Coronavirus: How are train operating companies affected?

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East Midlands Railway to introduce new temporary timetable

18th January 2021

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As coronavirus carries on sweeping the UK, many train operating companies have chosen to implement a reduced timetable.

With so many train operating companies around the country, we thought it would be useful to have one page with all the cancellations that are taking place.

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Avanti West Coast
- Download Monday 20 April to Friday 24 April Timetable
- Download Saturday 25 April Timetable
- Download Sunday 26 April Timetable
c2c
- Monday-Friday timetable until further notice
- Saturday timetable until further notice
- Sunday timetable until further notice
Caledonian Sleeper
- Reduced service in operation
- An eight carriage train from Glasgow Central and an eight carriage train from Inverness will join at Edinburgh Waverley before heading south to London Euston.
- A 16 carriage train will leave London Euston before splitting in Edinburgh to travel to Glasgow and Inverness.
- There will be no service between Fort William and London or Aberdeen and London while this special timetable is in place.
- Euston to Aberdeen – CANCELLED UNTIL 30TH MAY 2020
- Euston to Fort William – CANCELLED UNTIL 30TH MAY 2020
- Aberdeen to Euston – CANCELLED UNTIL 30TH MAY 2020
- Fort William to Euston – CANCELLED UNTIL 30TH MAY 2020
- Full details of travel advice found here.
Chiltern Railways
- Emergency timetable in operation
CrossCountry
- No catering services on train services
- REDUCED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION FROM SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 2020 – click links below:
East Midlands Railway
- REDUCED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION – click here for more information
Gatwick Express
- ALL TRAINS SUSPENDED
Grand Central
- ALL TRAINS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Great Northern
- Enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
Great Western Railway
- On the following long-distance routes there will be 1 train per hour in both directions:
  - between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads
  - between London Paddington and Swansea
  - between London Paddington and Worcester Foregate Street
  - between London Paddington and Plymouth
- A two hourly shuttle will run between Swindon and Gloucester.
- An hourly service will run on the following routes:
  - between Reading and Basingstoke
  - between Didcot Parkway and Oxford
  - between Reading and Redhill
  - between Reading and Newbury / Bedwyn
  - between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway
- The following branch lines will operate as an hourly service:
  - West Ealing – Greenford
  - Slough – Windsor
  - Maidenhead – Marlow/Bourne End
  - Twyford – Henley-on-Thames
- An hourly service will operate between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester/Great Malvern
- A two-hourly service will operate on the following routes:
  - between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour
  - between Bristol and Taunton
- Bristol Temple Meads – Severn Beach line will run at peak times only.
- Swindon – Melksham – Westbury TransWilts services will run every two hours.
- There will be three services per day between Westbury and Weymouth
- An hourly service will operate on the following routes:
  - Between Exeter and Plymouth
  - Between Exmouth and Exeter
  - Between Exeter and Paignton
  - Between Plymouth and Penzance
  - Between Truro and Falmouth Docks
  - Between St Erth and St Ives
  - Between Barnstaple and St. James’ Park (note rail improvement work taking place between 30 March and 5 April).
- Services on the Plymouth – Gunnislake, Liskeard – Looe and Par – Newquay will continue to operate with amended times.
- The sleeper service between London Paddington and Penzance will not run until further notice.
- Pullman Dining will no longer be available until further notice.
Greater Anglia
- REVISED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION
  - Half-hourly
    - Hertford East to Stratford
    - Southend to London
  - Hourly
    - Norwich to London intercity services
    - Ipswich to London (in addition to the intercity service)
    - Clacton to London – but no services to or via Colchester Town
    - Cambridge to London
    - Norwich to Cambridge – trains will not run through to Stansted Airport, so passengers can change at Ely or Cambridge for onward connections
    - Norwich to Sheringham, Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Norwich to Lowestoft
    - Ipswich to Lowestoft, Ipswich to Felixstowe and Ipswich to Cambridge
    - Thorpe-le-Soken to Walton-on-the-Naze
    - Manningtree to Harwich
    - Marks Tey to Sudbury
    - Witham to Braintree (shuttle all day with no direct trains to London)
    - Wickford to Southminster
    - Stansted Airport to London
  - Two-hourly
    - Ipswich to Peterborough
  - Meridian Water – Stratford – SUSPENDED
Heathrow Express
- Reduced timetable in operation:
  - London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5: 25 & 55 minutes past the hour
  - Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Paddington: 27 & 57 minutes past the hour
  - Heathrow Terminals 2&3 to London Paddington: 02 & 32 minutes past the hour
Hull Trains
- ALL TRAINS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
London North Eastern Railway
- Timetables available below
- No catering services on train services
- First Class lounges – CLOSED
Merseyrail
- Reduced service in operation – trains will run every 30 minutes
Northern
- Key Worker Timetables in operation – click here for more information
ScotRail
- REVISED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION – click here for more information.
South Eastern Railway
- REVISED TIMETABLE FROM 23RD MARCH 2020 – CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS
Southern
- Enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
South Western Railway
- Amended timetable in operation – click here for more information
Thameslink
- Enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
TransPennine Express
- Key Worker Timetables available here

