Railway engineering work over Christmas will cause 10 days of disruption
Summary
Rail engineering work over Christmas will disrupt services on several major routes in Great Britain. Work includes closures at London Paddington and Birmingham New Street, plus a partial closure of the East Coast Main Line and other route restrictions.Key Facts
- Paddington station work will affect Great Western services from 27 December to 4 January, with many trains starting or ending at Reading.
- Elizabeth line services west of Paddington and Heathrow Express services are expected to remain suspended until 31 January.
- Birmingham New Street will close from Christmas Eve until 29 December for overhead power work; replacement buses will serve the city centre.
- On Christmas Eve, work near Doncaster will replace some East Coast Main Line trains between Newark and York with buses, adding about two hours to journeys.
- The Great Eastern Main Line will close for 10 days from Christmas Day, disrupting Greater Anglia and Elizabeth line services and cutting direct Norwich-to-London trains.
- Huddersfield station will close for six weeks from Christmas Day, slowing TransPennine services between Leeds and Manchester.
- Network Rail said it plans about £152m of work during the holiday period to improve reliability and capacity.
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