Rail Travel Summary for Week 51: 14-20 March

Updated on: 09 March

Compiled by Worldline from information supplied by Network Rail and the Train Operating Companies. The 2-alpha codes at the end of most items are translated in the Train Operating Company Codes section. The areas covered by each sub-heading are detailed in the Geographical Scope section.

Table of Contents

Introduction 2

All Services via Banbury 2

Saturday and Sunday 3

Cross-London Connections 3

Essex & Anglia 4

North & West of London 5

South & South East 6

East & North East 8

Midlands, North Wales & North West 9

Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country 11

Scotland ___ 12

Monday to Friday 13

Cross-London Connections 13

Essex & Anglia 14

North & West of London 15

South & South East 16

East & North East 17

Midlands, North Wales & North West 18

Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country 19

Scotland ___ 20

Train Operating Company Codes 21

Geographical Scope 22

Introduction

This summary shows the main routes on which journeys are disrupted or amended for the dates shown above. Alterations may affect other areas and passengers are advised to check journey times with National Rail Enquiries before travelling, via 08457 48 49 50 or www.nationalrail.co.uk. Replacement buses are unable to carry bicycles or non-folding prams, and may depart early to maintain connections. For further information regarding Cross-London Connections go to www.tfl.gov.uk.

All Services via Banbury Due to a landslip the line between Banbury and Leamington Spa is currently closed, with buses replacing trains between those two stations. Amended rail timetables will apply either side of the blockade; affecting services between London Marylebone-Stratford upon Avon/Birmingham operated by Chiltern Railways, and South Coast/Guildford/Reading-Birmingham-The North services operated by Cross Country. Journey times will be extended and tickets will be valid on some alternative routes. Passengers must check the amended timetables before travelling: www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/today.aspx http://chilternrailways.co.uk/landslipleamington http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates/all-travel-updates On 4/3/15 Network Rail announced that this route is expected to re-open to passenger traffic on Friday 13th March… www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Railway-between-Leamington-Spa-and-Banbury-to-reopen-three-weeks-ahead-of-schedule-22ae.aspx Though the re-opening date is prior to the start of this notice the above information is included just in case of any late change.

Saturday and Sunday

Cross-London Connections No major service alterations reported.

Essex & Anglia All Weekend Buses replace trains between Witham-Braintree and between Marks Tey-Sudbury. (LE) All Weekend Liverpool Street-Harwich/Colchester/Ipswich/Norwich services run to a special timetable and are replaced by buses between Billericay-Manningtree/Colchester/Ipswich. Liverpool Street-Harwich Boat Trains replaced by buses throughout. (LE) Sunday to 0830 Buses replace trains between Liverpool Street/Ilford-Shenfield/Colchester. (LE) All Sunday Buses replace trains between Ely- Kings Lyn. (GN)

North & West of London 0100-0845 Sunday All Kings Cross services replaced by buses between Kings Cross-Finsbury Park. (GN) 0100-0830 Sunday Kings Cross-Cambridge/Peterborough services replaced by buses between Stevenage-Letchworth/Peterborough. (GN) Sunday from 1600 Some Kings Cross suburban services require a change of train at Finsbury Park. (GN) All Weekend Bedford/Luton-Sutton/Brighton services replaced by Underground or bus between St Pancras-London Bridge. Sevenoaks services start from/terminate at Victoria. Some late night/early morning services also replaced by buses between West Hampstead Thameslink-St Pancras. (TL) Sunday to 0745 Euston-Milton Keynes/Northampton services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (LM) All Sunday Stratford-Richmond services replaced by buses between Stratford-Hampstead Heath and between Willesden Junction-Richmond, with delays. (LO) All Weekend Marylebone-Stratford upon Avon/Birmingham – see “All Services via Banbury” item above. (CH) All Weekend Oxford-Bicester Town services replaced by buses. (CH) Sunday to 0615 Paddington-Heathrow Airport services cancelled. (HX/HC) 2353 Saturday Oxford-Banbury replaced by bus. (GW) 0036 Sunday Reading-Oxford replaced by bus. (GW) Sunday from 2300 Paddington-Oxford services replaced by buses between Didcot-Oxford. (GW) 0030-0800 Sunday Buses replace trains between Twyford-Reading. (GW) Saturday to 0630, also all Sunday Burnham served by buses from/to Slough. Taplow also served by buses during its normal hours of opening. (GW) Sunday from 2230 Paddington/Reading-Newbury/Bedwyn services replaced by buses for part of journey west of Reading. (GW) Sunday from 1200 Maidenhead-Marlow services replaced by buses, with delays. (GW)

