Rail Travel Summary for Week 08: 18-24 May
Updated on: 08 May
Compiled by Atos 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 Summer 2013 Timetable 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 10 Scotland ___ 11
Monday to Friday 12 Cross-London Connections 12 Essex & Anglia 13 North & West of London 14 South & South East 15 East & North East 16 Midlands, North Wales & North West 17 Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country 18 Scotland ___ 19
Train Operating Company Codes 20
Geographical Scope 21
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.
Summer 2013 Timetable
The Summer 2013 timetable comes into operation on Sunday 19th May and services on all routes are subject to alteration. Passengers travelling on or after that date are advised to check journey times before travelling.
Stratford Parkway: This new station is scheduled to open on Sunday 19th May. It is part of the Bishopton Park & Ride site adjacent to the A46. This is an additional station and trains will continue to run through to/from existing station in Stratford-upon-Avon town centre. Only a limited number of trains will call initially, with the full timetable to be introduced in December 2013. http://stratfordparkway.wordpress.com/the-scheme/
Dalmarnock: This station in Glasgow is scheduled to re-open on Monday 20th May, following reconstruction.
Saturday and Sunday
Cross-London Connections
All Weekend Cannon Street Underground station is closed. Passengers should use nearby stations. (LT)
Essex & Anglia
Sunday to 0800 Buses replace trains between Liverpool Street-Shenfield/Colchester. (LE)
All Weekend Liverpool Street-Southend Victoria services replaced by buses between Hockley-Southend. Tickets also valid on Fenchurch Street-Southend Central services. (LE)
All Sunday Buses replace trains between Manningtree-Harwich International/Harwich Town. (LE)
All Sunday Ipswich-Felixstowe services replaced by buses. Passengers at Westerfield should use the station help point to arrange connections. (LE)
2015 Saturday-1430 Sunday Norwich/Stansted Airport-Birmingham/Nottingham/Liverpool services replaced by buses between Ely-Peterborough. Some fast buses also run between Norwich-Peterborough. (EM/XC)
All Weekend Liverpool Street-Chingford services cancelled. St James Street-Chingford inclusive served by buses from/to Seven Sisters. (LE)
All Weekend Liverpool Street/Stratford-Stansted Airport/Cambridge services diverted, or replaced by Underground between Liverpool Street/Stratford-Tottenham Hale. (LE)
North & West of London
All Sunday Kings Cross-Stevenage services via Hertford North replaced by bus/Underground connections for whole or part of the journey. (FC)
Sunday to 0800 Kings Cross-Cambridge/Peterborough services replaced by buses between Stevenage-Letchworth/Peterborough. (FC)
All Sunday Southbound services do not call at Alexandra Palace, Hornsey or Harringay. (FC)
2345 Saturday-0900 Sunday Bedford/Luton-St Pancras services run to a special timetable. Passengers should check journey times before travelling. (FC)
0200-0700 Sunday Euston-Milton Keynes/Northampton services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (LM)
All Sunday Stratford-Richmond services replaced by buses and Underground between Willesden Junction-Gunnersbury-Richmond. (LO)
1100-1700 Saturday & Sunday Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium stations will be busy for football play-offs. Station access in the post-match periods may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (LO/CH)
2350 Saturday Oxford-Banbury replaced by bus. (GW)
All Sunday Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell closed. Tickets valid on local buses. (GW)
All Weekend Paddington-Newbury/Bedwyn services require a change of train at Reading. 1100-1845 Saturday Additional services call at Newbury Racecourse for the race meeting. (GW)
All Weekend Paddington-Reading/Oxford services reduced in frequency. Rail/road connections apply for some journeys. Passengers should check journey times before travelling. (GW)
South & South East
Sunday to 1600 Gatwick Airport/Waterloo-Reading services replaced by buses between Blackwater/Ascot-Reading.
