{"id":518508,"date":"2026-08-24T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=198683"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:46:00","slug":"north-west-travel-advice-issued-ahead-of-busy-bank-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=518508","title":{"rendered":"North West travel advice issued ahead of busy bank holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/north-west-travel-advice-issued-ahead-of-busy-bank-holiday-weekend\/\" title=\"North West travel advice issued ahead of busy bank holiday weekend\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115848\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1_cropped-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115848\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1_cropped-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115848\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1_cropped-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rail passengers in the North West have been urged to plan their journeys in advance ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creamfields music festival returns to Daresbury in Cheshire on Thursday 27 and runs to Sunday 30 August, while Manchester Pride will take place from Friday 28 until Monday 31 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Premier League season also continues this weekend, with Anfield hosting Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest on Saturday and Manchester United facing off against Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, these events are expected to draw big crowds into Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street, with tens of thousands of people set to travel from across the country to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extra staff will be on hand in stations to help but, with bumper crowds expected, Network Rail is advising rail travellers to follow these helpful tips for the smoothest journey possible:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plan your journey and check before you travel at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/\">www.nationalrail.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Know the times of your last train home &#8211; some services are expected to be very busy<\/li>\n<li>Please respect station staff and other passengers when making your journey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"198684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-324x182.jpg 324w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1067x600.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"198685\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-767x432.jpg 767w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-324x182.jpg 324w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-694x391.jpg 694w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115723\/Manchester-Piccadilly-passengers2_cropped-1067x601.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Wright, Network Rail&#8217;s North West route director, said:<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;It&#8217;s great to see the North West hosting so many huge events over the bank holiday weekend and we want everyone travelling by train to have the best possible journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To make your journeys as smooth and easy as possible, I&#8217;m urging travellers to following our key travel tips &#8211; plan your journey, know the time of your last train home and please respect our station staff. We will have additional staff in place to provide advice and keep people safe throughout the weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To plan journeys in advance and for the latest train times, passengers should check&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/\">www.nationalrail.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"198687\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-766x431.jpg 766w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-323x182.jpg 323w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-1067x600.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Liverpool-Lime-Street-station-picture-3-cropped-cropped_cropped-1918x1079.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"198686\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-324x182.jpg 324w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-1067x600.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115732\/Manchester-Piccadilly-interior-2_cropped.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/north-west-travel-advice-issued-ahead-of-busy-bank-holiday-weekend\/\" title=\"North West travel advice issued ahead of busy bank holiday weekend\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24115848\/Manchester-Piccadilly-station-staff-1_cropped-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Rail passengers in the North West have been urged to plan their journeys in advance ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend across the region. 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