Very unfortuante that such works are taking place in the early Summer period, at a weekend, blocking rail access to a seaside resort. I hope every attempt was made to schedule these works earlier in the year, or in the Autumn, and that there are really no other alternative dates available. In an ideal world May to September weekends should be off limits for such engineering work on routes to Cleethorpes.
Also worth noting that 13th July is Barton Bike Night. The rail service will be fairly useless on what should be one of the busiest days of the year for the Barton Line.
I do agree that this is unfortunate timing.
I have contacted Northern to request that any replacement service provided on the 13th July takes into account the Barton Bike Night. I do hope that footfall at the event isn't adversly affected by these works.
In due course I shall also be contacting Network Rail about the timing of these works. In addition to it being a poor time to disrupt access to a seaside resort, it also seems ridiculous to close a line which has no winter Sunday service on a summer Sunday. They have 7 months of the year in which they could carry out the works with only the Saturday night disruption.
Confirmed timetables so far
Saturday 11th May
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-04/weeks-7-9/e0701.pdf
Saturday 18th May - Sunday 19th May
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-04/weeks-7-9/N31_e0801a.pdf
Saturday 25th May - Sunday 26th May
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-04/weeks-7-9/N31_e0901a.pdf
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-04/week-10/N31_e1001a.pdf
Note that on Sunday 2nd June, the Northern pdf is showing a replacement bus service all day. Online journey planners and the like are showing only the first train to be replaced by a bus. The latter tallies with the Engineers Access Statement, however I will do my best to clarify which is right.
On Saturday 6th July, train services will run as normal up to and including the 15:50 Barton - Cleethorpes. From then on, replacement bus services will run as follows:
16:55 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 18:44
17:55 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 19:35
18:56 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 20:45
20:01 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 21:41
21:04 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 22:53
22:02 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 23:42
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-06/N31_e1501a.pdf
On Sunday 7th July, the summer Sunday service will be a rail replacement bus service. Outline times are below, times at intermediate stations can be found in online systems.
10:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 11:49
11:08 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 12:48
12:57 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 14:46
13:53 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 15:33
15:03 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 16:52
16:18 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 17:58
18:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 19:49
19:15 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 20:55
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-06/N31_e1501a.pdf
On Saturday 13th July, train services will run as normal up to and including the 15:50 Barton - Cleethorpes. From then on, replacement bus services will run as follows:
16:55 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 18:44
17:55 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 19:35
18:56 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 20:45
20:01 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 21:41
21:04 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 22:53
22:02 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 23:42
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-06/week-16/N31_e1601a.pdf
On Sunday 14th July, the summer Sunday service will be a rail replacement bus service. Outline times are below, times at intermediate stations can be found in online systems.
10:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 11:49
11:08 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 12:48
12:57 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 14:46
13:53 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 15:33
15:03 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 16:52
16:18 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 17:58
18:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 19:49
19:15 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 20:55
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-06/week-16/N31_e1601a.pdf
On Saturdays 20th and 27th July, train services will run as normal up to and including the 15:50 Barton - Cleethorpes. From then on, replacement bus services will run as follows:
16:55 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 18:44
17:55 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 19:35
18:56 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 20:45
20:01 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 21:41
21:04 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 22:53
22:02 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 23:42
Northern have not yet published a PDF timetable for these dates. Detailed times can be found in internet journey planners and should also be available from booking offices and the telephone enquiry lines.
On Sundays 21st and 28th July, the summer Sunday service will be a rail replacement bus service. Outline times are below, times at intermediate stations can be found in online systems.
10:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 11:49
11:08 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 12:48
12:57 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 14:46
13:53 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 15:33
15:03 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 16:52
16:18 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 17:58
18:00 Cleethorpes - Barton, arrives 19:49
19:15 Barton - Cleethorpes, arrives 20:55
Northern have not yet published a PDF timetable for these dates. Detailed times can be found in internet journey planners and should also be available from booking offices and the telephone enquiry lines.
I have just had a look through the Engineering Access Statement for 2020. The only date in 2020 which may affect Barton Line trains is Sunday 11th October if we have the year round Sunday service by then.
TPE services to Cleethorpes will be affected on the following dates:
Replacement buses between Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes:
Saturday 11th January 2020 (from 23:00)
Sunday 12th January 2020
Saturday 18th January 2020 (from 23:00)
Sunday 19th January 2020
Saturday 25th January 2020 (from 23:00)
Sunday 26th January 2020
Saturday 10th October 2020 (from 23:00)
Sunday 11th October 2020
Replacement buses between Doncaster and Sheffield
Saturday 21st March 2020
Sunday 22nd March 2020
It is pleasing to note that Network Rail aren't planning any summer tourist season disruption to Cleethorpes during 2020.
Replacement timetable 20th/21st July 2019
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-07/week-17/N31_e1701a.pdf
Replacement timetable 27th/28 July 2019
https://d2cf7kiw5xizhy.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/2019-07/week-17/N31_e1801a.pdf
Note that on all affected dates, the replacement buses will not stop at New Clee, Grimsby Docks or Thornton Abbey. On the Saturdays, the 21:04 Cleethorpes - Barton rail replacement bus service will stop additionally at Ulceby.
From this coming weekend, we should see the return of Barton Line Saturday evening and Sunday train services. Sunday services run up to and including Sunday 8th September 2019. There are no more Barton Line engineering works in the pipeline.