SearchTemporary Timetable Changes
Normally, the timetable for any particular day is confirmed 12 weeks in advance. For a temporary period Network Rail isn’t able to do this, instead confirming timetables approximately 6 weeks in advance. This means that for some routes online journey planners, including National Rail Enquiries, will not be completely accurate until approximately 6 weeks before travel.
What does this mean for customers?
For the overwhelming majority of customers there is no impact, particularly if they travel Mondays to Fridays other than in the late evening.
Timetables
Where engineering work is taking place, details about the train times and schedules for any replacement buses will not be available until approximately 6 weeks before. Be aware that the normal timetable will show in journey planners up until this point. Where we are aware that the timetable is not yet correct, the National Rail Enquiries journey planner will show a yellow warning triangle against the trains concerned.
Advance tickets
Customers are advised to try and book as normal. Advance tickets for many routes will still go on sale 12 weeks in advance, but where they don’t will be available from approximately 6 weeks before the date of travel. Many train companies let customers sign up through their website to receive an email when Advance tickets go on sale. National Rail Enquiries also has information about the latest availability of Advance tickets, which can be found here.
Where it is not possible to book tickets 12 weeks in advance as usual, train operators will still offer the same range of discounted Advance tickets – they will just go on sale later.
If customers buy a ticket on a train that is subsequently cancelled, rescheduled, or where a seat reservation will not be honoured, they can decide not to travel and have a full refund with no administration fee.
Where Advance tickets have not yet gone on sale, customers can still buy Anytime, Off‐Peak and Super Off‐Peak tickets where they are available. If customers buy one of these and later discover a cheaper Advance ticket on sale for the same journey, they should book the Advance ticket and ask for a refund on the original ticket – there will be no admin fee.
Latest information – by train company
Please find below an overview for each train company of whether the timetable showing in journey planners in the coming weeks is accurate:
Avanti West Coast
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
17 October
Monday to Friday:
22 October
Notes:
c2c
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
11 November
Notes:
Caledonian Sleeper
Saturday:
20 November
Sunday:
7 November
Chiltern Railways
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes and exceptions:
CrossCountry
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes and exceptions:
East Midlands Railway
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
17 October
Monday to Friday:
15 October
Notes and exceptions:
Some overnight midweek engineering work may not show correctly in the journey planner. Where this is the case, a warning message will appear on your journey. You can also check for engineering work here.
Gatwick Express
The Gatwick Express service is suspended until further notice.
Grand Central
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
10 December
Notes and exceptions:
Great Northern
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
17 October
Monday to Friday:
10 December
Notes and exceptions:
Some midweek overnight engineering work until 10 December may not show correctly in the journey planner. Where this is the case, a warning message will appear on your journey in the journey planner.
Great Western Railway
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes:
Great Western Railway are currently running an amended timetable, for more information, please click here.
Some midweek overnight engineering work may not show correctly in the journey planner. Where this is the case, a warning message will appear on your journey in the journey planner.
You can also check for engineering work here.
Greater Anglia
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes and exceptions:
Heathrow Express
Saturday:
4 December
Sunday:
5 December
Monday to Friday:
10 December
Notes and exceptions:
Hull Trains
Saturday:
6 November
Sunday:
7 November
Monday to Friday:
12 November
Notes:
Island Line
Saturday:
25 September
Sunday:
26 September
Monday to Friday:
30 September
LNER
Saturday:
9 October
Sunday:
10 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Additional information:
London Northwestern Railway
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
17 October
Monday to Friday:
22 October
Notes:
London Overground
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
17 October
Monday to Friday:
5 November
Notes and exceptions:
Engineering work means that journey planners are not yet showing correctly for the 9 / 10 October.
Merseyrail
Saturday:
25 September
Sunday:
19 September
Monday to Friday:
24 September
Notes:
Northern
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes:
Some midweek overnight engineering work may not show correctly in the journey planner. Where this is the case, a warning message will appear on your journey. You can check our engineering calendar here.
ScotRail
Saturday:
16 October
Sunday:
10 October
Monday to Friday:
5 November
Notes:
Please be aware that Industrial Action on the ScotRail network means that a very limited service will run on some Sundays.
South Western Railway
Saturday:
9 October
Sunday:
10 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes and exceptions:
Southeastern
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes:
Southern
Saturday:
11 September
Sunday:
19 September
Monday to Friday:
1 October
Notes and exceptions:
Stansted Express
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes and exceptions:
TfL Rail
Saturday:
13 November
Sunday:
14 November
Monday to Friday:
10 December
Notes and exceptions:
Engineering work is taking place on Sunday 7 November. Journey Planners do not currently reflect these changes, see here for more information
Thameslink
Saturday:
11 September
Sunday:
12 September
Monday to Friday:
7 Days
Notes and exceptions:
Timetables for midweek services will show correctly on Sunday for the following Monday to Friday services.
TransPennine Express
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes:
Transport for Wales
Saturday:
9 October
Sunday:
10 October
Monday to Friday:
15 October
Notes:
West Midlands Railway
Saturday:
23 October
Sunday:
24 October
Monday to Friday:
29 October
Notes:
Last updated: 18 July 2021
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