Timetable Changes

Contactless Fares

Over 50 stations are being added to contactless fares from the start of the new timetable on 14 December 2025. The new stations are:

East Coast Main Line - December 2025 Timetable

The rail industry has announced the biggest timetable change on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in more than a decade, which will provide more trains, thousands of extra seats per day and quicker journeys, as part of a wider set of timetable changes across the network this December.

Launching on Sunday 14 December 2025, the new timetable is the result of £4billion invested on the ECML over the past decade. A summary of the timetable benefits you can expect from this investment, together with timetable extracts and summaries, can be found on the ECML Timetable Website.

Please see below for all the changes that will be made by each individual train operating company.

Avanti West Coast

The following changes will apply to the Avanti West Coast timetable, from Sunday 14 December 2025 until Saturday 16 May 2026.

• Additional services between London Euston and Liverpool Lime Street

• Full 2 trains per hour service between London Euston and Liverpool Lime Street on Saturdays

• Calls at Liverpool South Parkway and Hartford stations on weekdays and Saturday (to be confirmed)

• Some services on weekdays and Sundays have been removed from the timetable, with some reduction in services to Blackpool and from Manchester, Chester and Holyhead to London Euston

A copy of the Avanti West Coast scheduled timetable book from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Avanti West Coast website.

c2c

c2c are making several alterations to their weekday timetable in December 2025.

These include reinstating 12-car trains at Basildon and adding extra stops at one of its busiest stations, Barking, to boost peak-time capacity. This means 30 additional services per week will call at Basildon, with up to 6,500 potential additional seats weekly.

In the past year, approximately 100 metres of platform at Basildon station have been replaced and it has been slightly widened to increase customer space. The new section includes upgraded foundations and embankment improvements, designed to last 60 years.

The train times will change from Sunday 14 December and the key changes are as follows:

Mondays to Fridays:

• 05:44 Shoeburyness to London Fenchurch Street will be extended to 12-cars

• 06:59 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will be extended to 12-cars

• 07:08 Leigh-on-Sea to London Fenchurch Street will call additionally at Barking at 07:39

• 07:37 Leigh-on-Sea to London Fenchurch Street will call additionally at Barking at 08:09

• 07:56 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 08:31

• 08:15 Shoeburyness to London Fenchurch Street will now depart at 08:17 and will be extended to 12-cars

• 08:26 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 09:04

• 16:28 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will now depart at 16:29 and will no longer call at Barking

• 16:31 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will now depart at 16:32 and will call additionally at Barking

• 16:44 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 17:22

• 16:57 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will now depart at 16:59 and will be extended to 12-cars

• 17:16 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 17:51 and will no longer call at Pitsea

• 17:30 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 18:05 and will no longer call at Pitsea

• 17:40 London Fenchurch Street to Grays will call additionally at Barking at 17:56

• 17:58 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will call additionally at Basildon at 18:33 and will no longer call at Pitsea

• 18:16 London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness will be extended to 12-cars

A copy of the c2c timetable from 14 December 2025 until further notice is available to download from the c2c website.

Caledonian Sleeper

Just a short connection from the UK's second largest city, Birmingham International is the first new Caledonian Sleeper stop in over 30 years. Services to and from the Scottish Highlands will start calling at Birmingham International station from 15 January 2026.

Chiltern Railways

Copies of the Chiltern Railways timetables from 14 December 2025 until Saturday 16 May 2026 are available to download from the Chiltern Railways website.

The 2025 Autumn Leaf Fall timetable on the Aylesbury Vale Parkway - Amersham - London Marylebone line continues until Sunday 11 January 2026, and is included in the above downloadable timetables.

CrossCountry 

CrossCountry has announced adjustments to its timetable from 14 December 2025.

The changes will see an uplift in CrossCountry services, including some additional services between Reading and Newcastle, and between Birmingham and Leicester.

The introduction of CrossCountry’s December timetable coincides with a major industry-wide update to the timetable on the key East Coast Main Line corridor. This includes significant changes to services for other operators using the rail artery, which spans 393 miles between London and Edinburgh.

