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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.

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Heritage Railways, Groups and Railtours Affected

• Abbey Park Railway – Leicester Society of Model Engineers
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
  • CLOSED UNTIL 4TH APRIL 2020
• Apedale Valley Light Railway
  • Closed for winter maintenance
• Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Avon Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Mothers Day Dining Train 22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
• A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
  • P2 Roadshow Saturday 18^th April in Darlington – CANCELLED
  • Darlington Works Open Days
    • CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bahamas Locomotive Society
  • Museum at Ingrow West – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • No mainline tours with 45596 Bahamas until further notice
• Bala Lake Railway
  • CLOSED until Friday 10th April 2020
• Barnards Miniature Railway
  • Easter Express Event – CANCELLED
• Barrowhill Roundhouse Railway Centre
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Beer Festival – POSTPONED
• Beamish Museum
  • CLOSED until further notice
• Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Belmond British Pullman
  • Belmond Surrey Hills 27th March 2020 – CANCELLED
• Beer Heights Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bingham Model Railway Club
  • South Notts Model Show 4th and 5th April 2020 – CANCELLED
• Bishop’s Castle Railway Society
  • Model Railway Exhibition – 21st March 2020 – POSTPONED
• Blackpool Heritage Trams
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Museum and Bulleid Shop at Sheffield Park – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF JUNE 2020
• Bodmin and Wenford Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Brecon Mountain Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
  • Easter Sunday – CANCELLED
  • 3rd May – CANCELLED
• Bressingham Steam & Gardens
  • May Steam Gala – CANCELLED
• Brighton’s Volks Electric Railway
  • Members’ Winter Meeting on Wednesday 25th March – POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
  • Special General Meeting 28th March – CANCELLED (replaced by email or postal vote)
• Bristol Harbour Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Brookside Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Caldecotte Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Caledonian Railway at Brechin
  • CLOSED UNTIL 30TH MAY 2020
• Cambrian Heritage Railways
  • Trains SUSPENDED until end of April 2020
• Cardiff Model Engineering Society
  • March 29th Open Day – CANCELLED
  • April 12th Open Day – CANCELLED
  • April 13th Open Day – CANCELLED
  • May 3rd Open Day – under consideration
  • May 24th Open Day – under consideration
  • May 25th Open Day – under consideration
• Carnforth Station Heritage Centre
  • Brief Encounter Steam Special – POSTPONED 
  • The Heritage Centre – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AFTER 22ND MARCH
• Cavan and Leitrim Railway
  • Closed for the winter period
• Chasewater Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Mother’s Day – CANCELLED
  • Pits to Power Stations – POSTPONED to June
  • Snow Queen – POSTPONED to June
• Chatham Dockyard Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Diesel Gala – POSTPONED
    • Date TBC – possibly October

• Chipping Steam Fair
  • 2020 fair – CANCELLED
• Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
  • Closed for the winter period
• 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
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Corris Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL THE 8TH MAY
• Colne Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Crich Tramway Village
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Guided tours – CANCELLED
  • Indoor play areas – CLOSED
  • Monday 23rd – CLOSED
  • Friday 27th March – CLOSED
  • World War II Home Front event 12th/13th April 2020 – CANCELLED
  • VE Day and Beer and Bands event 8th – 10th May – CANCELLED
• Crewe Heritage Centre
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• Dartmouth Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Dean Forest Railway
  • CLOSED until end of April
• Derwent Valley Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Devon Railway Centre
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Didcot Railway Centre
  • CLOSED until 4th April 2020
• Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH 2020

• Doon Valley Railway

  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Online

  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Downpatrick & County Down Railway
  • Easter Eggspress – CANCELLED
  • May Bank holiday events – unlikely to run
• Driffield Model Show
  • POSTPONED
• East Anglian Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• East Herts Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Spring Gala – CANCELLED
• East Kent Railway
  • SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• East Lancashire Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Britannia Weekend – POSTPONED
    • New date TBC
  • Scotsman on Stage 21st/22nd March 2020 – POSTPONED
    • New date TBC
• East Somerset Railway
  • 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
• Echills Wood Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Elsecar Heritage Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH 2020
  • Postponements in April 2020 “likely”
• Epping Ongar Railway
  • Mother’s Day services – POSTPONED
  • Trains SUSPENDED for 2nd May 2020
• Evesham Vale Light Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED for March
• Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Fairbourne Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED until 4th April 2020
• Fancott Miniature Railway
  • SUSPENDED until further notice
• Faversham Miniature Railway Society
  • CLOSED 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 – combined with ‘The Snowdonian Limited’
  • ‘Join the FR Volunteers’ weekend – CANCELLED
  • ‘1870: Fairlie Eventful’ – CANCELLED
    • Will run again next year – 18th to 20th June 2021.
  • NEW EVENT – ‘Welsh Pony Launch’ – 20th to 21st June 2020
• 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
  • 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
  • No other changes to other events or timetabled services
• Great Central Railway – Nottingham 
  • Trains SUSPENDED until 1st May 2020
• Great Laxey Mine Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Grosvenor Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Groudle Glen Railway
  • Closed due to winter maintenance
• Gwili Steam Railway
  • Temporary closure until mid-April
• Gypsy Wood Park
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• 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
• Hayling Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Heaton Park Tramway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Helston Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Hollycombe Steam Collection
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Hornby Visitor Centre and Café in Margate
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Isle of Man Railway
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Isle of Wight Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH
• Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Sparkle & Steam: 11 April & 8-9, 23 May – CANCELLED
  • Haworth Haddock: 25 April & 30 May – CANCELLED
• Keith & Dufftown Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Kent and East Sussex Railway
  • CLOSED until April
  • Easter ‘Day out with Thomas’ – CANCELLED
• Kirklees Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Lancashire Mining Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL 28TH MARCH 2020
• Lappa Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Lartigue Monorail
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Launceston Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Leighton Buzzard Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
• Mail Rail at The Postal Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Mangapps Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• Middleton Railway