Transport for London
- All Night London Underground services – CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
- All Night London Overground services – CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
- Reduced service on London Underground
- London Trams – reduced service
- TfL Rail – reduced service
- Docklands Light Railway – reduced service
- London Overground – reduced service
- London Underground stations
  - Lambeth North – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Regents Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Warwick Avenue – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Kilburn Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Charing Cross – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Holland Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Queensway – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Lancaster Gate – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Chancery Lane – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Redbridge – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Bayswater – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Great Portland Street – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Barbican – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Bow Road – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Stepney Green – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Mansion House – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Temple – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - St James’s Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Gloucester Road – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Swiss Cottage – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - St John’s Wood – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Bermondsey – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Southwark – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Tuffnell Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Chalk Farm – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Mornington Crescent – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Goodge Street – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Borough – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Clapham South – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Tooting Bec – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - South Wimbledon – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Hampstead – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Caledonian Road – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Arsenal – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Covent Garden – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Hyde Park Corner – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Bounds Green – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Manor House – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Pimlico – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  - Blackhorse Road – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Transport for Wales
- SUNDAY SERVICE WILL OPERATE 7 DAYS A WEEK FROM 23RD MARCH 2020
  - Additional train services will also operate as follows:
    - Cardiff Valleys and local area
      - Coryton to Radyr shuttle (90-minute frequency)
      - Treherbert dept 07.16, arrive Cardiff Central 08.20.
      - Aberdare dept 07.22, arrive Cardiff Central 08.23.
      - Merthyr Tydfil dept 07.38, arrive Cardiff Central 08.39.
      - Rhymney dept 07.43, arrive Cardiff Central 08.44
      - Barry Island dept 07.56, arrive Cardiff Central 08.25
      - Penarth dept 08.33, arrive Cardiff Central 08.44
      - Ebbw Vale Town dept 07.37, arrive Cardiff Central 08.33
    - Mainline (South)
      - Carmarthen dept 06.50, arrive Swansea 07.48
      - Swansea dept 07.49, arrive Cardiff Central 08.45
      - Maesteg dept 08.04, arrive Cardiff Central 0853
      - Bridgend dept 07.42, arrive Cardiff Central 08.40
      - Cardiff Central dept 07.50, arrive Swansea 08.51
      - Carmarthen dept 08.01, arrive Swansea 08.49
      - Cardiff Central dept 06.45, via Hereford dept 07.46, continues to Shrewsbury arriving 08.44 (calling at Pontypool & New Inn)
    - Mainline (North)
      - Chester dept 07.38, arrive Manchester Piccadilly 08.54
      - Shrewsbury dept 07.25, arrive Chester 08.18
      - Chester dept 07.16, arrive Shrewsbury 08.04
      - Holyhead dept 06.28 via Llandudno Junction dept 07.25, continues to Chester arriving 08.14
      - Machynlleth dept 07.04, arrive Shrewsbury 08:16
Tyne and Wear Metro (Nexus)
- Peak trains between Pelaw and Monkseaton or South Gosforth – CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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