South & South East Sunday to 1615 Reading-Basingstoke local services replaced by buses. (GW) Sunday to 1615 Birmingham-Southampton/Bournemouth services diverted with delays between Reading-Southampton. Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton Airport served by road/road connections. (XC) Saturday from 1500 Twickenham will be busy for the Rugby International. Station access in the post-match period may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (SW) All Sunday Waterloo-Southampton/Dorset Coast services diverted with delays. Woking-Southampton Airport inclusive served by rail/road connections. (SW) Sunday to 1500 Waterloo-Salisbury/Yeovil/Exeter services replaced by buses between Guildford-Andover. Sunday from 1500 Replaced by buses between Weybridge-Farnborough. (SW) All Sunday Waterloo-Portsmouth services do not call at Woking. Bus connections arranged. (SW) All Sunday Waterloo-Guildford/Basingstoke suburban services via Woking replaced by buses for part of the journey. Waterloo-Alton services cancelled, rail connections available at Guildford. (SW) All Sunday Ascot-Guildford services replaced by buses between Ascot-Aldershot. (SW) All Sunday Waterloo-Windsor & Eton/Reading services reduced in frequency. (SW) 2305 Saturday Waterloo-Poole replaced by bus between Bournemouth-Poole. (SW) All Weekend Isle of Wight services replaced by buses between Ryde St Johns Road-Shanklin, with delays. Passengers with ferry connections at Ryde should check journey times before travelling. (IL) www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/ptt24ewjanmar153.pdf All Sunday Highbury & Islington/Dalston-South London services run to a special timetable. Many journeys require rail/road connections in South London. (LO) All Weekend Bedford/Luton-Sutton/Brighton services replaced by Underground or bus between St Pancras-London Bridge. Sevenoaks services start from/terminate at Victoria. (TL) All Weekend Gatwick Express services reduced to a half-hourly frequency. (GX) All Sunday Victoria-Brighton services reduced in frequency. (SN) All Sunday Many Victoria-South Coast services depart early from Victoria. (SN) All Sunday Victoria-Bognor Regis services replaced by buses between Arundel-Bognor Regis. (SN) All Sunday Littlehampton served by buses from/to Angmering and Barnham. (SN)

All Sunday Victoria-Portsmouth services, and Brighton-West Sussex/Hampshire/Bristol services, replaced by buses between Angmering-Barnham. (SN/GW) All Sunday Suburban services via West Croydon replaced by buses between Norwood Junction/Selhurst-West Croydon-Sutton. (SN) All Weekend Services to/from/via London Bridge are affected by station reconstruction. Passengers must check alternative arrangements before travelling. (TL/SN/SE) www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/ All Saturday St Pancras/Victoria-Kent Coast services via Faversham replaced by buses between Strood/Meopham-Rainham. (SE) All Saturday Charing Cross-Gillingham services replaced by buses between Gravesend-Gillingham. (SE) All Sunday Victoria-Canterbury West services replaced by buses between Ashford-Canterbury West. St Pancras/Charing Cross-Kent Coast services via Canterbury West diverted, or replaced by buses between Ashford-Ramsgate. St Pancras services also replaced by buses between Ebbsfleet-Ashford. (SE) All Sunday Charing Cross and Waterloo East are closed. Services diverted to start from/ terminate at Cannon Street. (SE) All Sunday Cannon Street -Dartford/Gravesend/Gillingham services replaced by buses between Slade Green/Sidcup-Dartford. (SE) All Sunday Cannon Street -Hastings services replaced by buses between Tunbridge Wells-Battle. (SE)

East & North East 0400 Saturday-1200 Sunday Kings Cross-North East/Scotland services reduced in frequency and diverted with delays up to 90 minutes between Peterborough-Doncaster. Some services depart early. Grantham, Newark and Retford served by buses. Passengers must check journey times before travelling. (GR/GC/HT) Sunday from 1200 Kings Cross-North East/Scotland services reduced in frequency. Change of train required at Peterborough for some journeys. (GR/GC/HT) All Weekend Cleethorpes/Lincoln-Newark/Nottingham services replaced by buses between Lincoln-Newark/Nottingham. (EM) All Weekend Liverpool/Nottingham-Norwich services do not call at Grantham. Rail/road connections available. (EM) 2300 Saturday-0815 Sunday York-Manchester/Liverpool services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (TP) 0758 Sunday Bradford Interchange-Kings Cross diverted. Halifax, Brighouse and Mirfield served by bus. (GC) Saturday from 2230 Buses replace trains between Hartlepool/Thornaby-Middlesbrough. (NT) All Weekend Leeds-Carlisle services replaced by buses between Ribblehead/Appleby-Carlisle. (NT) All Weekend Sheffield-York services via Pontefract replaced by buses between Moorthorpe-York. (NT)

