Status and Disruptions
August 2026
September 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Major incident:
Industrial action to affect East Midlands Railway Intercity and Connect services on today and Monday 31 August, and on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 September
(video included)
- Major incident:
Major engineering work during the August Bank Holiday weekend, from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Wigan Wallgate and Southport until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Disruption on some Northern routes today
- Minor incident:
Disruption through Romford expected until 10:00
- Minor incident:
Lines reopened: disruption between Airdrie and Haymarket expected until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Disruption to / from London Marylebone expected until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Disruption between West Ealing and Greenford expected until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Amended timetable on the c2c network until further notice
- Minor incident:
No trains between Haywards Heath and Lewes until Tuesday 1 September
- Minor incident:
Temporary amendments to some services between Horsham / Barnham from Tuesday 1 until at least Tuesday 15 September
- Minor incident:
Temporary amendments to some services between Uckfield and Oxted from Tuesday 1 until at least Tuesday 15 September
- Minor incident:
Temporary reduced timetable on East Midlands Railway Intercity routes until further notice
Recently cleared disruptions
Planned engineering works
- Minor incident:
Track renewal work: buses replace trains between London Bridge and Tulse Hill via Peckham Rye from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
East Coast Digital Programme Upgrade Work: severely reduced service to / from London Kings Cross from 22:00 on Saturday 29 August until 08:00 on Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended train service between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids from Monday 10 August until further notice
- Minor incident:
Major improvement works in the Wrexham General area from Sunday 16 to Sunday 30 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Drainage refurbishment and bridge work: buses replace trains between Guildford and Effingham Junction / Leatherhead / Surbiton on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Track upgrades at Kilmarnock: buses replace trains between Barrhead and Kilmarnock / Dumfries / Carlisle from Saturday 29 August to Sunday 13 September
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Track maintenance work: buses replace trains between Farnham and Alton from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Building new footbridge with lifts: Amended services to / from Tackley from Friday 12 June 2026 until Friday 30 April 2027
- Minor incident:
Bransty Tunnel track renewal: buses replace trains between Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Wolverhampton and Stafford on Sunday 30 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Bridge upgrade and track renewal work: Buses replace trains between Selby and York / Leeds / Micklefield and also between York and Moorthorpe from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Norwich and Lowestoft on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Brighton and Worthing / Littlehampton on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Buses replace morning / evening Great Western Railway trains to / from Burnham on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended 07:55 Swansea to London Paddington service on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended morning London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Northampton / London Euston on Sunday 30 August until 11:50
- Minor incident:
No morning Southern trains between Clapham Junction / Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Saltley Viaduct installation: buses replace trains between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton / Coleshill Parkway from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Bridge repair work: buses replace trains between Lewisham / Beckenham Junction and Hayes from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Station improvement work for step-free access: amended services to / from Wandsworth Town from Monday 11 May to Sunday 11 October
- Minor incident:
Amended 08:24 Cardiff Central to Milford Haven service on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended Gatwick Express / Southern services before 09:00 on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended 08:40 and 09:10 London Bridge to Sutton services on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Reduced service between London Kings Cross and Finsbury Park until 07:15 on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Greater Anglia service to / from Norwich on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night trains to / from Pangbourne on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended 00:34 London Paddington to Reading service on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended 00:07 Marlow to Maidenhead service on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Amended 21:00 London Euston to Inverness / Fort William / Aberdeen Caledonian Sleeper service on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night trains between Preston and Blackpool North on Sunday 30 August
- Minor incident:
Berrylands Station Upgrade: Buses replace trains to / from Berrylands from Monday 11 May to the end of September
(video included)
