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As coronavirus carries on sweeping the UK, many railways are choosing to cancel or postpone events, some are even choosing to suspend train services altogether.

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, and also include railways that are operating.

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.

For Train Operating Companies which are affected,
please scroll down to the bottom of this page

Heritage Railways, Groups and Railtours Affected

• Aln Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF APRIL
  • Greenrigg Halt Opening Weekend 4/5th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Music Festival on 24-25th May 2020 – CANCELLED
• Amberley Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Amerton Railway
  • Decision next week
• Apedale Valley Light Railway
  • Closed for winter maintenance
  • Decision next week
• Avon Valley Railway
  • Gala will go ahead this weekend 21/22nd March 2020
• A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
  • P2 Roadshow Saturday 21^st March in Peterborough – CANCELLED
  • P2 Roadshow Saturday 18^th April in Darlington – CANCELLED
  • Darlington Works Open Days
    • CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bala Lake Railway
  • CLOSED until Friday 10th April 2020
• Barnards Miniature Railway
  • Easter Express Event – CANCELLED
• Barrowhill Roundhouse Railway Centre
  • Social Evening 19th March – CANCELLED
• Beamish Museum
  • CLOSED from Friday 20th March 2020 until further notice
• Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
  • Open as usual – with restrictions (see here)
• 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
  • 4th – 5th April (Volunteer Recruitment Event) – CANCELLED
  • 10th – 13th April (Easter Weekend) – CANCELLED
  • 18th – 19th April (Vintage Train Days) – CANCELLED
  • 25th – 26th April (Vintage Train Days) – CANCELLED
• Bluebell Railway
  • Museum and Bulleid Shop at Sheffield Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Reduced train service operating 21/22nd March 2020
• Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF JUNE 2020
• Bodmin and Wenford Railway
  • Open as timetabled
• Brecon Mountain Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
  • Easter Sunday – CANCELLED
  • 3rd May – CANCELLED
• Bressingham Steam & Gardens
  • May Steam Gala – CANCELLED
• Bristol Harbour Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Brookside Miniature Railway
  • Open as usual 21/22nd March 2020
    • Will have to close if garden centre chooses to close
• Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
  • Easter Day Out With Thomas – CANCELLED
• Bure Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Burton-on-Trent Model Engineering Society
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bury Transport Museum
  • Open as usual on Saturdays and Sunday
  • CLOSED during the week
• Chasewater Railway
  • Mother’s Day – taking place as normal
  • Pits to Power Stations – POSTPONED to June
  • Snow Queen – POSTPONED to June
  • All other timetable trains to operate as normal
• 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
• Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
  • Open as usual 21/22nd March 2020 10am – 4pm
• Corris Railway
  • Not due to open until Easter, a decision made at a later date
• Crich Tramway Village
  • Guided tours – CANCELLED
  • Indoor play areas – CLOSED
  • Friday 20th – CLOSED
  • Monday 23rd – CLOSED
  • Friday 27th March – CLOSED
  • Open otherwise

• 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 Anglian Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
• East Somerset Railway
  • Steam Gala March 21 and 22 – WILL GO AHEAD
    • Driver for a tenner – CANCELLED
  • Post Steam Gala – TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Pre-booked dining services (Sunday Lunch, Sparkling Afternoon Tea, Cream Tea and the Murder Mystery events) – SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
    
  • Peter Rabbit and Paddington Bear Events – POSTPONED
    • Will run later in the year
• Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL 5TH APRIL
• Elsecar Heritage Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Epping Ongar Railway
  • Mother’s Day services – POSTPONED
• Evesham Vale Light Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED for March
• Fairbourne Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED until 4th April 2020
• Fancott Miniature Railway
  • SUSPENDED until further notice
• Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
  • Trains SUSPENDED with immediate effect
  • Rail Ale Festival 5th – 7th June 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Will now run in 2021
  • The Snowdonian – 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED 
    • New date TBC
• Foxfield Railway
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL 5TH APRIL
• 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
  • Dining Trains and Fish and Chip train 21/22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
  • 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
• Groudle Glen Railway
  • Winter maintenance mode
  • Decision over opening time to be made in the future
• Gwili Steam Railway
  • Temporary closure until mid-April
• Gypsy Wood Park
  • Open as usual from 21st March

