Amended services between Glasgow Central and Motherwell on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May  

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between Glasgow Central and London Euston

CrossCountry between Glasgow Central and Plymouth

ScotRail between Dalmuir and Lanark and also between Glasgow Central and Motherwell / Edinburgh

TransPennine Express between Glasgow Central and Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Airport

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Glasgow Central and Motherwell / Carlisle, closing some lines.

Avanti West Coast:

A reduced timetable will operate on the London Euston to Glasgow Central, some services will start from / terminate at Carlisle, while some other services will be diverted via Mount Florida to / from Glasgow Central.

Trains between London Euston and Scotland via Birmingham New Street, will operate between London Euston and Preston.

CrossCountry:

No trains will call at Glasgow Central and Motherwell.

Rail replacement buses will operate between Motherwell and Edinburgh.

You can use ScotRail services between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh at no extra cost.

ScotRail:

All weekend, trains between Glasgow Central High Level and Motherwell / Lanark will run between Motherwell and Lanark only. Passengers can connect with trains at Motherwell for onward journeys via Hamilton or Carmyle.

On Saturday, trains between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh via Carstairs will not run. Buses will operate between Motherwell and West Calder, calling at Carluke, Wishaw and Carstairs for onward connections.

TransPennine Express:

No trains will run between Glasgow Central and Carlisle. You should use Avanti West Coast services instead between Glasgow Central and Carlisle.

Some early morning / late night replacement buses will run between Lockerbie and Carlisle in order to maintain connections with train services.

Trains will run between:

• Edinburgh and Manchester Airport

• Carlisle and Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Airport

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

Replacement bus travel advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.