May Bank Holidays Travel Summary

Please check before you travel during the May Bank Holiday weekends

The Early May Bank Holiday weekend covered by this guide runs from Saturday 2 May until Bank Holiday Monday 4 May inclusive.

The Late May (also known as Spring) Bank Holiday weekend covered by this guide runs from Saturday 23 May until Bank Holiday Monday 25 May inclusive.

There will be lots of planned essential engineering works and upgrades taking place as Network Rail works to improve the railway. In addition, some train companies will be making changes to their timetable, and to some train times, to match services to the number of customers travelling.

Planning and checking your journey

You can plan and check your journey before you travel using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner. Important information and useful travel advice relating to your journey may show with symbols on your journey results.

Please note that Journey Planner information is subject to change as timetables are still being finalised. Please continue to check your journey until you are due to set off – this will give you a chance to adjust your journey plans in advance if necessary, and avoid any last-minute disappointment.

Please check our Status and Disruptions page for up-to-date real-time information.

Find out more about your rights if a train journey is delayed or cancelled.

Major improvement work on your railway during the May Bank Holiday weekends

A considerable number of engineering and improvement projects will be undertaken during the May Bank Holiday weekends. Details of the biggest works taking place will be published here when available.

Please visit our Status and Disruptions pages where you will be able to find details of all the engineering works for the Early May and Late May bank holiday weekends.

May Bank Holiday changes being made by your train company

​​​​​​​Details of the service each train company will be providing over the bank holiday weekends will be available shortly via the links listed below. These page links are currently showing information for the Easter bank holiday period:

• Avanti West Coast

• c2c

• Caledonian Sleeper

• Chiltern Railways

• CrossCountry

• East Midlands Railway

• Elizabeth line

• Gatwick Express

• Grand Central

• Great Northern

• Great Western Railway

• Greater Anglia

• Heathrow Express

• Hull Trains

• Island Line

• LNER

• London Northwestern Railway

• London Overground

• Lumo

• Merseyrail

• Northern

• ScotRail

• South Western Railway

• Southeastern

• Southern

• Stansted Express

• Thameslink

• TransPennine Express

• Transport for Wales

• West Midlands Railway

Social media

For the latest rail travel news, why not follow National Rail on X? Over 1 million people follow @nationalrailenq on X. Our social media team are available 24/7 over the bank holiday weekend to answer your rail queries and supply you with the latest real-time travel updates.