Rail Travel Summary for Week 32: 5 11 November

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1 Rail Travel Summary for Week 32: 5 11 November Updated on: 27 October 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 Long-Term Service Alterations 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

2 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 or 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 Long-Term Service Alterations Long-term emergency repairs affect Leeds-Carlisle services until March 2017 due to a landslip. For further information click on this link: Passengers must check journey times before travelling, either with National Rail Enquiries or the individual train operators.

3 Saturday and Sunday Cross-London Connections No major service alterations reported.

4 Essex & Anglia 2000 Saturday-1330 Sunday Liverpool Street-Southend Central/Shoeburyness services start from/terminate at Fenchurch Street. Stratford served by Underground. (CC) All Weekend Liverpool Street-Shenfield local services replaced by buses between Stratford/Chadwell Heath-Shenfield. (XR) All Weekend Romford-Upminster services cancelled. Tickets valid on local buses. (LO) All Weekend Liverpool Street-Southend Victoria/East Anglia services replaced by Underground and buses between Liverpool Street-Newbury Park-Billericay/Witham. Liverpool Street-Harwich Boat Trains replaced by buses throughout. (LE) All Sunday Ipswich-Felixstowe services replaced by buses. (LE) All Weekend Liverpool Street-Hertford East/Stansted Airport/Cambridge services diverted. Passengers for Tottenham Hale-Waltham Cross inclusive should use nearby stations on parallel route. (LE) All Sunday Kings Cross-Cambridge-Kings Lynn services replaced by buses between Ely and Kings Lynn. (GN) All Weekend Trains do not call at Lea Bridge. Tickets valid on local buses. (LE)

5 North & West of London 2345 Saturday-2359 Sunday Kings Cross/Moorgate- Hertford North/Welwyn Garden City/ Stevenage/Cambridge/Peterborough services reduced in frequency, with some services retimed, extended journey times and some services replaced by buses (GN) 2300 Saturday-2359 Sunday Bedford-Three Bridges/Brighton services reduced in frequency (TL) All Weekend Wimbledon/Sutton-Blackfriars-St Pancras-St Albans services reduced in frequency (TL) Sunday to 0730 Euston-Milton Keynes/Northampton services replaced by buses for whole or part of the journey. (LM) Saturday from 1700 Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium will be busy for rugby match. Station access after the event may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (LM/LO/CH) All Weekend Gospel Oak-Barking services cancelled, with stations served by bus connections and/or Underground. (LO) All Weekend Marylebone-Oxford services replaced by buses between Oxford Parkway- Oxford. (CH) 2341 Saturday Oxford-Banbury replaced by bus. (GW) All Weekend Paddington-Reading-Oxford services retimed. Some services depart up to 15 minutes early. Burnham and Taplow served by buses (GW) All Weekend Maidenhead-Marlow services replaced by buses. (GW) 0036 Sunday Reading-Oxford replaced by bus. (GW) Sunday from 2330 Paddington-Oxford services replaced by buses Didcot-Oxford. (GW) Sunday to 0800 Suburban services from/to Paddington replaced by buses for part of the journey. (GW) All Saturday Paddington-Greenford services run to a special timetable with a change of train required at Ealing Broadway. (GW) All Saturday Trains do not call at Acton Main Line. Tickets valid on local buses. (GW) Sunday to 0610 Paddington-Heathrow Airport services cancelled. Sunday from 0610 Reduced in frequency. (HX/HC) 2240 Saturday-1030 Sunday Pangbourne served by buses from/to Tilehurst. (GW)

