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Alternative Routes and Ticket Acceptance During Disruption on East Midlands Trains See Map Page 2 Alternative routes and ticket acceptance during disruption on East Midlands Trains See map page 2 East Midlands Trains routes Alternative route Operator St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds King’s Cross - Peterborough - Grantham - Newark - Retford - Doncaster Virgin Trains East Coast / Hull Trains Norwich - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham Peterborough - Grantham Virgin Trains East Coast / Hull Trains Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Peterborough - Grantham; Newark - Grantham Virgin Trains East Coast / Hull Trains Grimsby - Newark Retford - Newark; Doncaster - Newark Virgin Trains East Coast Nottingham - Worksop Newark - Retford Virgin Trains East Coast Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster Peterborough - Newark - Retford - Doncaster Virgin Trains East Coast / Hull Trains St Pancras - Leicester King’s Cross - Peterborough Great Northern St Pancras - Bedford St Pancras - Bedford Thameslink Derby - Crewe Derby - Tamworth - Birmingham CrossCountry St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Euston - Nuneaton / Birmingham Virgin Trains West Coast Nottingham - Manchester / Liverpool Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe - Manchester / Liverpool Virgin Trains West Coast St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Euston - Nuneaton / Birmingham London Northwestern Nottingham - Manchester Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe - Manchester London Northwestern Derby - Crewe Tamworth / Birmingham - Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe London Northwestern St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Doncaster - Sheffield TransPennine Express Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool (inc via Huddersfield and Leeds) TransPennine Express Grimsby - Nottingham Grimsby - Doncaster - Sheffield TransPennine Express St Pancras - Leicester - Nottingham / Derby - Sheffield - Leeds Doncaster - Sheffield; Retford - Sheffield Northern Nottingham - Sheffield - Manchester - Liverpool Nottingham - Sheffield - Manchester (inc via Huddersfield and Leeds) Northern Grimsby - Lincoln - Nottingham Lincoln - Retford - Sheffield Northern Nottingham - Worksop Sheffield / Retford - Worksop Northern Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster Retford / Doncaster - Lincoln Northern Norwich - Peterborough Norwich - Peterborough Greater Anglia EMT alternative routes 9 28/11/17 www.projectmapping.co.uk Sunderland Workington Haltwhistle Hexham Hartlepool Durham Stockton Middlesbrough Whitehaven Penrith Appleby North Lakes Bishop Auckland Saltburn Eaglescliffe Darlington Whitby Battersby Windermere Kirkby Stephen Scarborough Kendal Alternative routes and ticket acceptance Filey Oxenholme Lake District Northallerton Barrow-in-Furnessduring disruption on East Midlands Trains Malton Settle Bridlington Ulverston Carnforth Ilkley Thirsk Hellifield Morecambe Guiseley Knaresborough Heysham Port Lancaster York Driffield Skipton Church Clitheroe Keighley Harrogate Fenton Colne Whalley Shipley Beverley Nelson Bradford Forster Square Hebden Bradford LEEDS Selby Gilberdyke Brough Preston Blackburn Burnley Bridge Interchange North Hull Blackpool Kirkham & Todmorden Halifax Dewsbury Castleford Wesham South Wakefield Westgate Wakefield Kirkgate Barton- Rochdale New Holland Southport Huddersfield on-Humber Bolton Pontefract Goole TransPennine Salford Ormskirk Express Crescent Stalybridge Penistone Grimsby Doncaster Barnetby Town Wigan Victoria Barnsley Adwick New Brighton Kirkby MANCHESTER Cleethorpes TransPennine Hadfield Scunthorpe Habrough LIVERPOOL Express Piccadilly Moorfields Lime Street Guide Conisbrough Market Rasen Birkenhead Earlestown Bridge Glossop Swinton Romiley Gainsborough Bidston Northern Meadowhall Manchester