Details for the 6th July service rail service enhancements are now coming through.
Northern are as you were with the six return Barton Line trips Mondays - Saturdays and no Sunday Barton Line or Saturday Brigg Line services. There are enhancements elsewhere on their network.
The South TPE service will be predominantly 2 hourly but with full service in the peaks. Most services will still terminate at Manchester Piccadilly, where there are connections for the Airport. The overnight services will not run.
EMR details are stil awaited.
Bus timetables remain the same, although note that North East Lincolnshire concessionary passes have now gained their morning peak restrictions, hence can't be used Mondays - Fridays prior to 09:30.
Just a reminder that in line with the The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020, face coverings (not necessarily masks) must be worn when on public transport unless a passenger has a reasonable excuse, such as:
Being unable put on, wear or remove a face covering because of any physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability (within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010(1)), or without severe distress;
Travelling with, or providing assistance to, another person who relies on lip reading to communicate;
Travelling to avoid injury, or to escape a risk of harm, and does not have a face covering with them;
It is reasonably necessary to eat or drink, you remove your face covering to eat or drink (particularly relevant in this hot weather I feel);
You have to remove their face covering to take medication;
A relevant person requests that P remove their face covering.
Also a reminder that in line with the Prime Minister's statement on Tuesday, people should avoid public transport where possible.
Apologies for a lack of updates on this recently.
On the Barton Line, we still have a restricted COVID timetable. The 06:58 and 14:55 from Cleethorpes and 07:56 and 15:50 from Barton do not run. On Mondays - Thursdays, the 21:04 from Cleethorpes and 22:02 from Barton are replaced by buses, please note that these replacement buses do not call at New Clee, Grimsby Docks or Thornton Abbey and that at Barrow Haven the bus stop is adjacent to the The Haven Inn, not the railway station. The replacement bus is duplicated by a train on Fridays and Saturdays. For full details of the timetable, please see:
Mondays - Saturdays
Sundays
A full Barton Line timetable is expected to resume from Monday 14th September 2020.
Ammended timetables also run elsewhere on the Northern network.
Transpennine Express are currently running a two hourly service from Cleethorpes - Manchester Piccadilly with some additions, mainly at peak times. Connections are available from Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport.
Mondays - Saturdays
https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/~/media/travel-updates/south-ewd-from-06july2020v2.pdf?la=en
Sundays
https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/~/media/travel-updates/south-sun-from-12july2020.pdf?la=en
Abellio East Midlands Railway are currently running a reduced timetable. In our area, please note that on Saturdays the 09:46 Newark North Gate - Grimsby Town and 11:28 Grimsby Town - Newark North Gate are not running. Also on Sundays, only one Lincoln - Cleethorpes and vice-versa train is running.
Mondays - Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
On the Humberlink Buses, on the 250 Humber Flyer, the Hull - Humberside Airport short workings are not currently operating. The 255 and 250 services through to Grimsby / Cleethorpes are currently near normal.
On the 350 Humber Fastcat, a near normal service operates most of the day, however note that on Mondays - Fridays, the last bus from Scunthorpe to Barton and Hull is at 19:10 (leaves Barton Railway Station at 19:52) and from Hull to Barton and Scunthorpe is at 20:20 (leaves Barton Interchange at 20:44). The Saturday late night buses from Hull do not operate.
Summary of departures
Barton Railway Station - Hull Mondays - Saturdays
06:40, 06:53, 07:28MF, 07:43, 07:58, 08:13, 09:03, 09:18, 09:33, 10:03EY, 10:18, 10:33, 11:03, 11:18, 12:03, 12:18. 12:33, 13:03EY, 13:18, 13:33, 14:03, 14:18, 14:33, 15:03, 15:18, 15:33, 16:03EY, 16:18, 16:33, 17:03, 17:33, 17:33, 18:03, 18:03, 18:33, 18:33, 19:03EY, 19:52
EY = Operated by East Yorkshire
MF = Mondays - Fridays only
Barton Railway Station - Hull Sundays
09:58, 10:58EY, 13:58, 15:58EY, 18:58, 20:58EY
Hull - Barton Railway Station Mondays - Saturdays
06:20, 06:55, 07:15, 07:25EY, 07:25, 07:55, 08:40, 08:55, 09:10C, 09:40, 09:55, 10:10, 10:40EY, 10:55, 11:10C, 11:40, 11:55, 12:10, 12:40, 12:55, 13:10C, 13:40EY, 13:55, 14:10, 14:40, 14:55, 15:10, 15:40, 15:55, 16:10, 16:45EY, 17:00C, 17:15, 17:45, 18:10, 18:25, 19:10C, 20:20C
C = Connects with Barton Line service towards Cleethorpes
EY = Operated by East Yorkshire
Hull - Barton Railway Station Sundays
08:30EY, 10:30C, 13:30EY, 15:30C, 18:30C/EY, 19:30
C = Connects with Barton Line service towards Cleethorpes
EY = Operated by East Yorkshire
The Hornsby Travel service 254 Barton Town bus is now running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
https://twitter.com/GouldthorpeAlan/status/1290262437845848064/photo/2
The 260 Barton Villager is currently running to a temporary timetable.
