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As new government guidance sets in, which says travel if only necessary, and avoid social contact, many railways are cancelling events, and worse, closing.

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

Covid-19 is a fast-moving pandemic, with information changing all the time. Please check with the relevant railways to see where you stand if you have pre-booked tickets.

If you believe we may have missed one, then please get in touch.

• Bala Lake Railway
  • CLOSED until Friday 10th April 2020
• Belmond British Pullman
  • Belmond Surrey Hills 27th March 2020 – CANCELLED
• Beer Heights Light Railway
  • Open as usual
• Bingham Model Railway Club
  • South Notts Model Show 4th and 5th April 2020 – CANCELLED
• Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway (Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway)
  • Train services until 3rd May 2020 – CANCELLED
• Bluebell Railway
  • Museum and Bulleid Shop at Sheffield Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Reduced train service operating 21/22nd March 2020
• Bressingham Steam & Gardens
  • May Steam Gala – CANCELLED
• Burton-on-Trent Model Engineering Society
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Chasewater Railway
  • Mother’s Day – taking place as normal
  • Pits to Power Stations – POSTPONED to June
  • Snow Queen – POSTPONED to June
• Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
  • Mothers Day steam service 22nd March 2020 – going ahead as normal
  • CLOSED 23rd March 2020 – 26th April 2020
  • Diesel Gala – POSTPONED
    • Date TBC – possibly October
• Churnet Valley Railway
  • Mad Hatters Easter Event – CANCELLED
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL 8TH MAY 2020
• Class G5 Locomotive Company Ltd
  • 4th April / 2nd May 2020 Open Days – CANCELLED
• Dartmouth Steam Railway
  • 18th March 2020 – NO TRAINS
  • 19th March 2020 – trains as timetabled
  • 20th March 2020 – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Dean Forest Railway
  • • CLOSED until end of April
• Didcot Railway Centre
  • CLOSED until 4th April 2020
• Driffield Model Show
  • POSTPONED
• East Kent Railway
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Eythorne Cafe closed after Friday
  • Shepherdswell grounds remain open
• East Lancashire Railway
  • Britannia Weekend – POSTPONED
    • New date TBC
  • Scotsman on Stage 21st/22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
    • New date TBC
    • Blue timetable will operate on 21st/22nd
  • All other trains running as normal
• Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
  • Rail Ale Festival 5th – 7th June 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Will now run in 2021
  • The Snowdonian – 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED 
    • New date TBC
  • We are awaiting confirmation on other scheduled services.
• Gainsborough Model Railway Society
  • April Open Weekend 11th-13th April 2020 – CANCELLED
• Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
  • Cotswold Festival of Steam 23rd – 25th May 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Visitors cancelled, possible home fleet event (TBC)
    • Further announcements to be made regarding pre-booked tickets
  • Timetabled trains on 21st and 22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
    • More information regarding future events and timetabled trains TBC
  • War Time In The Cotswolds 25/26th April 2020 – CANCELLED
    • No confirmation of any revised dates
• Great Central Railway
  • Goods Galore Gala 28th – 29th March 2020 – POSTPONED
    • New date TBC
    • Normal train service to operate
  • The Model Event 19th – 21st June 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Normal train service to operate
  • Easter Vintage Festival 10th-13th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Easter Family Fun 14th – 16th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Bus Rally 25th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Classic Vehicle 9th – 10th May – CANCELLED
  • VE Day 8th May 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Mountsorrel running 21st/22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
    • All other running on 21st and 22nd March set to go-ahead
  • No other changes to other events or timetabled services
• Great Central Railway – Nottingham 
  • Trains SUSPENDED until 1st May 2020
• Grosvenor Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Gwili Steam Railway
  • Temporary closure until mid-April
• Halifax Model Railway Club
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • April 5th Open Day – CANCELLED
• Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Hastings Diesel
  • HDL Meadstead Mountaineer 4th April 2020 – CANCELLED
• Hayle Model Railway Club and Duchy Railroaders
  • May show – CANCELLED
• Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
  • Open as timetabled
  • Bridge replacement will affect services between Keighley and Damems Junction until the 4th April 2020
• Kent and East Sussex Railway
  • CLOSED until April
  • Easter ‘Day out with Thomas’ – CANCELLED
• Kirklees Light Railway