Marple Liverpool Central Airport Worksop Liverpool South Parkway Warrington Lincoln Retford Ellesmere Port Runcorn Stockport Chinley Sheffield Mansfield East Midlands Newark Newark Trains Shotton Chester Altrincham Wilmslow Buxton Chesterfield Castle North Hartford Gate Macclesfield Skegness Hope Virgin Trains East Midlands West Coast Trains Alfreton Sandbach Congleton Matlock Sheringham Cromer Boston Kidsgrove Sleaford North Walsham Wrexham Crewe General Wrexham Alsager Central Stoke- Uttoxeter Derby Nottingham Grantham Ruabon London Kings Lynn Northwestern on-Trent Norwich Brundall Nantwich Spalding East Midlands Virgin Trains Wymondham Gobowen East Coast Whitchurch Parkway Hull Trains Downham Welshpool Loughborough East Midlands Market Shrewsbury Stone Trains Attleborough Oakham Stamford Ely Reedham Burton-on- Leicester Thetford Diss Trent Greater Melton Peterborough March Anglia Church Stretton Stafford CrossCountry Mowbray Wellington CrossCountry Bury Cosford Telford Rugeley Hinckley Market Corby St Edmunds Craven Arms Central Harborough Stowmarket Huntingdon Walsall Lichfield Knighton Newmarket Wolverhampton London Great Tamworth Northwestern Northern Ipswich Ludlow Birmingham Snow Hill Kettering Nuneaton Stourbridge Town Cambridge East Midlands Sandy Manningtree Birmingham Trains Wellingborough Stourbridge Junction International BIRMINGHAM Royston Leominster New Street Coventry Hitchin Stansted Moor Rugby Bedford Airport Colchester Thorpe-le-Soken Kidderminster Street Northampton Solihull Warwick Sudbury Bromsgrove Milton Thameslink Stevenage Colchester Redditch Hereford Ledbury Keynes Hertford Bishops Braintree Town Stratford Luton Stortford Marks Tey Droitwich -upon-Avon Banbury Spa Leamington Welwyn Spa Virgin Trains London St Albans Broxbourne Great Worcester West Coast Northwestern Enfield Witham Rhymney Malvern Worcester Shrub Hill Bletchley Potters Ebbw Vale Foregate Street Bar Moreton- Bicester Southminster Abergavenny Aylesbury Chelmsford Cheltenham Spa Evesham in-Marsh Watford Junction Virgin Trains Chingford Caerphilly East Coast West Wickford Gloucester Princes Hampstead Shenfield Risborough Dalston Pontypool Charlbury Romford Rayleigh Lydney High Willesden Oxford Junction Stratford Southend Airport Cardiff Chepstow Stroud Marlow Wycombe St Pancras King’s Southend Victoria Queen Street Kemble Didcot Bourne End Parkway Euston Cross Upminster Southend Central Henley Shoeburyness Marylebone Liverpool Severn Severn Bristol Swindon Slough Paddington Street Cardiff Bay Newport Tunnel Beach Parkway Penarth Junction Reading Charing Fenchurch Street Tilbury Town Windsor Chippenham Heathrow Victoria Cross Blackfriars Ebbsfleet Bristol Temple Meads Airport Cannon Street Sheerness-on-Sea Kensington London Bridge Dartford Gravesend Bath Olympia Weston-super-Mare Trowbridge Strood Spa Newbury Richmond Faversham Wokingham Clapham Waterloo Swanley Frome Junction Westbury Farnborough Woking Bromley Otford Chatham Bridgwater Basingstoke Streatham South London Sutton Overground Castle Warminster Southeastern Taunton Cary Aldershot Croydon Canterbury Epsom Orpington Eggesford Andover Alton Guildford Oxted Maidstone Tiverton Dorking Sevenoaks Ashford Parkway Winchester Redhill Tonbridge Crediton Salisbury South West Reigate Gatwick Paddock Folkestone Romsey Trains Haslemere Yeovil Sherborne Three Bridges Airport Wood Central Honiton Eastleigh Tunbridge East Wells Southampton Airport Parkway Southern Crawley Grinstead Rye Exeter Petersfield Uckfield EXETER Crewkerne Horsham Haywards Central Southampton Fareham St Davids Maiden Newton Heath South West Central First Southern Exmouth Trains CrossCountry Capital Hastings Chichester Worthing Connect EMT alternative routes 9 28/11/17 Torquay Bournemouth www.projectmapping.co.uk Wareham Lewes Dorchester Brockenhurst Havant Barnham Brighton Newhaven Poole Littlehampton Eastbourne Portsmouth Bognor Seaford Regis.
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