"How will my journey be affected?
Many customers will need to change trains at Bolton and may notice a significant change to their normal train times; although if you are travelling on a route where trains are diverted you may not notice much of a difference to your journey.
If you are intending to use the replacement bus services, please be aware that journey times will be much longer.
Summary of where are trains and buses are running?
Bolton – Manchester
There will be only two trains per hour running in each direction between Bolton and Manchester. All day Thursday and Friday day time, Northern will run a non-stop train service between Bolton and Manchester Victoria and Transpennine Express will operate a train between Blackpool North and Manchester Airport that will run non-stop between Bolton and Deansgate / Manchester Oxford Road. On Friday evening these trains will be replaced by buses.
A rail replacement bus service will operate between Bolton and Manchester Victoria calling at Moses Gate, Farnworth, Kearsley, Salford Crescent and Salford Central. Buses will run hourly throughout the day and the journey time between Bolton and Manchester Victoria is an hour.
You can download the revised timetable for trains and buses between Bolton and Manchester here.
Wigan – Manchester
Non-stop
Northern will operate a non-stop train service between Wigan North Western station and Manchester Victoria. This will run hourly throughout the day and operate via an alternative route that avoids Salford Crescent; you can download the timetable for direct trains between Wigan and Manchester here.
Via Atherton
The work at Salford Crescent will prevent trains from running via the Atherton line. As a result there will be a replacement bus service calling at all stations between Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Victoria. If you intend to travel between Ince or Hindley and Manchester it is likely to be quicker to travel by train via Bolton, the connecting train times are shown in the section Southport – Manchester. If you are travelling to or from Daisy Hill, Hag Fold, Atherton, Walkden, Moorside and Swinton you can download the timetable for buses between Wigan and Manchester here.
Southport – Wigan – Bolton – Manchester
Northern will operate two trains and hour between Southport and Bolton. One service will call at all stations and the other will call at Burscough Bridge, Parbold, Appley Bridge, Wigan Wallgate, Hindley and Westhoughton. If you are travelling to or from Manchester you will need to change trains at Bolton or alternatively you can change trains and stations at Wigan: you can download the timetable for trains between Southport and Bolton with connections to Manchester here.
Wigan – Kirkby
Trains that normally run between Manchester and Kirkby cannot run. However an hourly train service will run between Wigan Wallgate and Kirkby and customers travelling between stations on the Kirkby line and Manchester will need to change trains in Wigan and walk between Wallgate and North Western stations for the best connections. You can download the timetable for trains between Wigan and Kirkby with connections to Manchester here.
Clitheroe – Blackburn – Bolton – Manchester
Northern will operate an hourly train service between Clitheroe and Bolton. Trains will run from Clitheroe 22 minutes earlier than normal and from Bolton 20 minutes earlier than in the normal timetable. If you are travelling to or from Manchester you will need to change trains at Bolton: you can download the timetable for trains between Clitheroe and Bolton with connections to Manchester here.
Blackpool – Preston – Bolton – Manchester
Northern will operate an hourly train service between Blackpool North and Bolton. Northern services will call at Layton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Kirkham & Wesham and all stations between Preston and Bolton; if you are travelling from Leyland, Adlington, Blackrod or Lostock to Manchester you will need to change trains at Bolton for the train to Manchester Victoria.
First TransPennine Express will operate an hourly train service between Blackpool North and Manchester Airport. On Thursday these trains will call at Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston, Buckshaw Parkway, Chorley, Horwich Parkway, Bolton and then run to Deansgate, Oxford Road, Piccadilly, Heald Green and Manchester Airport. On Friday evening, these trains will be replaced by buses between Bolton and Manchester.
You can download the timetable for trains between Blackpool/ Preston and Manchester here.
Scotland/Barrow/Windermere – Lancaster – Preston – Manchester
First Transpennine Express will operate train services to and from Lancaster, Cumbria and Scotland via an alternative route between Preston and Manchester. For more details of the revised train times go to tpexpress.co.uk"
related to the upgrade/rebuild of the station - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20836860