• 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
• Heaton Park Tramway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Helston Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Isle of Man Railway
  • Open as normal for time being
• Isle of Wight Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH
• Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
  • Open as timetabled
  • Bridge replacement will affect services between Keighley and Damems Junction until the 4th April 2020
  • Haworth Shop – CLOSED on weekdays, open when trains are running
• 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
• Lappa Valley Railway
  • Operating as timetabled
• Launceston Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Leighton Buzzard Railway
  • Operating as timetabled
• Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway
  • Volunteers asked to self-isolate – no trains
• Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Llanberis Lake Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Llandudno & Conwy Valley Railway Society
  • 9th April and 14th May meetings – CANCELLED
• Llangollen Railway
  • Train services SUSPENDED until end of April
• London Museum of Water & Steam
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Locomotion at Shildon
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• London Transport Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
  • Spring Gala – CANCELLED
  • AGM – CANCELLED
• Mangapps Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Mid Hants Railway “The Watercress Line”
  • Trains SUSPENDED until end May 2020
• Mid Norfolk Railway
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL 4TH APRIL 2020
  • Diesel Gala – POSTPONED
    • Moved to 3rd – 5th July 2020
• Mid Suffolk Light Railway
  • Easter steaming days – CANCELLED
• Midland Railway – Butterley
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF APRIL
• Museum of Science and Industry
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• National Railway Museum, York
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Nene Valley Railway
  • Cafe – CLOSED on Tuesday 17th March 2020
  • Wednesday train services – CANCELLED
  • 21/22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Thomas Branch Line Weekend 28/29th March 2020 – operating as normal
• North Bay Railway, Scarborough
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Northampton and Lamport Railway
  • Mothers Day Cream Tea Specials Sunday 22nd March – CANCELLED
  • Train services SUSPENDED until further notice
• North Ings Museum & Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• North Norfolk Railway
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL 3RD APRIL 2020 
  • Spring Steam Gala – POSTPONED
  • Trains on 21st/22nd March 2020 – CANCELLED
  • Planned home fleet gala on 27-29th March – POSTPONED
• North Tyneside Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• North West Museum Of Road Transport
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• North Yorkshire Moors Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Volunteer Recruitment Day: 19 April – CANCELLED
  • Wedding Fair: 3 May – CANCELLED
  • Diesel Gala: 4, 5 & 6 June – CANCELLED
  • Behind the Scenes: 6 & 7 June – CANCELLED
  • 60s Fest: 4 & 5 July – CANCELLED
• Old Kiln Railway
  • Two events – CANCELLED
  • Museum – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Pathfinder Tours
  • The Blue Boys Merrymixer 21st March 2020 – POSTPONED
  • The Galloway Fifties 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED
  • The Cambridge & Norfolk Explorer 2nd May 2020 – POSTPONED
  • The Cumbrian Freighter 9th May 2020 – POSTPONED
  • The Lakes & Ratty Explorer 23 May 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
  • Rail Riders Day – 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
  • Operating Dark Blue timetable otherwise
• Ravensprings Park, Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers
  • CLOSED DURING APRIL AND MAY
• Ribble Steam Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED for the next two weekends
  • Mother’s Day Cream Tea & Steam Sunday – CANCELLED
  • Spring Steam Gala 28th–29th March – CANCELLED
• Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
  • Closed from Saturday 21st March 2020
• Ruislip Lido Railway
  • Operating as normal
    • Constantly under review
• Saphos Trains
  • 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
• Seaton Tramway
  • Open as usual
• Severn Valley Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED UNTIL MAY
  • Diesel Gala 14th – 17th May 2020 – POSTPONED
  • Easter Holidays – CANCELLED
  • Spring Steam Gala – CANCELLED
  • Open House Weekend – CANCELLED
  • Spring Diesel Festival – CANCELLED
  • 50th Anniversary Gala – CANCELLED
• Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MAY
• Snowdon Mountain Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL 1ST MAY 2020
    • RailAdvent is awaiting an official statement from the SMR
• Somerset & Dorset Railway – at Midsomer Norton
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • All upcoming events cancelled
• South Devon Railway
  • SUSPENDED until 16th May 2020
• South Tynedale Railway
  • Trains start on 28th March 2020 – as timetabled
    • Extra cleaning procedures in place
  • Easter Bunny trains
    • Will operate as normal
• Spa Valley Railway
  • Train services SUSPENDED until 25th April 2020
  • Spring Diesel & Beer Weekend – CANCELLED
• SRPS Railtours
  • 2nd May Dunfermline Town to Glenfinnan – CANCELLED
    30th May from Dunbar to Dunrobin Castle – CANCELLED
• St Albans South Signal Box
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Statfold Barn Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Open day on 21st March 2020 – CANCELLED
• Steam Dreams
  • London Victoria – Winchester Excursion 22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
  • Winchester circular Excursion 22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
  • Stratford – Lincoln Excursion 11th April 2020 – POSTPONED
  • London Euston – Carlisle Excursion 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED
  • London Paddington – Stratford-upon-Avon Excursion 23rd April 2020 – POSTPONED
• Swanage Railway
  • April Diesel Gala and Beer Festival – POSTPONED
  • Footplate experience days with 55019 – CANCELLED
• Swindon & Cricklade Railway
  • SUSPENDED until May
  • Steam gala CANCELLED