All Sunday Services to/from Southampton via Fareham diverted with delays. Swanwick-St Denys inclusive served by buses. (SW/SN/GW)
All Sunday Waterloo-Alton services replaced by buses between Farnborough-Alton. (SW)
All Sunday Ascot-Guildford services replaced by buses. (SW)
Saturday from 2200 Waterloo-Poole services replaced by buses between Bournemouth- Poole. (SW)
Sunday to 0830 Services via Kingston replaced by buses for part of the journey. (SW)
All Sunday services via Epsom replaced by buses between Ewell West-Epsom- Dorking/Leatherhead and between Sutton-Epsom-Dorking. (SW/SN)
All Sunday Bedford-Brighton services do not call at London Bridge. Bedford-East Croydon services do not run south of Blackfriars. (FC)
All Sunday Gatwick Express services reduced to a half-hourly frequency. (GX)
All Sunday Victoria-Brighton services reduced in frequency. (SN)
All Sunday Brighton-Seaford/Eastbourne/Hastings/Ashford services replaced by buses between Brighton-Lewes. (SN)
All Weekend Buses replace trains between Oxted-Uckfield. All Sunday Buses also replace trains between Oxted-East Grinstead. (SN)
All Sunday Buses replace trains between Purley-Caterham/Tattenham Corner. (SN)
All Sunday South London services via Crystal Palace diverted, or replaced by buses between Tulse Hill/Streatham Hill-Norwood Junction/West Croydon. (SN)
All Sunday Victoria-Dover services replaced by buses between Faversham-Canterbury East. (SE)
Sunday to 1330 St Pancras-Faversham services reduced in frequency, and replaced by buses between Ebbsfleet International-Strood. (SN)
Sunday to 1300 Sittingbourne-Sheerness services replaced by buses. (SE)
All Sunday London Bridge-Plumstead services cancelled. (SE)
All Sunday Charing Cross-Kent Coast services start from/terminate at Victoria. All other Charing Cross services start from/terminate at Cannon Street. (SE)
All Sunday Hastings TO Cannon Street services depart early from many stations. (SE)
All Sunday Cannon Street-Orpington/Sevenoaks local services replaced by buses between Lewisham-Orpington. (SE)
Sunday to 1330 Cannon Street-Gravesend/Gillingham services replaced by buses between Dartford-Gravesend/Strood. (SE)
East & North East
All Weekend Doncaster-Goole/Hull services via Hatfield & Stainforth diverted with delays, or replaced by buses between Doncaster-Goole. (NT)
All Weekend Manchester/Doncaster-Scunthorpe/Grimsby/Cleethorpes services replaced by buses between Doncaster-Scunthorpe. Additional fast buses run between Doncaster- Grimsby/Cleethorpes All Sunday All services replaced by buses between Scunthorpe- Grimsby/Cleethorpes. (TP/NT)
All Saturday Peterborough-Lincoln-Doncaster services replaced by buses between Spalding- Sleaford and between Lincoln-Doncaster. (EM)
1958 Saturday Sheffield-Bridlington diverted. Selby served by bus. (NT)
0751 Sunday Huddersfield-Leeds replaced by bus. (NT)
All Sunday Leeds-Wakefield Kirkgate services via Castleford replaced by buses. (NT)
0800 Sunday Bradford Interchange-Kings Cross diverted. Halifax, Brighouse and Mirfield served by bus. (GC)
2300 Saturday-0900 Sunday North East-Manchester/Liverpool services replaced by buses between York/Leeds-Manchester. (TP)
Midlands, North Wales & North West
All Saturday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM)
All Sunday Birmingham-Worcester/Great Malvern/Hereford services replaced by buses between Kidderminster/Bromsgrove-Worcester Shrub Hill. (LM)
Sunday from 2200 Liverpool-Manchester Airport services diverted. Wavertree-Manchester Oxford Road inclusive served by buses. (NT)
Saturday from 2300 Buses replace trains between Blackburn-Colne. (NT)
