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Six weeks to go: Majority of rail network open over festive period but passengers urged to check before travelling
- More than 95% of rail network open for business as normal, but some routes will be affected.
- Network Rail will be undertaking around 400 projects as part of a £142m upgrade programme over Christmas and New Year to improve your railway and provide better, more reliable services for passengers across Britain.
- Timetables now live; passengers asked to plan their journeys as soon as they can. Visit National Rail Enquiries or your train operator’s website.
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Thameslink route through central London closed over Christmas so track replacement can take place
Passengers asked to plan ahead and check before they travel between 25-29 December with rail replacement buses running on some routes and diversions on other routes.
Vital Perth-Inverness enhancement works set to begin
Network Rail engineers will be working around-the-clock over the next four weekends to renew key pieces of infrastructure on the Highland mainline.
Vital engineering work to impact services across Network Rail’s Wessex route this Christmas
- Network Rail will be undertaking a programme of work over Christmas and New Year to improve the railway and provide better, more reliable services for passengers across Britain.
- Key upgrade work between Basingstoke and Woking, Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier, and Trowbridge to Salisbury will result in changes to services.
- Passengers encouraged to check before you travel and plan your journey in advance
Engineering work between Cardiff and Bridgend to affect journeys on three Sundays in November and December
Passengers are urged to check before they travel between Bridgend and Cardiff on three Sundays in November and December, when Network Rail will be carrying out essential engineering work.
People in Portslade are advised to plan ahead as the level crossing is set to close for an entire weekend at the end of November
Work to replace railway track on the level crossing means that diversions will be necessary for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, with buses replacing trains between Brighton and Littlehampton all weekend
Passengers advised to check journeys ahead of Mid Cornwall Metro track work
Passengers are advised to check their journeys between Newquay and Par ahead of major engineering work to help create Mid Cornwall Metro (MCM), which affects trains from Monday 18 November.
Passengers advised of major rail upgrades in Crewe over Christmas
The final stages of work to improve freight services on the West Coast main line means changes to trains over Christmas.
Vital engineering work means no trains between Reading and Paddington on Sunday 17 November
Passengers advised to travel the day before or day after.