National Express East Anglia & Stansted Express Christmas & New Year Travel Summary 2010 / 2011
Poor weather conditions
The information given below is how National Express East Anglia and Stansted Express have planned to run over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. However, the recent poor weather conditions may mean that these plans need to be changed at short notice. Please check the Current Service Disruption information to see if there are any further changes to the plans shown below.
Service Levels
Please note that Monday 3 January 2011 is a Bank Holiday as New Years Day falls on a weekend. Tuesday 4 January is also a Bank Holiday date in Scotland.
| Day | Service Level (subject to engineering work) |
| Friday 31 December | A Saturday level of service will run, with some alterations to 'Metro' services during the morning and evening peak hours. Also, Sudbury services will run to/from Marks Tey, Walton-on-the-Naze services will run to/from Colchester, Harwich Town services will run to/from Manningtree, and (during morning peak hours) Braintree services will run to/from Witham Also, trains that normally run between Stansted Airport and Stratford will be diverted to start from / terminate at London Liverpool Street |
| Saturday 1 January | Additional early morning trains will run between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield, Enfield Town and Cheshunt until approximately 05:00. During the rest of the day, there are no trains between London Liverpool Street and Seven Kings because of engineering work (see below) • Gidea Park / Shenfield / Southend / Southminster: A Sunday level of service will run to/from Seven Kings • Colchester / Ipswich / Norwich / Anglia branch lines: Trains will start later in the day than usual (from approximately 10:00), then a Sunday level of service will run to/from Shenfield. Sudbury services will run to/from Marks Tey, Walton-on-the-Naze services will run to/from Colchester, Harwich Town services will run to/from Manningtree, and Braintree services will run to/from Witham • Norwich to Sheringham / Cambridge / Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft: An amended Saturday service will run • Between Ipswich and Cambridge / Peterborough: An amended Saturday service will run • Chingford / Engfield Town / Cheshunt services: A Sunday level of service will run, but with additional services during the afternoon because of football at Tottenham • Hertford East / Stansted Airport / Cambridge services: A Sunday level of service will run, but with additional services during the afternoon because of football at Tottenham. Also, trains that normally run between Cambridge and Stratford will be diverted to start from / terminate at London Liverpool Street |
| Sunday 2 January | There are no trains between London Liverpool Street and Seven Kings, or between London Liverpool Street and Hackney Downs / Tottenham Hale because of engineering work (see below) • Gidea Park / Shenfield / Southend / Southminster: A normal Sunday service will run to/from Seven Kings • Colchester / Ipswich / Norwich / Anglia branch lines: A normal Sunday service will run to/from Shenfield. Sudbury services will run to/from Marks Tey, Walton-on-the-Naze services will run to/from Thorpe-le-Soken (extended to Colchester Town during shop opening hours), Harwich Town services will run to/from Manningtree, and Braintree services will run to/from Witham • Norwich to Sheringham / Cambridge / Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft: An amended Saturday service will run • Between Ipswich and Cambridge / Peterborough: An amended Saturday service will run • Chingford / Engfield Town / Cheshunt services: An amended Sunday service will run to/from Hackney Downs • Hertford East / Stansted Airport / Cambridge services: An amended Sunday service will run to/from Tottenham Hale |
| Monday 3 January | There are no trains between London Liverpool Street and Ilford because of engineering work (see below) • Gidea Park / Shenfield / Southend / Southminster: A Sunday level of service will run to/from Ilford. Some additional trains will call at Prittlewell during the afternoon because of football at Southend • Colchester / Ipswich / Norwich / Anglia branch lines: A Sunday level of service will run to/from Shenfield. Sudbury services will run to/from Marks Tey, Walton-on-the-Naze services will run to/from Thorpe-le-Soken (extended to Colchester Town during shop opening hours), Harwich Town services will run to/from Manningtree, and Braintree services will run to/from Witham • Norwich to Sheringham / Cambridge / Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft: An amended weekday service will run between Norwich and Cambridge. A Sunday level of service will run between Norwich, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft • Between Ipswich and Cambridge / Peterborough: An amended weekday service will run • Chingford / Engfield Town / Cheshunt services: A Sunday level of service will run • Hertford East / Stansted Airport / Cambridge services: A Sunday level of service will run. Trains that normally run between Tottenham Hale and Stratford will be diverted to start from / terminate at London Liverpool Street |
| Tuesday 4 January |
A normal National Express East Anglia weekday service will run, with the exception of Stratford to Stansted Airport services which are cancelled. Passengers should travel via London Liverpool Street. Stansted Express services will run every 30 minutes instead of the usual 15 minutes. |
Engineering Work
More details about engineering works affecting National Express East Anglia are available from the future engineering work section of the National Rail Enquiries website. A map showing their engineering work is available here.