6 South & South East Saturday from 2100 Additional services call at Queenstown Road for firework display (SW) All Weekend Waterloo-Richmond/Teddington/Windsor/Reading services diverted or replaced by buses between Richmond-Teddington (SW) All Sunday Additional services call at Esher for the Sandown Park race meeting (SW) All Sunday Waterloo-Salisbury-Exeter services replaced by buses between Honiton-Exeter (SW) All Weekend Portsmouth/Havant-Eastleigh/Southampton/Cardiff services replaced by buses between Havant/Portsmouth-/Eastleigh/Swanwick/Southampton. (SN/SW/GW) All Sunday Bedford-Three Bridges/Brighton services reduced in frequency. (TL) Sunday to 0600 Gatwick Express services replaced by buses, with extended journey times. Sunday from 0600 Reduced to a half-hourly frequency. (GX) All Sunday London Bridge-Crystal Palace/Tattenham Corner services replaced by buses between London Bridge-Tulse Hill (SN) All Weekend Victoria/London Bridge-Sutton/Epsom/Dorking/Epsom Downs services replaced by buses between West Croydon/Streatham Common-Sutton/Epsom/Epsom Downs (SN) All Weekend Luton/St Albans-Blackfriars-Sutton/Wimbledon services reduced in frequency. Wimbledon Chase-West Sutton inclusive closed; tickets valid on local buses (TL) All Sunday London Bridge-Horsham/Tonbridge via Redhill services diverted from/to Victoria (SN) All Weekend Watford Junction/Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction/East Croydon services cancelled. Tickets valid via Central London or on local buses. (LO/SN) All Sunday Victoria-East Grinstead/Uckfield services replaced by buses between Purley- East Grinstead/Uckfield. (SN) All Sunday Victoria-Brighton/East Sussex/West Sussex/Portsmouth services reduced in frequency. Plumpton/Lewes-Polegate/Seaford and Barnham-Havant served by buses. (SN) All Weekend Services to/from/via London Bridge are affected by station reconstruction. Some journeys require bus or Underground connections. Cannon Street services do not call at London Bridge. Passengers must check alternative arrangements before travelling. (TL/SN/SE) All Saturday Dartford/Gravesend/Gillingham services via Woolwich diverted, or replaced by buses between Plumstead-Dartford. Greenwich served by Docklands Light Railway (SE) All Sunday Dartford/Gravesend/Gillingham services via Woolwich diverted, or replaced by buses between Lewisham-Dartford. Greenwich served by Docklands Light Railway (SE)

7 All Sunday Cannon Street-Orpington/Hayes services diverted. New Cross and St Johns served by local buses (SE) All Saturday Charing Cross-Kent Coast services via Tonbridge diverted and replaced by buses between Sevenoaks-Tonbridge. (SE) All Sunday Charing Cross-Hastings/Kent Coast services via Tonbridge diverted or replaced by buses between Sevenoaks-Paddock Wood. (SE) All Sunday Highbury & Islington/Dalston Junction-Clapham Junction services replaced by buses between Surrey Quays-Clapham Junction (LO) All Saturday Charing Cross-Hastings services diverted from/to London Bridge. (SE) All Sunday Charing Cross-Hastings replaced by buses between Sevenoaks-Tunbridge Wells. (SE) All Weekend St Pancras/Victoria-Kent Coast services via Faversham replaced by buses between Strood/Meopham-Gillingham. (SE)

8 East & North East All Weekend Leeds-Carlisle services replaced by buses between Appleby/Armathwaite- Carlisle, with delays up to 60 minutes. Some additional buses run between Appleby-Penrith. (NT) Saturday Southampton-York diverted, Doncaster served by connecting rail services (XC) Saturday Kings Cross-Newcastle diverted with delays up to 1 hour between Doncaster- Newcastle. (GR) 0800 Sunday York-Kings Cross starts from Doncaster. No connection from York. (GR) 0937 Sunday Doncaster-Edinburgh starts from York. No connection from Doncaster. (GR) All Sunday Kings Cross-Yorkshire/North East/Scotland services run to a special timetable with extended journey times, and change of train required at Peterborough for some journeys. Some trains depart early from Kings Cross. (GR/HT/GC) Sunday to 1150 Leeds-Blackpool/Manchester via Hebden Bridge services replaced by buses between Hebden Bridge-Accrington/Rochdale (NT)

