Major engineering work between Warrington Bank Quay / Preston and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central from Saturday 4 to Monday 6 April 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

All CrossCountry services to / from Glasgow Central

Northern between Leeds / Preston / Lancaster / Morecambe and also between Carnforth and Barrow-in-Furness between Preston / Lancaster / Carnforth / Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere

ScotRail between Carstairs and Glasgow Central

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

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Preston and Lancaster / Oxenholme / Carlisle / Carstairs / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central, closing various lines.

From Saturday 4 to Monday 6 April

All lines are closed between:

• Carlisle and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central via Lockerbie

On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April

All lines are closed between:

• Preston and Oxenholme Lake District

On Sunday 5 April

All lines are closed between:

• Warrington Bank Quay and Wigan North Western

Avanti West Coast:

Due to additional engineering work taking place between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central. The following service will operate:

1 train per hour will run between:

• Milton Keynes Central and Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke-on-Trent (calls additionally at Rugby)

• Milton Keynes Central and Liverpool Lime Street (calls additionally at Nuneaton)

• Milton Keynes Central and Preston (via Nuneaton and calls additionally at Rugby, Stafford and Crewe)

• Rugby and Preston via Birmingham New Street

• Trains between London Euston and Holyhead, will operate between Crewe and Holyhead only

The following additional service amend applies on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April only.

A once every 2 hour service will run between:

• Preston and Carlisle (via Settle and Carlisle)

Replacement bus service will be provided between:

• Carlisle and Glasgow Central (Sunday only)

• Carlisle and Motherwell (Saturday and Monday)

CrossCountry:

No CrossCountry services will run between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central.

Replacement buses will run between Edinburgh and Motherwell. For travel to / from Glasgow Central, you should use other train services.

Northern:

On Saturday and Sunday, the train services are amended as follows:

• Train services between Leeds and Lancaster / Morecambe will start / terminate at Skipton. Replacement buses will be provided between Skipton and Carnforth via Morecambe

• Train services between Lancaster and Morecambe / Heysham Port will be bus replaced throughout

• Train services between Lancaster / Preston and Barrow-in-Furness will now start / terminate from Grange-over-Sands

• Train services will not run between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere

A replacement bus service will be provided between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere, and between Lancaster and Grange-over-Sands. Arnside and Silverdale will be served by a mini bus service to / from Carnforth.

Bus services between Preston, Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District are still to be confirmed, but will be provided by TransPennine Express at no extra cost.

ScotRail:

ScotRail services between Carlisle and Glasgow Central will be amended to support cross-border passengers.

Additional rolling stock has been deployed where possible

ScotRail train services are altered as follows:

Saturday

• 10:13 Glasgow Central to Carlisle will replace the 10:13 train from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock and the 12:01 train from Dumfries to Carlisle

• 11:11 Carlisle to Dumfries will depart later at 11:15 from Carlisle and will run later throughout

• 13:06 Carlisle to Glasgow Central will replace the 13:06 train from Carlisle to Dumfries and the 14:59 train from Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central

• 14:08 Carlisle to Glasgow Central will depart later at 14:14 from Carlisle

• 20:10 Carlisle to Glasgow Central will replace the 19:24 train from Carlisle to Dumfries and the 20:49 train from Dumfries to Glasgow Central

TransPennine Express:

Saturday and Sunday

Trains will run to an amended timetable between:

• Manchester Airport / Liverpool Lime Street and Preston

• Oxenholme Lake District and Carlisle

On Monday, buses will replace trains between Carlisle and Edinburgh.

Rail replacement buses will operate between:

• Preston and Oxenholme Lake District

• Carlisle and Edinburgh (Saturday, Sunday and Monday)

Check before you travel:

If you are travelling with Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry or ScotRail, you can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

If you are travelling with Northern or TransPennine Express, these changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.

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.