| Day | Location | Impact | Route Affected |
| Wednesday 29 - Friday 31 December | Between London Liverpool Street and Stratford | A reduced service will be running between Shefield and London Liverpool Street. During the morning and afternoon peak hours, trains to/from Southend Victoria will only run between Southend and Shenfield. Customers travelling between Southend and London should change at Shenfield for connecting National Express East Anglia trains, or use c2c services between Southend Central and London Fenchurch Street. Also, Maryland station will be closed during this work. Customers should travel to / from Stratford or Forest Gate stations |
London Liverpool Street, Stratford, Ilford, Romford, Gidea Park, Brentwood, Shenfield, Wickford & Southminster / Southend Victoria / Ingatestone, Witham, Colchester & Clacton-on-Sea / Ipswich & Norwich |
| Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 January | Between London Liverpool Street and Seven Kings | There will be no trains between London Liverpool Street and Seven Kings. Customers should use London Underground Central Line services between central London and Newbury Park. Bus services will run between:
On Sunday 2 January, additional trains will run between Romford and Upminster for connections with c2c services to / from London Fenchurch Street |
London Liverpool Street, Stratford, Ilford, Romford, Gidea Park, Brentwood, Shenfield, Wickford & Southminster / Southend Victoria / Ingatestone, Witham, Colchester & Clacton-on-Sea / Ipswich & Norwich |
| Sunday 2 January | Between London Liverpool Street and London Fields | There will be no trains between London Liverpool Street and Hackney Downs.
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London Liverpool Street, Bethnal Green, Clapton & Chingford and London Liverpool Street, Bethnal Green, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Seven Sisters & Enfield Town / Cheshunt also London Liverpool Street, Tottenham Hale & Hertford East / Stansted Airport / Cambridge |
| Monday 3 January | Between Ipswich and Woodbridge | Buses will replace trains between Ipswich and Felixstowe, and also between Ipswich and Woodbridge Buses will not be able to call at Westerfield. Customers should use the station help-point for assistance. Please note that this engineering work was originally planned to also take place on Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 January, but part of the work has now been cancelled, and so will only now take place on Monday 3 January |
London Liverpool Street, Ipswich, Westerfield, Woodbridge & Lowestoft and Ipswich, Westerfield & Felixstowe |
| Monday 3 January | Between London Liverpool Street and Ilford | There will be no trains between London Liverpool Street and Ilford. Customers should use London Underground Central Line services between central London and Newbury Park. Bus services will run between:
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London Liverpool Street, Stratford, Ilford, Romford, Gidea Park, Brentwood, Shenfield, Wickford & Southminster / Southend Victoria / Ingatestone, Witham, Colchester & Clacton-on-Sea / Ipswich & Norwich |
Additional trains on New Years Day morning
Please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner to confirm your journey details, as other operators or indirect services may also be available.
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From London Liverpool Street:
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Stansted Express services
More details about engineering works affecting Stansted Express are available from the future engineering work section of the National Rail Enquiries website. A map showing their engineering work is available here.
| Day | Service Level | Engineering work |
| Friday 31 December | A Saturday level of service will run | |
| Saturday 1 January | A Saturday level of service will run | |
| Sunday 2 January | No trains between Tottenham Hale and London Liverpool Street | Trains will run between Stansted Airport and Tottenham Hale. Customers should use London Underground Victoria Line services between Tottenham Hale and central London. Outside London Underground operating hours, a replacement bus service will run between Tottenham Hale and London Liverpool Street |
| Monday 3 January | A Sunday level of service will run after 07:00 | Until 07:00 trains will only run between Stansted Airport and Tottenham Hale. Customers should use London Underground Victoria Line services between Tottenham Hale and central London |
| Tuesday 4 January | A normal weekday service will run |
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