Mondays - Fridays
Saturdays
https://bustimes.org/services/260-the-villager
Note that the Saturday service is expected to run for the last time on Saturday 5th September 2020 and will be replaced by the East Yorkshire Motor Services JustGo North Lincs demand responsive service. The weekday service is expected to continue as at present.
The 450 Immingham - Barton - Brigg service is running to a temporary timetable, although is currently expected to cease running in late August.
Please remember to maintain physical distancing wherever possible on public transport. It remains compulsory to wear a face covering unless medically exempt.
450 to cease it's temporary timetable (though I think it's the normal Saturday/School Holiday timetable) or to cease alltogether?
I understand the 450 will cease altogether on Friday 29th August.
I agree what Stagecoach have branded as the temporary timetable is the usual school holiday timetable.
There have been further changes to omnibus services from Sunday 30th August 2020.
Service 250 is rerouted and no longer serves Great Limber or Humberside Airport. From Keelby, the service will run via Ulceby, Thornton Curtis and Barrow, regaining its current route in Barton after serving the Interchange followed by the Market Place. Some 250 journeys now detour to serve Wren Kitchens
There is now a late evening service 255 6 days a week, leaving Hull at 23:30, returning from Wren Kitchens at 00:20.
Timetable:
Hornsby Travel Barton Town service 254 continues to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
https://hornsbytravel.co.uk/timetables/Hornsbys_Service_254_2020.pdf
Stagecoach Barton Villager weekday service 260 continues to operate.
Note that the fixed timetable Call Connect service 260 will cease with the last run being on Saturday 5th September, with Saturday passengers advised to use the new EYMS JustGo service. Alternatively, go by train.
https://www.justgonorthlincs.co.uk/
Jointly operated Humber Flyer service 350 continues to operate. Note that the late evening services still do not run, though the 23:30 250 from Hull does now provide an alternative.
Under the COVID distancing guidelines, college day service 360 is now for the use of the college students only.
There are also ammendments to the bus services in Grimsby, Hull and Scunthorpe, with many early morning and late evening services reintroduced and daytime frequencies increased back towards their normal levels. See https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east-midlands/coronavirus-temp-services for details.
On the rails, the current Barton Line temporary service is in place until Sunday 13th September, with the full service to restart on Monday 14th September. Brigg Line Saturday services will resume from Saturday 19th September.
Transpennine Express will continue with the current temporary timetable.
East Midlands Railway will have an increased temporary timtable from Monday 14th September, featuring the reintroduction of the full Grimsby / Cleethorpes service, although there are still some reductions elsewhere on their network.
I am very sorry to report that the service uplift planned to take effect on the Barton Line from Monday 14th September 2020 will now not take place. Below is the explanation from Northern's train planning department:
"I should also mention with the Barton TT, the services listed below have been taken out as TPE do not have the traincrew to resource them. There is however an additional bus in each direction at end of day – you will see on the TT"
The taken out services are the 06:59, 14:55 and on Mondays - Thursdays the 21:04 from Cleethorpes and the 07:50, 15:50 and on Mondays - Thursdays the 22:02 from Barton.
The additional bus is the 21:04 from Cleethorpes and the 22:02 from Barton Mondays - Thursdays. This continues to run as a train on Fridays and Saturdays.
In more posivie news, the Brigg line will resume its Saturday only service from Saturday 19th September 2020. See the Brigg Line Group's attached promotional poster for details.
The link for the continued revised Barton Line timetable is below:
Note that some of the connecting Barton - Hull times in the timetable are incorrect. Northern are aware of the issue so hopefully they will be corrected soon. In the meantime, please check the bus times on the Stagecoach website:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east-midlands/hull-services
Note that the Stagecoach 250/255 and 350 timetables have now been reissued with the handy Barton - Hull summary section reintroduced.
250/255:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetable-pdf?ServiceId=XGAO250.O
350:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetable-pdf?ServiceId=XGBO350.O
There are also extra 255 journeys, and changes to the times of some existing 255 journeys. If you want a bus from Barton to Hull at 0355, there is now one Monday to Thursday!
Good spot. If I lived in Barton, I would probably use that early morning 255 occasionally. Also a Sunday 255 in there.