Status and Disruptions
January 2026
February 2026
Disruptions and timetable changes
- Major incident:
Major engineering work during the Christmas and New Year period
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Disruption to London Overground services to / from Stratford (London) until 04:00
- Minor incident:
Minibuses replace trains between Liskeard and Looe: a normal service is expected to resume from Monday 5 January
- Minor incident:
Road transport replaces trains between Bere Alston and Gunnislake until the end of the day
Planned engineering works
- Major incident:
Major engineering work in the London Waterloo area from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended early morning Grand Central service between Bradford Interchange and Wakefield on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Major Improvement work in the Preston and Penrith North Lakes areas from Thursday 1 January to Wednesday 14 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Vital track upgrades: no trains between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton / Rugby from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No Southeastern trains at London Charing Cross or London Waterloo East from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Mountain Ash embankment work: buses replace trains between Pontypridd and Aberdare from Sunday 4 to Friday 23 January
(video included)
- Minor incident:
Amended morning trains in the Ambergate / Matlock area on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Reading / Woking and Winchester / Andover on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No trains between London St Pancras International / Finsbury Park and London Blackfriars / London Bridge on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Installing new signalling: major engineering work between Carlisle and Lockerbie from Thursday 1 to Wednesday 14 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 Caledonian Sleeper services from Sunday 28 December to Friday 9 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 Corkickle and Whitehaven until further notice
- Minor incident:
Amended 09:45 Doncaster to Liverpool Lime Street service on Sunday 4 January
- 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:
Buses replace trains between Carlisle and Dumfries from Friday 2 to Tuesday 6 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Shoeburyness and Leigh-on-Sea on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amendments to some late night Southeastern trains
- Minor incident:
No Southern trains between Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction after 21:00 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No Thameslink trains to / from Sutton on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No trains via Lea Bridge from 08:00 to 18:00 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace morning trains between Alexandra Palace and Stevenage via Hertford North on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No trains between Maidenhead and London Paddington before 11:15 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced service via South Croydon on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Colchester / Colchester Town and Clacton-on-Sea / Walton-on-the-Naze from 07:00 on Saturday 3 until 21:00 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended ScotRail service to / from Glasgow Queen Street on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended East Midlands Railway service to / from London St Pancras International on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Lumo services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended LNER evening service between Doncaster and Peterborough on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Tunbridge Wells and Battle on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended Great Western Railway "Night Riviera" Sleeper service on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended 01:24 Dartford to Gillingham (Kent) service on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced service between Richmond / Clapham Junction and Stratford from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between London Bridge and Tulse Hill via Peckham Rye from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
No trains at South Bermondsey from Saturday 27 December to Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Cardiff Central and Penarth / Barry / Barry Island / Bridgend, and no trains via Fairwater before 12:25 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Amended late night Transport for Wales service between Hereford and Newport (South Wales) on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace CrossCountry trains between Banbury and Oxford until 13:00 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Beverley and Bridlington on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace trains between Dartford / Ebbsfleet International / Gravesend and Strood / Gillingham (Kent) / Maidstone West on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Reduced Great Northern services to / from Alexandra Palace / Harringay / Hornsey before 09:00 on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Stevenage and Peterborough / Royston / Cambridge on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace late night / early morning trains between Bedford and Luton on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace early morning trains between Derby and Nottingham on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace morning trains between Wakefield Westgate and Knottingley on Sunday 4 January
- Minor incident:
Buses replace morning trains between Leeds and Barnsley on Sunday 4 January
