Status and Disruptions
January 2026
February 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Major incident:
Major engineering work during the Christmas and New Year period
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Wintry weather to affect services across England, Scotland and Wales until Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Reduced service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier expected until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Short notice engineering work affecting Southern services between Tulse Hill and East Croydon until the end of service
- Minor incident:
Reduced Great Northern service at Highbury & Islington expected until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Minibuses replace trains between Liskeard and Looe: a normal service is expected to resume from Monday 5 January
Recently cleared disruptions
There are currently no cleared disruptions.
Planned engineering works
- Major incident:
Major engineering work in the London Waterloo area from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
No Southeastern trains at London Charing Cross or London Waterloo East from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Major Improvement work in the Preston and Penrith North Lakes areas from Thursday 1 January to Wednesday 14 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Vital track upgrades: no trains between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton / Rugby from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night trains between Finsbury Park and Stevenage via Welwyn Garden City from Sunday 28 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Installing new signalling: major engineering work between Carlisle and Lockerbie from Thursday 1 to Wednesday 14 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended timetable and HS2 viaduct work: no Chiltern Railways services between Aylesbury Vale Parkway and London Marylebone via Amersham from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Great Western Railway service between London Paddington and Swansea from Wednesday 31 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway service to / from London St Pancras International from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Caledonian Sleeper services from Sunday 28 December to Friday 9 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced service to / from Filton Abbey Wood on Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Transpennine Route Upgrade: amended service between Leeds and York from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 25 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended 19:41 Matlock to Cleethorpes service from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
- Minor incident:
Cambridge re-signalling: buses replace trains between Ely / Cambridge and Stansted Airport / Royston from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Carlisle and Dumfries from Friday 2 to Tuesday 6 January
- Minor incident:
Amendments to some late night Southeastern trains
- Minor incident:
Reduced service between Richmond / Clapham Junction and Stratford from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between London Bridge and Tulse Hill via Peckham Rye from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No trains at South Bermondsey from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended LNER service between Edinburgh and Aberdeen / Inverness on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended 23:37 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway on Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning TransPennine Express trains between Sheffield and Manchester Airport from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington from Saturday 27 December to Saturday 3 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace Caledonian Sleeper services to / from Fort William from Sunday 28 December to Saturday 3 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Southern / Gatwick Express services from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Grand Central service from Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced day time off-peak service between Paddock Wood and Strood from Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 December, and on Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended 02:44 Manchester Piccadilly to York service from Tuesday 30 December to Friday 2 January