  • 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
• Moors Valley Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Museum of Science and Industry
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• National Railway Museum, York
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Nene Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
  • Planned home fleet gala on 27-29th March – CANCELLED
  • VE Day celebrations – POSTPONED
    
  • Days Army Live – POSTPONED
  • Dining trains – CANCELLED
• 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
  • TRAINS SUSPENDED UNTIL 1ST MAY 2020
  • 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
• Peak Rail
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Easter Treasure Hunt – CANCELLED
  • Race the Train – CANCELLED
  • VE Day – CANCELLED
  • TVR Event – Thrills in the Hills – CANCELLED
• Perth and District Model Railway Club
  • Perth Exhibition 2020 – CANCELLED
    • Exhibition to run in 2021
• Perrygrove Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• Plym Valley Railway

  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Rail Riders Club
  • Launch Event – POSTPONED
  • Rail Riders Day – POSTPONED
• Railway Preservation Society of Ireland – Dublin Operations
  • Easter trains 13th April – CANCELLED
• Railworld Wildlife Haven
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • 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
• 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
• Riverside Museum – Glasgow
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Rocks By Rail – The Living Ironstone Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
  • Closed from Saturday 21st March 2020
• Rother Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Royal Deeside Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF APRIL 2020
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Ruislip Lido Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Rushden Historical Transport Society
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Mothers Day afternoon teas – CANCELLED
  • 50’s Event – CANCELLED
  • he 5K Community Run – CANCELLED
  • Easter Craft Fair – CANCELLED
  • VE 75 celebrations – CANCELLED
  • The Classic Motorcycle Rally – CANCELLED
• 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
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Severn Valley Railway
  • Trains SUSPENDED UNTIL MAY
  • The Engine House – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • 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
• Shed47 Railway Restoration Group
  • April Open Days – CANCELLED
• Shipley Glen Tramway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
• Stapleford Miniature Railway
  • 2020 events – CANCELLED
• Statfold Barn Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
  • Open day on 21st March 2020 – POSTPONED (new date: 8th August 2020)
• 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
• Steeple Grange Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Stephenson Railway Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL 1ST MAY 2020
• Strathspey Steam Railway
  • CLOSED until end of April 2020
• Swanage Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL 1ST MAY 2020
  • April Diesel Gala and Beer Festival – POSTPONED
  • Footplate experience days with 55019 – CANCELLED
  • Driver Experiences Friday 20th and Monday 23rd March – CANCELLED
  • Orange Timetable 21st March & Dorsetman Luncheon 22nd March – CANCELLED
• Swindon & Cricklade Railway
  • SUSPENDED until May
  • Steam gala CANCELLED

• Talyllyn Railway 
  • CLOSED UNTIL END OF MARCH
• Tanat Valley Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• 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
• Teifi Valley Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• The Battlefield Line
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• The Black Country Living Museum
  • CLOSED UNTIL 1ST MAY 2020
• The Gowrie Project
  • 2nd May Exhibition – CANCELLED
    • Rearranged to 2021
• The Lavender Line
  • CLOSED UNTIL 25TH APRIL 2020
• 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 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
• Thornes Park Miniature Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
  • CLOSED 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 Carriages Trust
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Vintage Trains
  • Birmingham – Carlisle excursion 18th April 2020 – POSTPONED
• Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL 11TH APRIL 2020
• Wensleydale Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• West Lancashire 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
• Whitwell & Reepham Station
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Yeovil Railway Centre
  • CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
• Yorkshire Wolds Railway
  • 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