All Weekend Liverpool-Wirral/Ellesmere Port/Chester services do not call at Liverpool Lime Street Low Level. Passengers should use other stations within Central Liverpool and allow additional time to make connections on journeys via Lime Street. (ME)
2300 Saturday-0900 Sunday Liverpool/Manchester-North East services replaced by buses between Manchester Airport/Manchester Piccadilly-Leeds/York. (TP)
Sunday to 0730 Buses replace trains between Manchester Airport-Bolton/Blackpool. (TP)
All Sunday Manchester Piccadilly-Chester services diverted. Manchester Oxford Road-Helsby inclusive served by buses. Manchester-North Wales services require a change of train at Chester. (AW)
Saturday from 1000 Manchester Airport-Edinburgh services diverted. Bolton-Haymarket inclusive served by rail connections. (TP)
Sunday from 2230 Liverpool-Blackpool services replaced by buses. (NT)
All Sunday Services to/from Liverpool via Huyton replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (NT)
Sunday to 1740 Southport-Manchester services replaced by buses between Southport- Parbold. Sunday from 1740 Replaced by buses between Southport-Wigan Wallgate. (NT)
All Sunday Manchester-Buxton services replaced by buses between Hazel Grove-Buxton. (NT)
Saturday from 2300 Buses replace trains between Llandudno Junction-Holyhead. (AW)
0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW)
Saturday from 2200 Buses replace trains between Birmingham-Derby/Nottingham. (XC)
0527 Saturday Sheffield-St Pancras departs early from Sheffield and Chesterfield. (EM)
All Sunday St Pancras-East Midlands/Sheffield services run to a special timetable, with extended journey times. (EM)
Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country
2345 Saturday Swansea-Fishguard Harbour replaced by bus between Carmarthen-Fishguard Harbour. (AW)
0148 Sunday Fishguard Harbour-Cardiff replaced by bus. Swansea passengers also need to change at Carmarthen. (AW)
0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW)
All Sunday Cardiff-Rhymney services replaced by buses between Ystrad Mynach-Rhymney. (AW)
Sunday to 1730 Cardiff-Ebbw Vale Parkway services replaced by buses. (AW)
All Sunday Birmingham-Worcester/Great Malvern/Hereford services replaced by buses between Kidderminster/Bromsgrove-Worcester Shrub Hill. (LM)
0830-1700 Saturday Some Bristol Temple Meads-Severn Beach services replaced by buses between Avonmouth-Severn Beach. (GW)
Saturday from 2300 Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads services diverted. Chippenham and Bath served by buses. (GW)
Sunday to 0900 Swansea to Paddington services depart early from Swansea-Bridgend inclusive. (GW)
All Weekend Services to/from Paddington run to a special timetable with extended journey times. Many services depart early from Paddington. (GW)
All Weekend Paddington-Gloucester/Cheltenham services require a change of train at Swindon. (GW)
Scotland ___
All Weekend Dalmarnock station closed. Passengers should use Bridgeton or Rutherglen. (SR)
Saturday from 1000 Manchester Airport-Edinburgh services diverted. Bolton-Haymarket inclusive served by rail connections. (TP)
1051 & 1251 Sunday Edinburgh-Birmingham services via Carlisle depart up to 35 minutes early from Edinburgh and Haymarket. (VT)
Sunday to 1330 Edinburgh-Glasgow services via Shotts replaced by buses between Edinburgh-West Calder. (SR)
Sunday from 1900 Euston-Scotland Sleeper services diverted, not calling at Watford Junction-Carlisle inclusive. (SR)
Monday to Friday
Cross-London Connections
No major services alterations reported.
