Rail passengers are being advised to check on journeys from the end of July, with scheduled works set to take place.
Rail engineers will be undertaking a two week, round the clock blitz between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale and Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge from 31 July 31 to 15 August as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
TRU is a multi-billion-pound programme of rail upgrades aimed at improving connectivity in the North of England – providing faster, more reliable services for passengers travelling between York, Leeds and Manchester.
While the work takes place trains will be diverted onto different railway lines between Yorkshire and Manchester but some journeys may need to be completed partly by bus, primarily between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria.
Passengers travelling over this period are therefore being urged to check nationalrail.co.uk
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