Christmas and New Year 2017/18 Travel Summary

The Christmas and New Year bank holiday period (23 December 2017 to 2 January 2018) is traditionally the time when a considerable amount of improvement and engineering work is undertaken on Britain's rail network.

Many train companies made changes to their timetable to match service levels to the number of customers that travelled.

 

Major improvements to your railway that took place during Christmas and into the New Year:

The following major improvement works took place during Christmas and into the New Year:

• COMPLETED: Crossrail project work - London Liverpool Street - Shenfield / Ingatestone
  
• COMPLETED: London Paddington
• COMPLETED: London station closure: Charing Cross and Cannon Street
• COMPLETED: West Coast Main Line closure: Preston - Lancaster
• COMPLETED: Birmingham area track and signalling renewals: 24 December - 2 January