Overall, CrossCountry services will increase – with additional services on the busy Reading – Newcastle and Birmingham – Leicester routes across both weekdays and weekends. Passengers travelling on Sundays will also see more resilient and reliable services across the CrossCountry network.

However, significant engineering work across the network from Christmas 2025 until the end of January means the new timetable will not come into full effect until February 2026.

A copy of the CrossCountry timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the CrossCountry website.

East Midlands Railway

From Sunday 14 December, East Midlands Railway have aligned their timetable with the big East Coast Main Line timetable change to provide smoother, more reliable connections at key interchange hubs such as Crewe, Nottingham, Derby, Peterborough, Doncaster, Newark North Gate, Grantham, Sleaford and Lincoln.

Changes in the new timetable include:

• Matlock - Cleethorpes: New direct journey opportunities. Matlock – Nottingham services will now be extended through to Lincoln and Cleethorpes

• Grimsby - Lincoln via Leicester: This will now become a Nottingham to Leicester shuttle service

• Crewe - Lincoln: The majority of customers in Staffordshire will now have access to direct trains from Crewe to Lincoln. The extended service from Crewe to Lincoln underpins a standard hour timetable that brings simplicity and consistency to the regional network

• Doncaster - Peterborough: Journeys will now require a change at Lincoln

• Lincoln - Peterborough: On weekdays, customers will benefit from one additional service in each direction, removing the current long gap in the morning and offering a much more practical option for those connecting with rail services at Peterborough - including onwards to Norwich

• Attenborough: Attenborough will benefit from an all-day hourly service to both Derby and Crewe.

• Burton Joyce: Will have an hourly service throughout the day on weekdays and Saturdays

• Carlton: Will receive an hourly Sunday service, increasing from 12 to 28 services. This will also allow direct journeys to the Peak District or the Lincolnshire Coast

• Crewe: As part of the timetable restructure, connections at Crewe are being strengthened, with better alignment to Avanti West Coast services to the Northwest and Scotland

• Hykeham: Receives a major uplift in service, with the introduction of two trains per hour on weekdays and Saturdays

• Lincoln: Over 2,000 extra seats on East Midlands Railway services to and from Lincoln on a weekday and over 3,000 extra seats on a Saturday

• Nottingham: Improved connections at Nottingham will further enhance access to destinations such as Norwich and Skegness.

• Peartree: There will be a reduction in stops at Peartree to allow the wider enhancements to services and connections across the network.

• Radcliffe: Additional stops, with an increase of more than 70% in services throughout the week

• Spondon: Receives a major uplift in service, with the introduction of regular hourly calls throughout the week – including a Sunday service

New Aurora trains

An exciting new chapter of Intercity travel will begin this December. The first Aurora train from East Midlands Railway’s new £400 million fleet will enter service across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. The state-of-the-art Hitachi Rail built fleet will transform the experience of customers as they travel on the Midland Main Line - providing more seats, modern, spacious interiors, improved air conditioning, free class leading WiFi, plug sockets at every seat and clear customer information screens.

The 33 bi-mode trains will take advantage of the £1.5 billion Midland Main Line upgrade, with the ability to run on electric overhead lines - dramatically cutting carbon emissions by 66 per cent, meaning quieter and greener journeys too.

Once the full fleet of 33 trains is in service, it will deliver a substantial 46 per cent increase in the total number of seats available for customers travelling on the Midland Main Line.

Copies of the East Midlands Railway timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the East Midlands Railway website.

Elizabeth line

A copy of the Elizabeth line timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Transport for London website.

Gatwick Express

There are no significant changes to Gatwick Express services in the new timetable from 14 December 2025.

Grand Central

From 14 December 2025, the new Grand Central timetable will launch. Here’s what’s improving:

• Quicker journey times on some services on the Grand Central North East route

• A more consistent Monday to Saturday timetable

• Many services will operate at similar times - such as services departing from London Kings Cross on the hour

• Services will be spaced more evenly throughout the day

• An earlier Sunderland to London service, and a later London to Sunderland service, will run on Sundays

• More services for Pontefract Monkhill, including Sundays

A copy of the Grand Central timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Grand Central website.