9 Midlands, North Wales & North West All Saturday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM) All Sunday Services between Scotland/North West/Southport/Liverpool-Manchester Oxford Road/Manchester Piccadilly/Manchester Airport run to a special timetable with diversions and delays in the Manchester area. Some services diverted to/from Manchester Victoria and others are replaced by buses for part of the journey. Passengers should check journey times before travelling. (EM/NT/TP) Saturday from 2300 Buses replace trains between Blackburn-Colne. (NT) All Weekend Manchester-Chester services via Warrington diverted and replaced by buses between Manchester-Chester (AW) Sunday to 1150 Leeds-Blackpool/Manchester via Hebden Bridge services replaced by buses between Hebden Bridge-Accrington/Rochdale (NT) Sunday to 1150 Manchester-Blackburn via Rochdale services replaced by buses between Rochdale-Blackburn (NT) Saturday from 2330 Buses replace trains between Llandudno Junction-Holyhead. (AW) 0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW) All Weekend Birmingham-Cardiff/Bristol-West Country services diverted with journey times extended by up to 60 minutes. (XC) All Weekend Birmingham-Bromsgrove-Worcester services diverted with extended journey times, or replaced by buses between Longbridge-Droitwich. Bromsgrove served by buses (LM) All Weekend Lichfield-Birmingham-Redditch services replaced by buses between Birmingham New Street-Redditch (LM) Saturday to 1430 and from 1645 Additional services call at Witton and Bescot Stadium for football matches (LM) All Weekend St Pancras-East Midlands/Sheffield services subject to delays, with some southbound services departing early. (EM) All Weekend Birmingham-Nottingham-Lincoln services replaced by buses between Nottingham-Newark (EM) Saturday to 0615 Nottingham-Peterborough-Norwich services depart up to 20 minutes early (EM)

10 Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country All Saturday Additional services run between Paddington/Bristol/Swansea and Cardiff for the rugby international. Station access after the event may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (AW/GW) 0150 Sunday Fishguard Harbour-Cardiff replaced by bus. Swansea served by connection at Carmarthen. (AW) 0750 Sunday Shrewsbury-Cardiff replaced by bus between Shrewsbury-Hereford. (AW) All Sunday Valley Lines services via Cardiff Central run to a special timetable, with diversions and delays. Bus connections required for many journeys. Passengers must check journey times before traveling. (AW) All Sunday Cardiff-Ebbw Vale services replaced by buses between Newport-Ebbw Vale. (AW) 0810 Sunday Swansea-Paddington replaced by bus between Swansea-Cardiff Central. Passengers must depart earlier to maintain connections (GW) All Weekend Birmingham-Cardiff/Bristol-West Country services diverted with journey times extended by up to 60 minutes. (XC) All Weekend Birmingham-Bromsgrove-Worcester services diverted with extended journey times, or replaced by buses between Longbridge-Droitwich. Bromsgrove served by buses (LM) All Sunday Bristol-Cheltenham-Worcester services replaced by buses between Cheltenham- Worcester (GW) Saturday Some Bristol Temple Meads-Severn Beach services replaced by buses between Avonmouth-Severn Beach. (GW) All Weekend Many westbound trains depart up to 15 minutes early from Paddington. Passengers should check journey times before travelling. (GW) 1154 Saturday Exeter-Paddington is cancelled. (GW) 1400 Saturday Plymouth-Paddington departs early from some stations. (GW) All Weekend Paddington-Bristol/South Wales services retimed and diverted. Buses replace trains between Didcot-Swindon (GW) All Weekend Swindon-Westbury services retimed (GW) All Sunday Exeter St Davids-Exmouth services replaced by buses (GW) All Weekend Par-Newquay services cancelled. Luxulyan-Newquay inclusive served by buses from/to St Austell (GW)

11 Scotland 2026 Sunday Inverness-Euston diverted. Gleneagles, Stirling, and Falkirk Grahamston served by buses. (CS) All Weekend Kings Cross-Inverness services diverted; Gleneagles, Stirling, and Falkirk Grahamston served by buses. (GR) All Sunday Glasgow-Edinburgh services via Shotts replaced by buses between Glasgow Central-West Calder. (SR) All Weekend Glasgow-Aberdeen-Inverness services reduced in frequency and diverted; Glasgow/Edinburgh-Stirling/Alloa/Dunblane services replaced by buses between Falkirk High- Stirling/Alloa/Dunblane. Passengers should check journey times before travelling (SR) All Weekend Some Edinburgh-Fife Circle services retimed. (SR)

12 Monday to Friday Cross-London Connections No major service alterations reported.

13 Essex & Anglia Monday-Thursday each night Liverpool Street-Chingford services cancelled and replaced by buses Hackney Downs-Chingford. Monday-Thursday each night Liverpool Street-Hertford East/Stansted Airport/Cambridge services diverted. Passengers for Tottenham Hale-Waltham Cross inclusive should use nearby stations on parallel route. (LE)

