With yellow and amber weather warnings issued by Met Office because of Storm Ciarán, train services through the network are likely to be from early this evening, Wednesday, 1 until Friday, 3 November.

Anyone intending to travel by train during the next three days should check their journeys before setting out on their journey. Also, because of the adverse weather conditions, passengers should allow extra time for their journeys as services may be disrupted.

Network Rail staff will work around the clock to keep services operating and will work closely with train operators to keep passengers moving.

However, heavy rain accompanied by strong winds in some areas could affect travel across Wales, the south of England and the Midlands today and tomorrow, Thursday, 2 November, and throughout northeast England and central and eastern Scotland on tomorrow and Friday.

If passengers are unable to travel, they may have the option to travel on a different day, or if their train is impacted on Thursday, 2 November they can apply for a refund. Further details about refund arrangements can be found here.

Passengers can check the status of their journey through their train operator’s website, or by checking with National Rail Enquiries here.

Network Rail keeps trains running during extreme weather, visit: What does stormy weather do to the railway – Network Rail

Lawrence Bowman, Network Strategy Director for Network Rail, said: “Storm Ciarán is forecast to bring high winds and heavy rainfall from early this evening, which could lead to trees and other debris falling onto the railway and floods that prevent us from running trains on parts of the network.

“Our engineers will be on hand at key locations around the clock and in all weather conditions to remove fallen trees and debris from the railway, repair damaged infrastructure and work to reopen lines affected by flooding as soon as possible.

“We’re asking all passengers to allow more time to complete their journeys and check before travelling, with their train operator directly or through National Rail Enquiries, for the rest of the week.”