Great Northern

From 14 December 2025, Great Northern services will change as follows:

Kings Lynn / Ely - London Kings Cross

Departure times have changed to support faster journey times by up to seven minutes – both during peak and off-peak hours.

Cambridge / Letchworth - London Kings Cross

In peak hours, the current half-hourly stopping service between Cambridge and London Kings Cross will be replaced by two new services, both of which will run at a half-hourly frequency, doubling the capacity on this key route.

The two new service groups will be formed of:

A half-hourly Cambridge to London King’ Cross semi-fast peak service:

A half-hourly semi-fast service will operate between Cambridge and London Kings Cross in peak hours, providing faster journey times between London and stations between Cambridge and Welwyn North.

These services will call at Foxton, Shepreth, Meldreth, Royston, Ashwell & Morden, Baldock, Letchworth Garden City, Hitchin and Welwyn North.

To provide faster journeys between London and Knebworth, these services will call at Knebworth in the afternoon / evening peak (when travelling from London Kings Cross to Cambridge).

A half-hourly Letchworth Garden City to London Kings Cross stopping peak service:

A second half-hourly service will operate between Letchworth Garden City and London Kings Cross in peak hours, providing additional capacity for customers.

These services will call at Hitchin, Stevenage, Knebworth, Welwyn North, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Alexandra Palace and Finsbury Park.

These services will call at New Barnet in the morning to provide additional capacity, and one morning and one evening service will be extended to Royston to improve connectivity.

Peterborough - London Kings Cross – Monday to Friday

Weekday peak Great Northern services between Peterborough and London Kings Cross, which call at Huntingdon, St Neots, Biggleswade and Stevenage, will remain at five services per morning and afternoon / evening.

The current 08:05 service from Peterborough will be brought forward to provide an earlier fast service, departing Peterborough at 05:43.

Stevenage via Hertford North to Moorgate – Monday to Friday

Two existing weekday morning departures from Gordon Hill towards Moorgate will start from Hertford North to provide additional capacity at Hertford North, Bayford, Cuffley and Crews Hill in the early morning peak.

Cambridge South station

Services between Kings Lynn / Ely / Cambridge and London Kings Cross will stop at the new Cambridge South station when it opens in early 2026.

More information on Great Northern timetable changes, and downloadable timetables, will be published here when available.

Great Western Railway (GWR)

A copy of the Great Western Railway timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Great Western Railway website.

Greater Anglia

A new Greater Anglia timetable will come into effect from Sunday 14 December 2025.

The changes are focused on improving performance, connectivity, and capacity across the Cambridge, Ely, Stansted Airport, Hertford East, and Stratford routes.

Some services on the Great Eastern Main Line and between Southend Victoria and London will also see their capacity increased from five to ten carriages in line with the continued rise in passenger numbers, and there will be extra Sunday services for West Runton on the Norwich to Sheringham line.

Summary of West Anglia Changes

• Re-timings: Most morning and evening peak services will depart 2 – 10 minutes earlier to improve punctuality

• Cheshunt and Waltham Cross: Fewer Cambridge / Ely services call at Cheshunt, while more Hertford East and Stansted Airport services will serve the station

• Hertford East / Bishops Stortford: Several Stratford-bound trains will be diverted between these destinations to help maintain punctuality

• Stratford – Meridian Water service: Will increase from three to four trains per hour during the evening peak, improving connectivity through the Lea Valley

Norwich to Sheringham line - West Runton services

On the Norwich to Sheringham line, West Runton station gains an hourly service on Sundays, up from what is currently a 2 hourly Sunday service.

The attractive village is popular for walkers using the Coastal Path, so the additional stops will provide more options for those using public transport to get to and from their walks.

Increasing train carriages

Reflecting the continued rise in passenger numbers, the following services will see their capacity formally increased from five to ten carriages.

