Bank Holiday Information: London Overground
This page contains information for the six London Overground lines which are named (in alphabetical order) - Liberty, Lioness, Mildmay, Suffragette, Weaver and Windrush
Please continue to check your journey until your travel date
Christmas and New Year Travel Advice
Thursday 24 December - Christmas Eve
Train services will finish earlier than normal
London Overground services will be finishing earlier than usual. Please check that you can complete your entire journey before you travel.
Friday 25 December - Christmas Day
No service
No trains will operate on Christmas Day.
Saturday 26 December
Special service on Mildmay and Windrush lines only
The following London Overground train services will be in place:
Mildmay line: Trains will run between Clapham Junction and Shepherds Bush, and between Willesden Junction and Stratford (London) only.
Windrush line: Trains will run between Highbury & Islington and West Croydon only.
Lioness line, Suffragette line, Weaver line, Liberty line: No service.
Sunday 27 December
No Suffragette line trains between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside
Due to engineering work, no trains will run between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside.
You can use your ticket at no extra cost on London Underground District line or Hammersmith & City line to / from Barking, and on London Bus routes EL1, EL2, or EL3 between Barking and Barking Riverside to complete your journey.
Amended Windrush line service
Due to engineering work all day between Canada Water and New Cross / New Cross Gate, the following service changes will be made:
No trains will run to or from New Cross
A reduced train service will run between Highbury & Islington and Crystal Palace
You can use your ticket at no extra cost on London Bus routes 53 / 453 between New Cross Gate and New Cross, and on route 157 between Anerley and Crystal Palace.
Monday 28 December - Boxing Day (substitute day)
No Suffragette line trains between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside
Due to engineering work, no trains will run between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside.
You can use your ticket at no extra cost on London Underground District line or Hammersmith & City line to / from Barking, and on London Bus routes EL1, EL2, or EL3 between Barking and Barking Riverside to complete your journey.
Tuesday 29 December
No Suffragette line trains between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside
Due to engineering work, no trains will run between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside.
You can use your ticket at no extra cost on London Underground District line or Hammersmith & City line to / from Barking, and on London Bus routes EL1, EL2, or EL3 between Barking and Barking Riverside to complete your journey.
Wednesday 30 December
Information will be published when available.
Thursday 31 December - New Year's Eve
Information will be published when available.
Friday 1 January 2027 - New Year's Day
Reduced Windrush line service to and from New Cross
Due to engineering work all day between Canada Water and New Cross, a reduced service will run to and from New Cross.
You can use your ticket at no extra cost on London Bus routes 53 / 453 between New Cross Gate and New Cross.
Saturday 2 January
Information will be published when available.
Sunday 3 January
Until 09:50: no Weaver line trains between London Liverpool Street and Chingford / Enfield Town / Cheshunt
Due to early morning engineering work, until 09:50 on Sunday morning, no trains will run between London Liverpool Street and Chingford / Enfield Town / Cheshunt.
Rail replacement buses will run between Hackney Downs and Chingford, and between Seven Sisters and Enfield Town / Cheshunt.
If you have a National Rail paper ticket or e-ticket, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following operators’ services:
Greater Anglia services from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale to Waltham Cross / Cheshunt
Mildmay line for Hackney Downs (Hackney Central)
Central line for Bethnal Green
Victoria line to Seven Sisters / Walthamstow Central
London Bus routes:
254 from Bethnal Green Central Line station to Cambridge Heath, London Fields and Hackney Downs
276 for journeys between Hackney Downs and Rectory Road
106 or 393 for journeys between Clapton and Stoke Newington
243 and 254 for journeys between Seven Sisters and Stamford Hill
149, 249, 279 and 349 for journeys between Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street and Edmonton Green
192 for journeys between Edmonton Green, Bush Hill Park and Enfield Town
349 for journeys between Edmonton Green and Southbury
279 for journeys between Edmonton Green and Turkey Street
310 / 251 from Waltham Cross Station to Theobalds Grove
253 for Clapton
W11 / 275 for St James Street
230 or W15 and W16 to Wood Street
212 from Chingford to Highams Park
97 / 212 from Chingford to Walthamstow Central
If you are using contactless payment / Oyster card, you can also use the above alternative travel options but you will be required to pay the normal tap in / tap out fares for your journey.
Monday 4 January
Information will be published when available.
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