Please check before you travel during the Easter weekend

The Easter Bank Holiday weekend this year will be from Friday 3 April (Good Friday in England, Wales and Scotland) until Monday 6 April (Easter Monday in England and Wales) inclusive.

There will be lots of planned essential engineering works and upgrades taking place as Network Rail works to improve the railway. In addition, some train companies will be making changes to their timetable, and to some train times, to match services to the number of customers travelling.

Planning and checking your journey

You can plan and check your journey before you travel using the National Rail Journey Planner (below). Important information and useful travel advice relating to your journey may show with symbols on your journey results.

Please note that Journey Planner information is subject to change as timetables are still being finalised. Please continue to check your journey until you are due to set off – this will give you a chance to adjust your journey plans in advance if necessary, and avoid any last-minute disappointment.

Please check our Status and Disruptions page for up-to-date real-time information.

Find out more about your rights if a train journey is delayed or cancelled.

Easter Bank Holiday weekend changes being made by your train company

​​​​​​​Details of the service each train company will be providing is available via the links listed below. Information is being added as we receive it:

• Avanti West Coast

• c2c

• Caledonian Sleeper

• Chiltern Railways

• CrossCountry

• East Midlands Railway

• Elizabeth line

• Gatwick Express

• Grand Central

• Great Northern

• Great Western Railway

• Greater Anglia

• Heathrow Express

• Hull Trains

• Island Line

• LNER

• London Northwestern Railway

• London Overground

• Lumo

• Merseyrail

• Northern

• ScotRail

• South Western Railway

• Southeastern

• Southern

• Stansted Express

• Thameslink

• TransPennine Express

• Transport for Wales

• West Midlands Railway

Major improvement work on your railway during the Easter weekend

A considerable number of engineering and improvement projects will be undertaken during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April 2026. Details of the major works will be published here when available.

For information on all future work taking place, you can find details of forthcoming engineering works on our website.

Social media

For the latest rail travel news, why not follow National Rail on X? Over 1 million people follow @nationalrailenq on X. Our social media team are available 24/7 (except Christmas Day) to answer your rail queries and supply you with the latest real-time travel updates.

If you would like to follow Easter rail information on X, please use #EasterWorks