Monday to Friday

• 05:11 Colchester to London Liverpool Street

• 07:37 Southminster to London Liverpool Street

• 07:47 Witham to London Liverpool Street

• 08:30 Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street

• 23:02 London Liverpool Street to Colchester

• 23:48 London Liverpool Street to Colchester

Saturday

10:31, 10:51, 11:11, 11:31, 11:51, 12:11 and 12:31 Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street

Greater Anglia downloadable timetables will be published here when available.

Heathrow Express

No changes to the Heathrow Express timetable from December 2025 have been announced.

Hull Trains

A copy of the Hull Trains timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Hull Trains website.

Island Line

No significant timetable changes.

A copy of the Island Line timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the South Western Railway website (it is Timetable 24 on the list)

London North Eastern Railway (LNER)

LNER will launch their new 'transformational timetable' in December 2025. Get ready for more trains, more seats, and quicker journeys.

From 14 December 2025, LNER are making the biggest change to their timetable in more than a decade. Their transformational timetable means more trains, more choice and more freedom to travel when you want to. Many journeys will be quicker too, meaning more time to enjoy your destination when you get there. Get set for:

• Nearly 10,000 additional LNER services per year, across the whole route, meaning faster and more comfortable journeys

• The introduction of an extra train per hour to and from London Kings Cross, taking the hourly service from five to six trains in each direction. This means there will be 32 additional train services each weekday to and from London Kings Cross, and more at the weekend too

• Significant improvements in connectivity, particularly between Yorkshire, the North East of England and London, with over 60,000 additional seats per week

• Quicker journey times between Edinburgh and London with an hourly fast service, taking around 4 hours and 10 minutes, calling at Newcastle and York only. Some journeys between Newcastle and London will also be quicker, taking just under 2 hours and 50 minutes

• More trains at weekends, with more options to travel on Sundays too. This includes more LNER services on Sundays between Bradford Forster Square and London Kings Cross

You can view the new timetable to find out how the December timetable change could make a difference to your future LNER journeys.

London Northwestern Railway

The following changes will be made to London Northwestern Railway services from 14 December 2025:

Crewe - Stafford:

• The first Sunday morning service from Crewe to Stafford will be re-timed

• 08:40 Crewe to Stafford service will now depart at 08:34 and will not call at Longport

• This will provide an onward connection for the CrossCountry 09:25 Stafford to Bournemouth (via Birmingham New Street) service

Copies of the London Northwestern Railway timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the London Northwestern Railway website.

London Overground

Information will be published when available.

Lumo

Lumo are launching a service to and from Glasgow Queen Street, Falkirk High and Haymarket in the new timetable.

From 14 December 2025, Lumo will offer mid-week services connecting Glasgow Queen Street with London Kings Cross. From 1 January 2026, Lumo will also add two additional services on Sundays and an additional mid-week service northbound to Glasgow.

A copy of the Lumo timetable from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 is available to download from the Lumo website.

Merseyrail

Information will be published when available.

Northern

From Sunday 14 December 2025, Northern's timetables will be updated. The new timetable brings key improvements across the Northern network, including:

• New faster journeys – an hourly fast service between Leeds and Sheffield, offering you more options and quicker connections between two of Yorkshire’s largest cities

• Increased services in the North East – additional trains will run between Middlesbrough and Newcastle, enhancing capacity and making travel easier for work, study, or leisure

• Better connections across the wider network – major upgrades on the East Coast Main Line will support faster and more frequent long-distance travel, ensuring smoother and more reliable onward journeys with Northern

A summary of changes by area can be found below:

North East

Newcastle – Morpeth / Chathill
This route will become a standalone service, with double the number of Sunday trains to support growing demand in and around Morpeth. If you’re travelling to or from Carlisle, you’ll now need to change at Newcastle.

Hexham – Newcastle
Now a standalone local service between Hexham and Newcastle. For journeys beyond Newcastle, there’s a new through service from Carlisle to Middlesbrough, offering connections from Hexham, Prudhoe and Metrocentre to the Durham Coast.

