Status and Disruptions
December 2025
January 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Minor incident:
No trains between Blackburn and Clitheroe until approximately 16:30
- Minor incident:
Disruption through Mitcham Junction expected until 16:30
- Minor incident:
Lines reopened: disruption in the Barking area expected until 16:30
- Minor incident:
Lines reopened: disruption between Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street expected until 16:00
- Minor incident:
Lines reopened: disruption between Sheffield and Meadowhall expected until 17:00
- Minor incident:
Disruption to Northern services in the north west today: check before you travel
- Minor incident:
Avoid travel if possible: no trains between Broxbourne and Hertford East until the end of Wednesday 24 December
Recently cleared disruptions
Planned engineering works
- Minor incident:
Tree maintenance work: Buses replace trains between Liskeard and Looe from Monday 8 to Friday 19 December
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Three Bridges / Haywards Heath and Brighton / Worthing / Lewes / Eastbourne from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 05:31 Bedwyn to London Paddington service from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Northern service to / from Barrow-in-Furness from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning train services between Cardiff Central and Bridgend / Swansea / Carmarthen from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amendments to some late night Southeastern trains
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning trains between Newport (South Wales) and Cwmbran from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway service between Nottingham and Liverpool Lime Street from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / Early morning Northern service to / from Blackpool North from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Southeastern services from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
No early morning Thameslink service via Wimbledon from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / end of service trains between Dartford and Strood / Gillingham from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway services to / from London St Pancras International from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 00:01 London Bridge to Selhurst service on Tuesday 16, Thursday 18 and Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Chester and Crewe from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 05:43 Swansea to Manchester Piccadilly service from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning Great Western Railway services between Cardiff Central and Swansea from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace very early morning trains to / from Burnham / Taplow from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 00:18 Henley-on-Thames to Reading service from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 23:37 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway on Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning services between London Euston and Wolverhampton from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 05:21 Preston to Colne service from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December