Midlands, North Wales & North West All Weekend Birmingham-Marylebone/Reading/South Coast services – see “All Services via Banbury” item above. (CH/XC) All Saturday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM) All Sunday Liverpool-North East services via Manchester Victoria diverted to start from/ terminate at Manchester Piccadilly. Liverpool served by local rail connections. (TP) All Weekend Manchester-Southport/Preston/Blackpool/North West/Scotland services diverted with delays, or replaced by buses between Bolton-Preston. Some southbound services depart early. (NT/TP) All Weekend Services from/to Manchester Victoria via Bolton/Swinton diverted, or replaced by buses for part of the journey. (NT) Sunday to 0730 Manchester-Bolton/Blackpool North services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (TP) 2300 Saturday-0815 Sunday York-Manchester/Liverpool services diverted, or replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (TP) Sunday to 0830 Buses replace trains between Manchester Airport-Manchester Piccadilly. (NT/TP/AW) Sunday from 2200 Liverpool-Manchester services diverted. Wavertree-Eccles inclusive served by buses. (NT) All Sunday Manchester Victoria-Todmorden/Leeds services replaced by buses between Manchester Victoria-Rochdale/Littleborough/Todmorden. (NT) All Sunday Manchester Victoria-Huddersfield services replaced by buses between Manchester Victoria-Stalybridge. (NT) Saturday from 2300 Buses replace trains between Blackburn-Colne. (NT) 2315 Sunday Blackburn-Manchester Victoria replaced by bus. (NT) Sunday from 0500 Buses replace trains between Preston-Blackpool North/Blackpool South. (NT/TP) All Weekend Liverpool-Wirral/Ellesmere Port/Chester services do not call at Hamilton Square. Passengers should use Birkenhead Central or Conway Park. (ME) www.merseyrail.org/seasonal/hamilton-square-refurbishment.aspx 0728 Sunday Manchester-Chester replaced by bus. (AW) 2100 Saturday-1130 Sunday Buses replace trains between Lancaster/Oxenholme-Windermere. (TP) Saturday from 2330 Buses replace trains between Llandudno Junction-Holyhead. (AW)

0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW) Sunday from 2250 Buses replace trains between Chester/Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW) All Sunday Birmingham-Nottingham/North East/Scotland services diverted with delays up to 1 hour between Birmingham-Derby. Wilnecote, Tamworth and Burton on Trent served by buses. Nottingham services also require a change of train at Derby. (XC) 0100 Saturday-1200 Sunday Nottingham-Spalding/Norwich services diverted, Grantham served by rail/road connections. Liverpool-Norwich services require a change of train at Nottingham. (EM) All Weekend Nottingham-Lincoln services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (EM) 0445 Saturday Leicester-St Pancras departs at 0439. (EM) Sunday to 1300 St Pancras-East Midlands/Sheffield services run to a special timetable. Some services replaced by Underground between St Pancras-West Hampstead Thameslink. Passengers should check journey times before travelling. (EM) All Saturday Uttoxeter will be busy for the Midlands Grand National race meeting. Station access after the event may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (EM) All Sunday Derby-Crewe services replaced by buses between Derby-Tutbury & Hatton/Stoke on Trent. (EM)

Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country 1200-2000 Saturday Cardiff Central will be busy for the Rugby International. Station access after the event may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (AW/GW/XC) 0150 Sunday Fishguard Harbour-Cardiff does not call at Swansea. Bus connection at Carmarthen. (AW) Sunday to 1700 Cardiff Bay services are cancelled. Tickets valid on local buses. (AW) Sunday to 1700 Valley Lines services via Radyr diverted. Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays and Llandaf served by buses. (AW) Sunday to 1700 Cardiff-Rhymney services replaced by buses between Cardiff Central-Heath High Level. (AW) 0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW) Sunday from 2250 Buses replace trains between Hereford-Shrewsbury/Chester. (AW) 0830-1700 Saturday Some Bristol Temple Meads-Severn Beach services replaced by buses between Avonmouth-Severn Beach. (GW) 2230 Saturday-2359 Sunday Paddington-Bristol services diverted. Chippenham and Bath served by buses. (GW) Sunday to 1540 Cardiff/Bristol-Westbury/South Coast services replaced by buses between Bristol Temple Meads-Trowbridge. Bristol-Weymouth services require an additional change of train at Westbury. (GW) Sunday to 1540 Swindon-Westbury services run to an amended timetable. Some trains depart early. (GW) 0200 Saturday-1200 Sunday Paddington/Birmingham-Devon/Cornwall services replaced by buses between Exeter St Davids-Newton Abbot/Plymouth, with delays. Additional fast buses run between Tiverton Parkway-Plymouth. Services on Cornish Branch Lines amended to maintain connections. (GW/XC) All Saturday Exmouth-Paignton services replaced by buses between Exeter Central/Exeter St Davids-Newton Abbot. (GW) All Saturday Liskeard-Looe services replaced by buses, with delays. For St Keynes and Causeland buses stop on the main road instead of at the station. (GW)

