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Do Not Travel warning for Skipton to Carlisle rail line this weekend

There's more misery for rail passengers as operator Northern advises customers not to travel on routes between Skipton and Carlisle this Sunday.

The warning comes because of the lack of availability of replacement buses this weekend.  

Train services have been affected by the recent derailment of a freight train near Carlisle and are not currently running to and from Skipton. Because of the situation with replacement buses, Northern says there will be no service available on Sunday 27th November. 

Customers are also advised to check before they travel on services between Carlisle and Haltwhistle as not all replacement buses will be running on this route.  

Tony Baxter, regional director at Northern, said: “We apologise for the significant disruption and inconvenience this will cause to our customers. 

"There are no replacement buses on these routes, which are not operating due to the derailment of a freight train close to Carlisle. 

"Despite attempts to recruit buses to replace the train services, unfortunately we have not been able to do so this weekend. 

“Therefore, customers are advised not to travel between Skipton and Carlisle and some other routes may have limited numbers of road replacement transport available.”  

A local bus service will be running in the area.  

Northern is also warning customers that because of strike action by train driver's union ASLEF on Saturday 26th November, the train operator cannot operate any services across its network. Customers are advised not to try to travel by train on Saturday as there will be major disruption across the whole rail network.   

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