Status and Disruptions
December 2025
January 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Major incident:
Major engineering work during the Christmas and New Year period
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Disruption at Cardiff Central expected until 12:00
- Minor incident:
Disruption between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth / Yeovil Junction expected until 13:00
- Minor incident:
Disruption between Rye and Ashford International expected until 12:00
- Minor incident:
Disruption between Barking and Barking Riverside / Dagenham Dock expected until 12:00
- Minor incident:
Disruption at Bristol Parkway until the end of the day
- Minor incident:
Incident resolved: disruption at Chester expected until 11:00
- Minor incident:
Issue resolved: disruption to South Western Railway services through Clapham Junction expected until 14:00
- Minor incident:
Minibuses replace trains between Liskeard and Looe: disruption is expected until the end of the day on Monday 5 January
Recently 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 Thameslink trains between London Blackfriars and Bellingham / Sutton from Saturday 27 and Wednesday 31 December
- Minor incident:
New railway bridge at Bowling: Buses replace trains between Dalmuir and Balloch / Helensburgh / Crianlarich from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 December
(video included)
- Minor incident:
CANCELLED: Early morning engineering work affecting trains between Slade Green and Dartford / Gravesend on Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Major engineering work: no trains to / from London Liverpool Street from Saturday 27 December to Thursday 1 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:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Haywards Heath and Brighton on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- 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:
Buses replace trains between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction via Denmark Hill from Saturday 27 December to Wednesday 31 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
- Minor incident:
No Southeastern services to / from London Victoria from Saturday 27 to Wednesday 31 December
(video included)
- 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:
Vital track upgrades: Buses replace trains between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton / Rugby from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended service between Motherwell and Cumbernauld / Dalmarnock from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 December
- 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:
Amended services in the Cardiff Central area from Saturday 27 to Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Amended London Northwestern Railway services on Saturday 27 December
- Minor incident:
Amended TransPennine Express service from Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 December
- Minor incident:
No trains at South Bermondsey from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains to / from Burnham / Taplow on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Great Western Railway service to / from Gatwick Airport on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Amended Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington from Saturday 27 December to Saturday 3 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning service to / from Brighton on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Reduced London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street on Saturday 27 December
- Minor incident:
Amended Heathrow Express service on Saturday 27 December
- Minor incident:
Reduced Elizabeth line service between West Drayton and Maidenhead on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton / Coleshill Parkway on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December
- Minor incident:
Amended Grand Central service from Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January
