fireftrm
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Engineering work timetables on Northern's website not news but there for certainly a week - all shown as bus replacements, maybe they were using an excuse but that's where they have the timetablesI'm not sure where you've got your information from but from the weekly operating notices.
Manchester to Stoke is open Virgin and Cross Country are using it. Only possession is before 05.00 so would not affect Northern.
Lancaster to Morecambe open after 09.20. There is an OHLE isolation due to work further North but wont affect Northerns diesels.
Clitheroe is open and there are train services running to Salford Central and no possessions to Hellifield.
There are no bus replacements running to Blackpool. The only bus replacements are from Wigan to Preston as line closed and Bolton to Preston to cover Northerns cancelled trains (due to driver shortages). Limited stop Northern services are running on this line so line is open.
Liverpool via Warrington is open from Hunts Cross to Manchester. Northern have cancelled some services due to no drivers. They were originally planning to run a semi fast service as well from SouthPkway to Man Airport but these canned due to no drivers.