Carlisle – Newcastle (Semi-Fast)
Improved evening services, Monday to Saturday.

Carlisle – Newcastle – Middlesbrough (Stopping at all / most stations)
The existing stopping service between Carlisle and Newcastle will now extend through to Middlesbrough, running semi-fast and calling at Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton, Thornaby and Middlesbrough. Between Carlisle and Newcastle, more trains will now call at Brampton, Bardon Mill and Wetheral. Between Newcastle and Middlesbrough, services will run hourly instead of every two hours, giving better east–west connections.

Newcastle – Middlesbrough (Semi-Fast):
Now running hourly instead of every two hours. This combines with the Carlisle – Newcastle stopping service, creating a through link between Carlisle and Middlesbrough.

Newcastle – Ashington (Northumberland Line)
A new late service will run from Newcastle to Ashington, and on Sundays the train will extend to the Metrocentre for added convenience. During 2026 two new stations will open on the Northumberland Line, Bedlington and Northumberland Park.

Bishop Auckland / Darlington – Saltburn
Some trains have been retimed, with later last departures from Bishop Auckland.

Middlesbrough – Whitby
An extra morning service and a retimed final train make it easier to travel for work, leisure, or a day by the coast.

Yorkshire, Humberside and East Midlands

Leeds – Sheffield (via Wakefield Westgate)
A brand new fast service launches on 27 December, with extra trains running on 20–21 December for Christmas shoppers. This upgrade adds over 30,000 extra seats each week and helps ease demand on both local stopping and long-distance services.

York – Harrogate – Leeds
Additional morning peak services introduced to maintain capacity where LNER trains are no longer operating.

Sheffield – Huddersfield
A new late evening service will run, giving customers more flexibility for evening travel.

Sheffield – York (via Pontefract)
We’re reinstating the Sunday service, with two trains each way, improving weekend connectivity.

Sheffield – Hull – Scarborough
Sunday services retimed to provide better onward connections across the route.

Leeds – Lincoln
Standardised departure times from Lincoln for a more consistent and reliable timetable.

Sheffield – Doncaster
An additional evening peak service added to support busy commuter periods.

Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe station will close as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. A replacement bus service will operate to Dewsbury for onward train connections.

North West

Request stops
Stations at Pleasington, Hapton, and Burnley Barracks will no longer operate as request stops – trains will now call automatically at these stations.

Sunday timetable
The reduced Sunday timetable will continue.

Temporary train length changes
A small number of off-peak services will run with fewer carriages while we carry out essential maintenance and repairs to our train fleet. These adjustments are on services that usually have plenty of seats available, to minimise the impact on customers. Routes affected:

• Headbolt Lane – Blackburn

• Southport – Manchester Oxford Road / Stalybridge

• Liverpool – Manchester Oxford Road

• Manchester Piccadilly – Buxton

ScotRail

ScotRail route timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the ScotRail website.

South Western Railway

The new timetable starts on Sunday 14 December 2025, following the end of the Autumn 2025 timetable.

There are no significant changes to train times, however a small number of services may use different types of train.

South Western Railway route timetables from 14 December 2025 are available to download from the South Western Railway website.

Southeastern

Southeastern will be operating a new timetable that starts on Sunday 14 December. Below is a brief summary by route.

Metro Services

Bexleyheath Line:

Extra services will run on weekday evenings, increasing the frequency to half-hourly:

• 20:25 and 21:25 from London Charing Cross to Dartford

• 19:23 and 20:23 Dartford to London Charing Cross.

On Saturday and Sunday, services between London Victoria and Dartford / Gravesend will be lengthened to eight carriages.

Hayes Line:

To improve the interval between trains, services from London Charing Cross to Hayes will be retimed.

• Departures at 18 and 48 minutes past the hour will start later at London Charing Cross and the interval from London Bridge will be improved from the current 9 / 21-minute interval to a 13 / 17-minute interval.