• Talyllyn Railway 
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH
• Tanat Valley Light Railway
  • Open as usual
• Tanfield Railway
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL 9TH APRIL 2020
  • Easter Extravaganza – CANCELLED
  • Victorian Easter – CANCELLED
  • Coals to Newcastle events – CANCELLED
• Taunton Model Railway Group
  • Clubhouse CLOSED FOR 4 WEEKS minimum
    • Will not open doors at WSR events
• The Battlefield Line
  • Open as timetabled
• 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
• Vale of Rheidol Railway
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Vintage Trains
  • 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
• Wensleydale Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• 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
• Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers
  • National Garden Railway Show 4th April 2020 – POSTPONED
• 35011 General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society
  • AGM 28th March 2020 – CANCELLED

Train Operating Companies Affected

• London North Eastern Railway
  • No catering services on train services
  • First Class lounges – CLOSED
• Northern
  • Thursday 19th March 2020 – all trains subject to short term notice delays and cancellations due to staff illness
• Network Rail
  • 6 TransPennine Upgrade events – CANCELLED
    • Tuesday, 17 March between 12:00 and 19:00 at Yorkshire Children’s Centre, Huddersfield
    • Wednesday, 18 March between 12:00 and 18:30 at Mirfield Community Centre
    • Friday, 20 March between 12:00 and 18:30 at Yorkshire Children’s Centre, Huddersfield
    • Saturday, 21 March between 12:30 and 16:00 at Mirfield Community Centre
    • Tuesday, 24 March between 12:00 and 19:00 at Hudawi Cultural Centre, Huddersfield
    • Wednesday, 25 March between 12:00 and 19:00 at Deighton Sports Arena
    • Friday, 27 March between 12:00 and 19:00 at Deighton Sports Arena
    • Saturday, 28 March between 10:00 and 16:00 at Dewsbury West Community Centre, Ravensthorpe
• South Western Railway
  • Trains subject to short term cancellation – more staff than normal heading home poorly.
• TransPennine Express
  • Trains subject to delay and cancellation at short notice due to virus speading.
  • Thursday 19th March 2020 – these trains are cancelled:
    • Huddersfield to Leeds (local services)
      • 0649, 0849, 1049, 1249, 1449, 1649, 1849, 2049, 2252
    • Leeds to Huddersfield (local services)
      • 0747, 0948, 1147, 1347, 1547, 1747, 1947, 2147, 2347
    • Huddersfield to Manchester Pic (local services)
      • 0653, 0854, 1053, 1253, 1453, 1653, 1853, 2053, 2246
    • Manchester Pic to Huddersfield (local services)
      • 0600, 0800, 1000, 1158, 1358, 1558, 1800, 1958, 2158
    • Anglo-Scottish services
      • 0557 Carlisle to Edinburgh
      • 0812 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport
      • 1207 Manchester Airport to Edinburgh
      • 1612 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport
      • 2007 Manchester Airport to Edinburgh
      • 0422 Glasgow to Manchester Airport
      • 0907 Manchester Airport to Glasgow
      • 1308 Glasgow to Manchester Airport
      • 1707 Manchester Airport to Glasgow
      • 2101 Glasgow to Preston
    • North Route Services
      • 0627 Manchester Pic to Scarborough
      • 0934 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime St
      • 1254 Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough
      • 1634 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime St
      • 1954 Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough
      • 0534 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime St
      • 0854 Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough
      • 1234 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime St
      • 1554 Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough
      • 1934 Scarborough to Manchester Airport
• Tyne and Wear Metro (Nexus)
  • Peak trains between Pelaw and Monkseaton or South Gosforth – CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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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