14 North & West of London Monday-Tuesday each night Arlesey served by buses (GN) Monday-Friday Gospel Oak-Barking services cancelled, with stations served by bus connections and/or Underground. (LO) Monday-Friday Marylebone-Oxford services replaced by buses between Oxford Parkway- Oxford. (CH) Monday from 2230 Euston- Milton Keynes/Northampton services reduced in frequency and replaced by buses Milton Keynes-Northampton (LM) Monday-Tuesday each night Rugby-Northampton-Euston services replaced by buses between Rugby-Northampton. (LM/VT) Friday from 2200 Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium will be busy for football international. Station access after the event may be controlled to prevent overcrowding. (LM/SN/LO/CH) Monday-Thursday each night Taplow and Burnham served by buses from/to Slough. (GW)

15 South & South East Monday-Friday Gatwick Express and Southern services are subject to alteration or cancellation on various routes and passengers should check journey times before travelling. (GX/SN) Monday-Friday Services to/from/via London Bridge are affected by station reconstruction. Some journeys require bus or Underground connections. Cannon Street services do not call at London Bridge. Passengers must check alternative arrangements before travelling. (TL/SN/SE) Monday-Thursday each night Highbury & Islington/Victoria/London Bridge-West Croydon/Sutton services replaced by buses between Norwood Junction/Selhurst-Sutton (LO/SN) Monday-Thursday each night Victoria-Eastbourne/Hastings services diverted. Plumpton served by buses (SN)

16 East & North East Monday-Friday Leeds-Carlisle services replaced by buses between Appleby/Armathwaite- Carlisle, with delays up to 60 minutes. Some additional buses run between Appleby-Penrith. (NT)

17 Midlands, North Wales & North West Monday-Friday Norton Bridge, Barlaston and Wedgwood served by buses. (LM) Monday-Thursday 2245 Wolverhampton-Euston diverted; Northampton served by bus. (VT) Monday-Friday each night St Pancras-East Midlands-Sheffield services subject to delays, with some southbound services departing early (EM) Monday-Thursday each night Shrewsbury-Chester services diverted or replaced by buses (AW) Monday-Tuesday each night Liverpool/York-Manchester-Manchester Airport services replaced by buses between Manchester Piccadilly-Manchester Airport (NT/TP) Monday-Tuesday each night Crewe-Manchester via Manchester Airport services diverted. Manchester Airport served by buses (NT) Monday-Wednesday 2327 Manchester Piccadilly-Liverpool Lime Street replaced by bus between Hunts Cross-Liverpool (NT) Monday-Thursday each night Preston-Colne services replaced by buses between Rose Grove-Colne (NT)

18 Cotswolds, South Wales & West Country Monday-Thursday each night Paddington-Bristol/South Wales services diverted with extended journey times. Swindon and Chippenham served by buses. (GW) Monday-Thursday from 2300 Exeter-Exmouth services replaced by buses. (GW) Monday-Wednesday each night Paddington-Swansea services replaced by buses between Neath-Swansea. Passengers from Swansea must depart early to maintain connections (GW) Monday-Thursday each night Cardiff-Gloucester services replaced by buses between Newport-Gloucester (AW) Monday-Thursday 2320 Bristol Temple Meads-Frome replaced by bus (GW) Monday-Thursday each night Paddington-Oxford-Worcester services replaced by buses between Oxford-Worcester (GW)

19 Scotland Monday-Thursday from 2030 each night Glasgow Central-Edinburgh services via Shotts replaced by buses between Glasgow-West Calder. (SR) Monday-Friday 2115 Euston-Inverness Sleeper does not call at Stirling, Dunblane or Gleneagles. (CS) Monday-Thursday 2044 Inverness-Euston Sleeper does not call at Gleneagles, Dunblane Stirling or Falkirk. (CS) Monday-Thursday from 2100 Edinburgh-Glasgow/Dunblane via Falkirk services replaced by buses between Polmont-Falkirk/Dunblane (SR)

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

21 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 Oxford/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 Euston-Scotland Sleepers * Other than the suburban services listed in the North & West of London area.

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