• An additional service will run at 08:02 from London Charing Cross to Hayes calling at London Waterloo East and London Bridge

Mainline Services

Bromley South Line - London Victoria to Orpington via Herne Hill:

• The 04:33 service from Swanley to London Victoria is an earlier start and it will not stop at the stations between Shortlands and Brixton. The train will now arrive in to London Victoria at 05:00 offering an 18-minute earlier arrival for shift workers.

• An additional service will run at 04:35 from Orpington to London Victoria calling at all stations via Herne Hill

Maidstone East Line to London Charing Cross – Monday to Friday:

Additional services will run at peak times creating a half-hourly service throughout both the morning and evening peak periods to / from London Charing Cross:

• 08:44 Maidstone East to London Charing Cross

• 07:57 London Charing Cross to Maidstone East

• 17:44 Maidstone East to London Charing Cross

• 18:59 London Charing Cross to Maidstone East

Services will call at London Waterloo East, London Bridge, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green & Wrotham, and West Malling.

Maidstone East Line to London Victoria – Monday to Friday:

Additional services will run on the London Victoria to Ashford route via Maidstone East on Monday to Friday:

• 09:28 Ashford to London Victoria

• 21:55 London Victoria to Ashford

Services will call at Bromley South, St Mary Cray, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green & Wrotham, West Malling, East Malling, Barming, Maidstone East, Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing.

Highspeed Services

Monday to Friday:

• Extra weekday services from London St Pancras International to Faversham at 20:50 and 21:50

• Extra weekday services from Faversham to London St Pancras International at 18:30, 19:30 and 20:30

• These services combined with existing services mean there will be a half-hourly service all day on the London St Pancras International to Faversham route until late evening

Saturdays:

There will be additional highspeed services on Saturdays at the busiest times of days increasing the frequency to half-hourly:

• 09:30 Faversham to London St Pancras International

• 10:50 London St Pancras International to Faversham

• 16:30 Faversham to London St Pancras International

• 17:50 London St Pancras International to Faversham

Southeastern timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the Southeastern website.

Southern

Summary of the key changes to Southern services from 14 December 2025:

Services between Eastbourne and London Bridge – Monday to Thursday

To improve connectivity and increase capacity, Southern are introducing a new morning and evening peak service between Eastbourne and London Bridge.

The morning service will leave Eastbourne at 06:47 and arrive at London Bridge at 08:25. The return service will leave London Bridge at 17:03 and arrive back in Eastbourne at 18:35.

Between Eastbourne and London, the service will call at Hampden Park, Polegate, Berwick, Glynde, Lewes, Cooksbridge, Plumpton, Haywards Heath, Three Bridges and East Croydon.

Services between Sydenham and London Bridge – Monday to Friday

To increase peak capacity on the busy route between Sydenham and London Bridge, Southern are introducing additional services between Norwood Junction and London Bridge via Sydenham.

In the morning, there will be an additional service from Norwood Junction which calls at all intermediary stations and arrives at London Bridge at 09:03. In the evening, we are introducing an additional departure from London Bridge at 18:10 towards Sutton, which will stop at all stations between London Bridge and Norwood Junction.

Services via Carshalton Beeches and Tulse Hill – Monday to Friday

The 07:00 service from Sutton to London Bridge via Tulse Hill will now call at Carshalton Beeches and Waddon, giving passengers an additional option for their journeys.

The existing 08:27 Selhurst to London Bridge via Tulse Hill will now start at 08:00 at Sutton on weekdays, and will also call at Wallington and West Croydon.

Services between East Grinstead and London Victoria – Monday to Friday

To make it easier for people to travel during the middle of the day, services between East Grinstead and London Victoria will now be half-hourly during the middle of the day on weekdays, rather than hourly.

This change will apply Monday to Friday during school holidays, and on Thursday and Friday during term time.

Extra calls for Portchester station

To improve connectivity for the station, Portchester will be added as a stop to more services between Brighton and Southampton, providing a half-hourly service during weekday peak times and throughout the day on Saturdays.

