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Readers in the north of England have got in touch to tell us how the timetable changes are affecting them. Many feel the changes have been made to benefit people in the south-east to the detriment of northern commuters.

Jonathan, 33, says the timetable changes add 35 minutes to his commute:

I use the Tyne and Wear metro to reach the train station and then commute by train to work. The train is now earlier on the way to work and later on the return. It really does seem like this change has been made to better service London and south-east travellers.

Matthew travels from outside Wigan into Salford and finds the new timetable changes affect when he is able to drop off and pick up his son from nursery:

There used to be three trains but these have been reduced to two. Nursery opens at 7.30 so I’m limited as to what trains are available to me. My usual train has been put back five minutes, while the one afternoon/evening train that gets me back in time to collect my son has been brought forward 10 minutes. This means that despite working on flexi time I actually lose time each day, unless I’m able to make some arrangement to drop off my son early to get an early train once a week. This morning however the train was 25 minutes late arriving, and got to Salford half an hour late. To rub salt in the wound, the train has been reduced from the previous four carriages to two. This means I am down on my flexi already with no prospect of being able to make it back. And all this because of wholesale changes apparently to accommodate some more trains into London Bridge - cheers Govia Thameslink Railway!”

Michael Morey, 38, from Blackpool was travelling in from Zurich when he faced train cancellations this morning: