train timetables in Bradford over Christmas and New Year

The festive season will see the public transport system under extra strain, as people travel to and from the homes of their family and friends.
By Finlay Greig
Published 20th Dec 2019, 12:47 BST
Northern Rail timetables have been amended over the festive period (Shutterstock)Northern Rail timetables have been amended over the festive period (Shutterstock)
Northern Rail timetables have been amended over the festive period (Shutterstock)

But rail workers and bus drivers need a Christmas break too, and often timetables are amended around the holidays to reflect staff shortages.

This can have an effect on timings and availability of transport and may impact your travel plans. But fear not, we've brought together the details of every train company operating in Bradford and given you a run down of their plans for the key dates over the holidays.

Northern

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Normal services will run on Christmas Eve until 19:00 when trains will be withdrawn and after 21:00 most services will not run.

Northern services to and from Hull will not run on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Services will resume on December 27, though some early services will either not run.

Normal services will run on December 28, 29 and 30.

Normal services will run on New Year's Eve until 19:00 when trains will be withdrawn and after 21:00 most services will not run.

On New Year's Day some early morning trains will not run.

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Engineering work will cause widespread disruption from December 30 onwards.

For more details on Northern's Christmas timetable visit nationalrail.co.uk

Grand Central Railway

On Christmas Eve the 15:30 Sunderland - London Kings Cross, 17:30 Sunderland - London Kings Cross, 19:27 London Kings Cross - Sunderland will not run.

On December 27 the 06:43 and 08:44 Sunderland to London Kings Cross services will arrive into London at later times of 10:20 and 12:20 respectively.

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On December 28 the 19:27 London Kings Cross - Sunderland service will be slightly retimed into York.

New Year's Eve will see the cancellation of the14:50 Bradford Interchange - London Kings Cross, 15:30 Sunderland - London Kings Cross, 17:30 Sunderland - London Kings Cross, 19:27 London Kings Cross - Sunderland and the 19:54 London Kings Cross - Bradford Interchange

There will be no Grand Central services on New Year's Day, but services will resume as normal on January 2.

For more details on Grand Central Railway's Christmas timetable visit nationalrail.co.uk

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