  • 21st/22nd March trains – a reduced timetable will operate, with special measures in place
  • Post 21st/22nd timetable – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
  • Spring Gala – CANCELLED
  • AGM – CANCELLED
• Llanberis Lake Railway
  • Open as timetabled
• Llandudno & Conwy Valley Railway Society
  • 9th April and 14th May meetings – CANCELLED
• Llangollen Railway
  • Train services SUSPENDED until end of April
• Locomotion at Shildon
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Mangapps Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Mid Norfolk Railway
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL 4TH APRIL 2020
  • Diesel Gala – POSTPONED
    • Moved to 3rd – 5th July 2020
• Midland Railway – Butterley
  • Open as normal 
• National Railway Museum, York
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Nene Valley Railway
  • Cafe – CLOSED on Tuesday 17th March 2020
  • Wednesday train services – CANCELLED
• North Norfolk Railway
  • Spring Steam Gala – POSTPONED
• Pathfinder Tours
  • The Blue Boys Merrymixer 21st March 2020 – POSTPONED
• Perth and District Model Railway Club
  • Perth Exhibition 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Exhibition to run in 2021
• Perrygrove Railway
  • OPEN AS USUAL
• Rail Riders Club
  • Launch Event – POSTPONED
• Railway Preservation Society of Ireland – Dublin Operations
  • Easter trains 13th April – CANCELLED
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
  • Gruffalo event 21/22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED 
    • Revised to 27th and 28th June 2020
• Ravensprings Park, Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers
  • CLOSED DURING APRIL AND MAY
• Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
  • Closed from Saturday 21st March 2020
• Saphos Trains – customers booked on these tours will receive a letter offering a refund or transfer onto another tour.
  • Pennine Peaks And Valleys Mother’s Day Explorer (Crewe – Wigan North Western) 22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • The William Shakespeare (Preston – Stratford) 23 April 2020 – CANCELLED
• Scunthorpe Modern Image Railway Group
  • Scunthorpe model railway show 9th/10th May 2020 – CANCELLED
• Severn Valley Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED UNTIL APRIL
  • Diesel Gala 14th – 17th May 2020 – POSTPONED
• Somerset & Dorset Railway – at Midsomer Norton
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • All upcoming events cancelled
• South Devon Railway
  • SUSPENDED until 16th May 2020
• Spa Valley Railway
  • Train services SUSPENDED until 25th April 2020
  • Spring Diesel & Beer Weekend – CANCELLED
• Statfold Barn Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Open day on 21st March 2020 – CANCELLED
• Swanage Railway
  • April Diesel Gala and Beer Festival – POSTPONED
• Swindon & Cricklade Railway
  • SUSPENDED until May
  • Steam gala CANCELLED
• Tanfield Railway
  • Easter Extravaganza – POSTPONED
  • All other trains to operate as scheduled
• Taunton Model Railway Group
  • Clubhouse CLOSED FOR 4 WEEKS minimum
  • Will not open doors at WSR events
• The Gowrie Project
  • 2nd May Exhibition – CANCELLED
    • Rearranged to 2021
• The Pacer Rail Group
  • Volunteering days, sales stand events – CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
    • Next update at end of July 2020
• The Railway Touring Company
  • The Cheshireman 21st March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • The Edinburgh Flyer 21st March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • The Wensleydale Railway 28th March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express 28th March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • The Pennine Blackpool Express 4th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • The Great Britain 2020 17th April – 25th April 2020 – POSTPONED
  • The Aberdeen Flyer 2nd May 2020 – CANCELLED
• The West Shed at Butterley
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Thompson Park Railway
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Tornado Railtours
  • The Fen and Fells Flyer 4th April – POSTPONED
• UK Railtours
  • Merchant of Norfolk 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED
• Vintage Trains – trains postponed to another date in 2020 (TBC)
  • Birmingham – Carlisle excursion 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED
• Warners Shows
  • London Festival of Modelling 21-22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
• Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
  • Running as timetabled
• West Somerset Railway
  • Spring Steam Gala – CANCELLED
    • Gala to return in 2021
  • Beer festival at Diesel Gala – CANCELLED
    • No confirmation of whether diesel gala will go ahead
• 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers
  • National Garden Railway Show 4th April 2020 – POSTPONED
• 35011 General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society
  • AGM 28th March 2020 – CANCELLED

This is sad news for the railway industry, if you can help via a donation to the relative groups, they would appreciate it.

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