National Express suspends all journeys through Wakefield and West Yorkshire during lockdown

The coach operator said that tighter lockdown restrictions and falling passenger numbers were behind the decision to suspend its national network of scheduled coach services from 11.59pm on Sunday, January 10, 2021.

Any journeys before Monday, January 11 will be completed, National Express said.

But customers with journeys due to begin after this will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund.

Chris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: “We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this."

"As the vaccination programme is rolled out and Government guidance changes, we will regularly review when we can restart services. We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday 1 March in place (subject to change).

“The whole team at National Express worked incredibly hard throughout 2020 and I want to thank them for their efforts as we pause our services. We will now make sure we are ready to get back behind the wheel as soon as the nation needs us again.”

National Express currently operates 193 services across the UK, with stops across West Yorkshire, including Wakefield, Dewsbury and Leeds.

Regular updates will be provided through the National Express website, social media channels and customer emails.