Extra calls for stations between Havant and Chichester

Early morning journeys towards Portsmouth will be improved for the stations between Havant and Chichester, with extra stops on an early morning service between Gatwick Airport and Portsmouth Harbour. On weekdays, this service will call at Warblington at 07:29. On weekends, it will call at 07:30 at Warblington, alongside additional calls at Fishbourne, Bosham and Nutbourne.

Extra call for Wivelsfield Station – Monday to Friday

To improve connections to Lewes, Eastbourne and Hastings, there will be an extra call at Wivelsfield on a morning service towards Ore. The 06:46 service from London Victoria to Ore will now stop at Wivelsfield at 07:38 before continuing towards Eastbourne and Ore.

Services between Brighton, Eastbourne and Ore – Saturday

There will be an additional early morning service between Brighton, Eastbourne and Ore. The existing 06:23 Eastbourne to Ore service will now start at Brighton at 05:37 and call at Lewes, Polegate and Hampden Park before continuing on to Ore.

Services between Gatwick Airport, Reigate and London Victoria – Monday to Friday

The 05:52 weekday service from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria attaches to a Reigate to London Victoria service at Redhill. The Gatwick Airport portion of this service will now start at Three Bridges at 05:47.

Stansted Express

Information will be published when available.

Thameslink

From 14 December 2025, Thameslink services will change as follows:

Services between Peterborough and Horsham – Knebworth calls Monday to Friday

Morning peak Thameslink services between Peterborough and Horsham will stop at Knebworth to provide faster journeys times towards London St Pancras International and central London for Knebworth.

Cambridge South station

Services between Cambridge and Brighton will stop at the new Cambridge South station when it opens in early 2026.

More information on Thameslink timetable changes, and downloadable timetables, will be published here when available.

TransPennine Express

From Sunday 14 December 2025, TransPennine Express will be making changes to services on some routes, including increasing the number of services between Newcastle and Edinburgh.

TransPennine Express route timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the TransPennine Express website.

Transport for Wales

Timetable changes from 14 December 2025 will offer more services across the Transport for Wales network. Strengthening community connections, boosting the night-time economy and providing more travel opportunities, the new timetable will provide greater connectivity throughout Wales.

Key changes include:

• Introduction of a new hourly service between Chester and Wrexham, doubling frequency to 2 trains per hour

• A new midday train in each direction on the Heart of Wales line between Shrewsbury and Swansea via Llandrindod Wells, meaning 5 trains a day

• A brand new hourly Sunday service between Coryton and Penarth (an extension of the existing Cardiff - Penarth services) which boosts Sunday travel

• On Fridays, there will be three later last trains from Cardiff after midnight to each of Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil, including a connection from Cardiff Bay

• The daily 11:23 Cardiff Central to Holyhead service will now make additional stops at Craven Arms (12:59) and Church Stretton (13:07)

• On Mondays to Saturdays, there are new trains at 05:54 from Bidston to Wrexham General and at 20:51 from Wrexham Central to Bidston

• From Mondays to Saturdays, the existing 07:40 departure from Cardiff to Milford Haven will change to 07:21, to provide a more regular service to Swansea for peak hour commuters

• From Mondays to Saturdays, existing services between Cardiff and Gloucester at 14:10, and Gloucester to Cardiff at 15:49, now extend to and from Cheltenham Spa

• On Mondays to Saturdays there will be a new train at 05:37 from Bridgend to Cardiff calling at all stations and extending to Ebbw Vale, supporting early commuters

• On Saturdays, there will be a new later evening train at 23:23 from Cardiff to Hereford plus the existing train at 22:15 from Cardiff to Hereford will be extended to Shrewsbury

West Midlands Railway

The following changes will be made to West Midlands Railway services from 14 December 2025:

Cross City services:

• Train services that call at Duddeston will be changing

• Services between Redditch and Four Oaks that currently call at Duddeston will no longer call at Duddeston

• Services between Lichfield Trent Valley and Bromsgrove that currently do not call at Duddeston will now call at Duddeston

Copies of the West Midlands Railway timetables from 14 December 2025 to 16 May 2026 are available to download from the West Midlands Railway website.