Scotland ___ All Sunday Glasgow-Stranraer services replaced by buses between Ayr-Stranraer, with delays. Northbound buses depart early to maintain connections. (SR) 2036 Saturday Oban-Glasgow replaced by bus between Oban-Dumbarton Central. (SR) All Sunday Glasgow-Oban/Fort William/Mallaig services replaced by buses between Glasgow Queen Street-Crianlarich. (SR) 1900 Sunday Fort William-Edinburgh/Euston cancelled. Fort William-Tulloch inclusive served by bus to Kingussie for connections into Inverness-Euston Sleeper. (SR)

Monday to Friday

Cross-London Connections No major service alterations reported.

Essex & Anglia Monday-Wednesday 2130-0400 each night Buses replace trains between Ipswich-Norwich, with extended journey times. (LE) Monday-Thursday 0500 Norwich-Liverpool Street departs at 0405. (LE)

North & West of London Monday-Thursday 2345-0500 each night Kings Cross suburban services via Hertford North diverted, or replaced by buses between Alexandra Palace-Hertford North-Stevenage. (GN) Monday from 2030 Euston-Tring/Milton Keynes services reduced in frequency. (LM) Monday-Tuesday 2230-0430 Buses replace trains between Milton Keynes Central-Northampton. (LM) Monday-Friday Oxford-Bicester Town services replaced by buses. (CH) Monday-Thursday 2200-0500 each night Paddington/Reading-Newbury/Bedwyn services replaced by buses for part of the journey west of Reading. (GW)

South & South East Monday-Friday 0721 & 0922 Raynes Park-Waterloo do not call at Clapham Junction or Vauxhall. (SW) Monday-Thursday 2305 Waterloo-Poole replaced by bus between Southampton-Poole. (SW) Monday-Thursday 2330-0500 each night Services to/from Portsmouth replaced by buses for part of the journey. (SW) Monday-Thursday 2350-0500 each night Services to/from/via Southampton replaced by buses for part of the journey. (SW) Tuesday-Friday 0009 Waterloo-Guildford replaced by bus between Weybridge-Guildford. (SW) Tuesday-Friday 0425 Guildford-Woking diverted. Passengers to/from Woking served by bus, departing early. (SW) Monday-Friday Isle of Wight services replaced by buses between Ryde St Johns Road-Shanklin, with delays. Passengers with ferry connections at Ryde should check journey times before travelling. (IL) www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/ptt24ewjanmar153.pdf Monday-Thursday from 2300 each night Some Dalston-South London services diverted. Change of train required for some journeys. (LO) Monday-Friday to 0500 each morning Buses replace trains between Three Bridges-Brighton/ Eastbourne. (SN) Monday-Thursday 2216 Victoria-Bognor Regis replaced by bus between Littlehampton-Bognor Regis. (SN) Monday-Thursday 2247 Victoria-Hastings replaced by bus between Eastbourne-Hastings. (SN) Monday-Friday Services to/from/via London Bridge are affected by station reconstruction. Passengers should check alternative arrangements before travelling. (TL/SN/SE) www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/ Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 2300-0300 each night Some St Pancras/Victoria-Faversham-Ramsgate services replaced by buses between Ebbsfleet/Gillingham-Faversham. (SE) Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 0025 Sittingbourne-Sheerness replaced by bus. (SE) Tuesday-Wednesday 2350-0300 Kent Coast services via Folkestone replaced by buses between Ashford/Folkestone Central-Dover/Ramsgate. (SE) Monday-Wednesday 2345 Charing Cross-Hastings replaced by bus between Tunbridge Wells-Hastings. Thursday Replaced by bus between Tonbridge-Hastings. (SE) Friday 0015 Charing Cross-Tunbridge Wells replaced by bus between Tonbridge-Tunbridge Wells. (SE)

