Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

train to Manchester for City v Burnley, as well as regular trips to Blackpool, Southport and Morecambe would operate throughout the month. Members of the NUR affiliated to the Manchester Branch, were being asked to support strike action if the swingeing cuts being proposed were to be implemented. November It was suspected that 28 weekday trains and 8 Sunday services would be either cut or re timed, and those identified as being uneconomic were on weekdays as follows - The 05:15 Colne to Preston.

The 05:20 Preston to Todmorden, (Saturdays only). The 06:00 Accrington to Colne, (Saturdays excepted). The 08:40 Colne to Manchester. The 09:46 Preston to Accrington, (Saturdays excepted). The 10:15 Skipton to Manchester, (Saturdays only). The 11:26 Preston to Accrington, (Saturdays excepted). The 11:27 Preston to Todmorden, (Saturdays excepted). The 11:57 Manchester to Skipton, (Saturdays only). The 12:34 Todmorden to Preston, (Saturdays only). The 12:54 Manchester to Skipton. The 12:55 Colne to Manchester, (Saturdays excepted). The 13:40 Skipton to Manchester, (Saturdays only).

The 14:05 Manchester to Skipton. The 14:20 Accrington to Preston. The 17:20 Todmorden to Accrington. The 17:52 Skipton to Manchester, (Saturdays only). The 17:58 (Saturdays only), and the 18:24 Bury to Accrington, (Saturdays excepted). The 18:24 Accrington to Bury, (Saturdays excepted). The 19:18 and 20:40 Accrington to Preston. The 19:30 Preston to Accrington, (Saturdays only). The 20:00 Colne to Manchester. The 20:07 Manchester to Colne, (Saturdays only).

The 21:20 Manchester to Colne. The 22:05 Manchester to Colne.

The 22:10 Skipton to Accrington, (Saturdays only). The 22:50 Todmorden to Blackburn, (Saturdays only). The 05:35 Preston to Accrington. The 06:48 Skipton to Manchester. The 07:00 Manchester to Skipton. The 10:20 Blackburn to Accrington. The 12 noon Colne to Manchester. The 13:20 Bury to Colne. The 14:35 and the 19:00 Manchester to Skipton.

On Sundays the uneconomic trains were the -

The BTC stated that these cuts would only be on the winter timetable, but railwaymen were of the opinion that once lost these services would not be reinstated. A spokesman said it had been postulated that diesel railcars would be the solution to uneconomic services, but added that at this time there was insufficient stock with which to operate them. Towards the end of the month there was a football excursion to Wrexham for the Stanley game, departing at 11:35 and returning from General at 17:10 for 8/9d return. ( Wrexham 5 – Stanley 2 .) For Burnley’s away game at Spurs by departing at 22:09 on Friday and returning from Euston at either 18:05 on Saturday or 00:30 on Sunday morning, fans could travel for 35/- return. On Sunday, the 21 st , Barrow was visited again, with Chesterfield the repeat destination on the 28 th . When BR announced which cuts were to be made, there were less than at first had been anticipated. Only 24 of the 111 trains calling at Accrington on weekdays would go along with the 7 on Sundays. It was also confirmed that these would be reinstated when the summer timetable came into force on June 9 th , 1957. The trains which would be withdrawn were - The 05:52 to Preston. The 06:19 to Todmorden, (Saturdays only).

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