Changes to the National Rail Timetable from Sunday 13 December 2009
The National Rail Winter Timetable comes into effect on Sunday 13 December 2009, and is valid until May 2010.
The table below gives a summary of the changes each Train Operating Company is making. These changes are reflected in the Journey Planner.
Table of changes by Train Operating Company
| Arriva Trains Wales |
No significant timetable changes are expected to Arriva Trains Wales services. |
| c2c |
No significant timetable changes are expected to c2c services. |
| Chiltern Railways |
Chiltern Railways services between London Marylebone and Stratford-upon-Avon will be reduced to one per day (from Stratford in the morning, returning from London in the evening). A new service between Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon will be introduced to provide connections to / from London services. Some Wrexham & Shropshire services will be calling at Bicester and Banbury to provide extra services for Chiltern Railways customers travelling to and from London Marylebone |
| CrossCountry |
Some additional CrossCountry services will be introduced between Cardiff and Bristol, and there will be an additional late night service between Stansted Airport and Cambridge. No significant timetable changes are expected to other CrossCountry services. |
| East Coast |
No significant changes are expected to East Coast services. |
| East Midlands Trains |
East Midlands Trains services between Sheffield and London St Pancras are expected to be increased to half-hourly during the new timetable period. No significant timetable changes are expected to other East Midlands Trains services. |
| Eurostar |
No significant timetable changes are expected to Eurostar services. |
| First Capital Connect |
There will be some changes to evening and late-night First Capital Connect services from London Kings Cross, with some services calling at additional stations. Cross-London 'Thameslink' services will continue to be subject to alterations at weekends because of engineering work. |
| First Great Western |
There will be some changes to the types of train used on some morning and evening peak time services between London Paddington and Didcot / Oxford / Worcester. Additional services will run or call at stations between Exeter and Plymouth / Paignton to replace South West Trains services. No significant timetable changes are expected to other First Great Western services. |
| First Hull Trains |
There are changes to the times of some weekend services. Also, the 10:12 Hull - London Kings Cross service on Sundays will run via (and call at) Goole, and not via Selby. No significant timetable changes are expected to First Hull Trains weekday services. |
| First TransPennine Express |
First TransPennine Express will run two additional daily services will run between Manchester Airport and Glasgow / Edinburgh. No significant timetable changes are expected to other First TransPennine Express services. |
| Grand Central |
No timetable changes are expected to Grand Central services |
| Heathrow Connect | No timetable changes are expected to Heathrow Connect services |
| Heathrow Express | No timetable changes are expected to Heathrow Express services |
| Island Line | No timetable changes are expected to Island Line services |
| London Midland |
There will be some additional morning and evening peak time services between Milton Keynes / Bletchley / Watford Junction and London Euston. There will be some changes to the types of train used on some morning and evening peak time services on some other London Midland routes. No significant timetable changes are expected to other London Midland services. |
| London Overground |
No significant timetable changes are expected to London Overground services. |
| Merseyrail |
No significant timetable changes are expected to Merseyrail services. |
| National Express East Anglia / Stansted Express |
There will be some changes to the types of train used on some National Express East Anglia services, with more carriages being available. There will be an increase in National Express East Anglia services between London Liverpool Street and Chingford / Hertford East on Sundays, particularly during the evening. No significant timetable changes are expected to other National Express East Anglia or Stansted Express services. |
| Northern Rail |
Northern Rail services between Hull and Scarborough will be increased on weekday afternoons, and also on Sundays. There will also be increased Sunday services between Hull and York. No significant timetable changes are expected to other Northern Rail services. |
| ScotRail |
A new hourly limited-stop service will run between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh via Shotts, and also a new half-hourly service between Glasgow and Kilmarnock. Some additional early morning services will be running to Glasgow Central from Dumfries, Ayr, Gourock and Neilston. No significant timetable changes are expected to other ScotRail services. |
| South West Trains |
South West Trains services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids will be increased, but their services will no longer run between Exeter and Plymouth / Paignton. First Great Western will provide additional services for connections between Exeter and Plymouth / Paignton. Seat reservations will no longer be available on services between London Waterloo and Exeter. There are no other significant changes to South West Trains services on any other routes. |
| Southeastern |
An entirely new timetable is introduced on Southeastern. All train times will change Southeastern Highspeed services will begin, running between stations in Kent and London St Pancras, including stops at Ebbsfleet International and the new Stratford International station. Amongst the other changes to Southeastern services:
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| Southern / Gatwick Express |
There are significant changes to Southern services with this timetable. Amongst the changes to services:
No significant timetable changes are expected to Gatwick Express services. |
| Virgin Trains |
No significant timetable changes are expected to Virgin Trains services. |
| Wrexham & Shropshire | Some Wrexham & Shropshire services will now be calling at Bicester and Banbury to provide extra services for Chiltern Railways customers travelling to and from London Marylebone |