East & North East No major service alterations reported

Midlands, North Wales & North West Monday 2245 Wolverhampton-Euston diverted. Long Buckby and Northampton served by bus. (VT) Monday-Thursday from 2100 each night Long-distance services diverted with delays between Birmingham-Wolverhampton, not calling at Sandwell & Dudley. Some trains also do not call at Wolverhampton and Penkridge. Local services replaced by buses. (VT/LM) Monday-Friday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM) Monday-Friday Manchester-Preston/Blackpool/North West/Scotland services diverted with delays, or replaced by buses between Bolton-Preston. Some southbound services depart early. (NT/TP) Monday 0008 Manchester Airport-York replaced by bus. (TP) Tuesday-Friday to 0500 each morning Manchester Airport-Blackpool North services replaced y buses. (TP) Monday-Thursday 2315 Blackburn-Manchester Victoria replaced by bus. (NT) Monday-Friday Liverpool-Wirral/Ellesmere Port/Chester services do not call at Hamilton Square. Passengers should use Birkenhead Central or Conway Park. (ME) www.merseyrail.org/seasonal/hamilton-square-refurbishment.aspx Monday-Thursday 2330-0300 each night Chester-Manchester services replaced by buses. (AW) Monday-Thursday from 2300 each night Crewe-Manchester local services via Stockport diverted. Levenshulme-Handforth inclusive served by buses. (NT)

Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country Monday-Thursday 2330-0400 each night South wales services diverted with delays up to 30 minutes between Cardiff-Bridgend. Pontyclun, Llanharen and Pencoed served by buses. (AW/GW) Monday-Thursday 2330-0300 each night Paddington/Bristol-Cardiff services require a change of train, or bus connection, between Bristol-Cardiff. (GW) Tuesday-Friday 0447 Bristol Temple Meads-Paddington diverted. Passengers from Bristol Parkway served by bus, departing early. (GW)

Scotland ___ Friday 2115 Euston-Fort William Sleeper is cancelled. Passengers for Tulloch-Fort William inclusive travel on the Euston-Inverness train with a bus connection at Kingussie. Passengers for other stations should travel via Glasgow. (SR)

Train Operating Company Codes

AW Arriva Trains Wales CC c2c CH Chiltern Railways CS Caledonian Sleeper EM East Midlands Trains GC Grand Central GN Great Northern GR Virgin Trains East Coast GW First Great Western GX Gatwick Express HC Heathrow Connect HT Hull Trains HX Heathrow Express IL Island Line LE Greater Anglia LM London Midland LO London Overground LT London Underground ME Merseyrail NT Northern Rail SE Southeastern SN Southern SR ScotRail SW South West Trains TL Thameslink TP First TransPennine Express TW Tyne & Wear Metro VT Virgin Trains XC Cross Country

Geographical Scope

Cross-London Connections Underground links between the Central London termini Essex & East Anglia All services from/to London Fenchurch Street/Liverpool Street, and connecting branch lines Rural services in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. Stansted Airport/Norwich-Peterborough North & West of London Suburban services between London and:

Stevenage/Cambridge/Peterborough St Albans/Luton/Bedford Watford Junction/Tring/Milton Keynes/Northampton Aylesbury Banbury/Birmingham/Stratford-upon-Avon via High Wycombe Reading/Newbury/Bedwyn/Oxford

East London/North London/West London Lines and Gospel Oak-Barking Associated branch lines of the above South & South East South London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Coast Waterloo-Salisbury/Yeovil/Exeter Services via Richmond/Hounslow Reading-Basingstoke/Gatwick Airport Reading-Bournemouth Westbury-Southampton Castle Cary-Weymouth Isle of Wight East & North East London-Doncaster/North East/Scotland * Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Humberside North East England Leeds-Morecambe/Carlisle and Newcastle-Carlisle Midlands, North Wales & North West London-East Midlands/Sheffield * London-West Midlands/North West/Scotland * East & West Midlands suburban/rural services Birmingham-Reading * Birmingham-Sheffield/Peterborough Mid Wales & North Wales, Greater Manchester, Merseyside & North West England Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country London-Bristol/South Wales/Devon/Cornwall and branches * South Wales Local Service Llanelli-Shrewsbury & Newport-Shrewsbury Oxford-Worcester-Hereford Scotland All services in Scotland * Other than the suburban services listed in the North & West of London area.