Status and Disruptions
December 2025
January 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Minor incident:
Avoid travel if possible: no trains between Broxbourne and Hertford East until the end of Wednesday 24 December
- Minor incident:
Reduced service on the Island Line expected until 11:00 Tuesday 23 December
- Minor incident:
Minibuses replace trains between Liskeard and Looe: disruption is expected until the end of the day on Sunday 4 January
Planned engineering works
- Minor incident:
No Thameslink trains between London Blackfriars and Bellingham / Sutton from Saturday 27 and Wednesday 31 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night trains between Finsbury Park and Stevenage via Welwyn Garden City from Sunday 28 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
New railway bridge at Bowling: Buses replace trains between Dalmuir and Balloch / Helensburgh / Crianlarich from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 December
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Major engineering work: no trains to / from London Liverpool Street from Saturday 27 December to Thursday 1 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended timetable and HS2 viaduct work: no Chiltern Railways services between Aylesbury Vale Parkway and London Marylebone via Amersham from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning service between Exmouth and Exeter St Davids from Monday 29 to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway service to / from London St Pancras International from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Caledonian Sleeper services from Sunday 28 December to Friday 9 January
- Minor incident:
Major engineering work in the London Waterloo area from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Reduced service to / from Filton Abbey Wood on Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Transpennine Route Upgrade: amended service between Leeds and York from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 25 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction via Denmark Hill from Saturday 27 December to Wednesday 31 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 19:41 Matlock to Cleethorpes service from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
- Minor incident:
No Southeastern services to / from London Victoria from Saturday 27 to Wednesday 31 December
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Cambridge re-signalling: buses replace trains between Ely / Cambridge and Stansted Airport / Royston from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Vital track upgrades: Buses replace trains between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton / Rugby from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended service between Motherwell and Cumbernauld / Dalmarnock from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 December
- Minor incident:
Amendments to some late night Southeastern trains
- Minor incident:
Reduced service between Richmond / Clapham Junction and Stratford from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended services in the Cardiff Central area from Saturday 27 to Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Amended 00:01 London Paddington to Reading service on Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace morning trains between Whitland / Haverfordwest and Milford Haven from Monday 29 December to Thursday 1 January 2026
- Minor incident:
No trains at South Bermondsey from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night services between London Kings Cross and Leeds from Tuesday 30 December to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night / early morning TransPennine Express trains between Sheffield and Manchester Airport from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended 23:09 Birmingham New Street to Nottingham service from Monday 29 December to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night service to Frome on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night trains between Selhurst / Norwood Junction and Sutton via West Croydon on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December and also on Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington from Saturday 27 December to Saturday 3 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / end of service trains between East Croydon and Caterham / Tattenham Corner on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Buses replace Caledonian Sleeper services to / from Fort William from Sunday 28 December to Saturday 3 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night East Midlands Regional service to / from Nottingham from Monday 29 December to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Southern / Gatwick Express services from Monday 29 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
No early morning service between Hayes & Harlington and Maidenhead until 05:00 on Tuesday 30 December
- Minor incident:
Amended Grand Central service from Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night Northern service to / from Manchester Piccadilly from Monday 29 December to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night service to / from Clitheroe from Monday 29 December to Thursday 1 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced day time off-peak service between Paddock Wood and Strood from Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 December, and on Friday 2 January
- Minor incident:
Amended 02:44 Manchester Piccadilly to York service from Tuesday 30 December to Friday 2 January