Essex & Anglia
Monday-Thursday 2330-0230 each night Buses replace trains between Ely-Kings Lynn. (FC)
North & West of London
Monday-Thursday 2130-0400 each night Pangbourne served by buses to/from Tilehurst. (GW)
Monday-Thursday 2215-0400 each night Burnham and Taplow served by buses to/from Slough. (GW)
South & South East
Tuesday-Friday to 0440 each morning Reading-Gatwick Airport services require a change of train at Redhill. Passengers from Gatwick Airport need to depart early. (GW)
Monday-Tuesday from 2250 each night Buses replace trains between Haslemere- Havant/Portsmouth. (SW)
Tuesday-Friday to 0300 each morning Buses replace trains between Southampton- Bournemouth/Poole. (SW)
Tuesday-Friday 0425 Guildford-Waterloo diverted. Surbiton and Wimbledon served by bus, departing early from all stations. (SW)
Thursday 1600-2230 Additional services call at Esher for the Sandown Park race meeting. (SW)
Tuesday-Friday to 0400 each morning Bedford-Three Bridges/Brighton services do not call at London Bridge. (FC)
Tuesday-Friday to 0500 each morning Buses replace trains between Three Bridges- Brighton. (SN)
Monday-Thursday 2300-0300 each night St Pancras-Faversham services and Victoria-Kent Coast services replaced by uses between Sittingbourne-Faversham. (SE)
Friday 2312 St Pancras-Ramsgate replaced by us between Dover-Ramsgate. (SE)
Monday-Thursday from 2300 each night. Grove Park-Bromley North services replaced by buses. (SE)
Tuesday-Friday 0013 Charing Cross-Gillingham replaced by bus between Dartford- Gillingham. (SE)
East & North East
Monday-Friday Doncaster-Goole/Hull services via Hatfield & Stainforth diverted with delays, or replaced by buses between Doncaster-Goole. (NT)
Monday-Friday Doncaster-Scunthorpe/Grimsby/Cleethorpes services replaced by buses between Doncaster-Scunthorpe. Some fast buses also run Doncaster-Grimsby/Cleethorpes. (TP/NT)
Midlands, North Wales & North West
Monday-Friday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM)
Monday-Thursday from 2115 each night Birmingham-Stratford upon Avon services replaced by buses between Whitlocks End-Stratford upon Avon. (LM)
Monday-Friday Liverpool-Wirral/Ellesmere Port/Chester services do not call at Liverpool Lime Street. Passengers should use other stations within Central Liverpool, and allow additional time to make connections on journeys via Lime Street. (ME)
Tuesday-Thursday 2245 Wolverhampton-Euston diverted and 2254 Birmingham- Northampton terminates at Rugby. Long Buckby and Northampton served by bus. (VT/LM)
Monday-Thursday 2200-0600 each night Blackpool/Preston-Colne services replaced by buses for part of the journey. (NT)
Monday-Thursday 2200 Euston-Manchester does not call at Stockport. Passengers for Stockport should travel on the 2140 from Euston. (VT)
Monday-Thursday 2240-0500 each night. Manchester-Wilmslow/Crewe local services, and Manchester-Chester services via Altrincham, diverted, or replaced by buses for part of the journey. (NT)
Monday-Thursday 2247 Sheffield-Manchester does not call at Stockport. Bus connection arranged. (NT)
Monday-Thursday from 2150 each night Buses replace trains between Chester-Warrington bank Quay/Manchester. (AW)
Monday-Thursday 2320-0550 each night Manchester-Wigan Wallgate services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (NT)
Monday-Thursday 2305 Huddersfield-Manchester Victoria replaced by us between Stalybridge-Manchester Victoria. (NT)
Monday-Thursday from 2030 Shrewsbury-Welshpool replaced by bus connections. (AW)
Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country
Monday-Friday from 2300 each night Buses replace trains between Cardiff/Newport- Gloucester. (AW)
Monday-Thursday from 2130 each night Buses replace trains between Swindon- Gloucester/Cheltenham. (GW)
Wednesday 2306 Bristol Temple Meads-Exeter requires a change of train at Taunton. (GW)
Scotland ___
No major service alterations reported.
Train Operating Company Codes
AW Arriva Trains Wales CC c2c CH Chiltern Railways EM East Midlands Trains FC First Capital Connect GC Grand Central GR 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 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.