• 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.
• CrossCountry
  • No catering services on train services
  • REDUCED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION FROM MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2020 – click links below
    • Monday 23 March to Friday 27 March 2020
    • Saturday 28 March 2020 
    • Sunday 29 March 2020
• Gatwick Express
  • From Friday 20th March 2020: Half-hourly service in off-peak times on weekdays and weekends
    • There is no impact on Gatwick Express services that operate between London Victoria and Brighton calling at Gatwick Airport.
• Grand Central
  • THE FOLLOWING TRAINS WILL BE CANCELLED FROM 23RD MARCH 2020 

  • Day	North East	West Riding
    Monday – Friday	08:27 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	14:48 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	12:57 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	16:27 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	16:48 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	07:56 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross
    	08:44 Sunderland to London King’s Cross	10:22 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross
    	12:30 Sunderland to London King’s Cross
    	17:30 Sunderland to London King’s Cross
    Saturday	07:48 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	15:48 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	13:18 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	16:27 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	16:48 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	08:44 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross
    	08:28 Sunderland to London King’s Cross	10:22 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross
    	12:18 Sunderland to London King’s Cross
    	17:29 Sunderland to London King’s Cross
    Sunday	09:50 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	15:50 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	13:48 London King’s Cross to Sunderland	18:53 London King’s Cross to Bradford Interchange
    	09:23 Sunderland to London King’s Cross	12:05 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross
    	18:12 Sunderland to London King’s Cross	15:08 Bradford Interchange to London King’s Cross

• Great Northern
  • Monday 23rd – enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
• Great Western Railway
  • REDUCED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION FROM MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2020
• Greater Anglia
  • REVISED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION FROM 23RD MARCH 2020 
    • 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
• Hull Trains
  • REVISED TIMETABLE FROM 20TH MARCH 2020
    • Monday to Friday services:
      • 07:53 from Beverley to London Kings Cross
      • 11:48 from London Kings Cross to Hull
      • 15:08 from Hull to London Kings Cross
      • 18:48 from London Kings Cross to Beverley
    • Saturday services:
      • 08:24 from Hull to London Kings Cross
      • 11:48 London Kings Cross to Hull
    • Sunday services:
      • 14:36 from Hull to London Kings Cross
      • 17:48 from London Kings Cross to Beverley*
        • *Because of engineering works this service is leaving at 18:18 for two weeks only
• London North Eastern Railway
  • THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WILL BE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM 23RD MARCH 2020

    • Southbound	Northbound
      0444 Newcastle to Kings Cross	0555 Kings Cross to Leeds
      0505 Leeds to Kings Cross	0703 Kings Cross to Leeds
      0540 Sunderland to Kings Cross	0700 Kings Cross to Edinburgh
      0540 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	0806 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      0630 Bradford to Kings Cross	0900 Kings Cross to Edinburgh
      0730 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	0903 Kings Cross to Leeds
      0845 Leeds to Kings Cross	1006 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      0930 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	1100 Kings Cross to Edinburgh
      0945 Leeds to Kings Cross	1103 Kings Cross to Leeds
      1118 Lincoln to Kings Cross	1206 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      1145 Leeds to Kings Cross	1300 Kings Cross to Edinburgh
      1323 Lincoln to Kings Cross	1303 Kings Cross to Leeds
      1330 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	1406 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      1345 Leeds to Kings Cross	1330 Edinburgh to Kings Cross
      1430 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	1500 Kings Cross to Stirling
      1526 Lincoln to Kings Cross	1606 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      1545 Leeds to Kings Cross	1633 Kings Cross to Leeds
      1630 Edinburgh to Kings Cross	1700 Kings Cross to Edinburgh
      1714 Lincoln to Kings Cross	1733 Kings Cross to Harrogate
      1916 Leeds to Kings Cross	1818 Kings Cross to Newcastle
      2025 Lincoln to Kings Cross	1906 Kings Cross to Lincoln
      2200 Edinburgh to Newcastle (Friday Only)	2000 Kings Cross to Sunderland
      	2003 Kings Cross to Leeds

  • THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WILL BE ALTERED FROM MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2020

    • Southbound	Northbound
      0526 Stirling to Kings Cross will start at Edinburgh	0733 Kings Cross to Harrogate will terminate at Leeds
      0600 Berwick to Kings Cross will start at Newcastle	0933 Kings Cross to Harrogate will terminate at Leeds
      0648 Glasgow to Kings Cross will start at Edinburgh	1133 Kings Cross to Harrogate will terminate at Leeds
      0655 Skipton to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1333 Kings Cross to Harrogate will terminate at Leeds
      0734 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1533 Kings Cross to Harrogate will terminate at Leeds
      0936 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1803 Kings Cross to Skipton will start at Leeds
      1136 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1833 Kings Cross to Bradford will terminate at Leeds
      1336 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1330 Kings Cross to Edinburgh will terminate at Newcastle
      1536 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds	1530 Kings Cross to Glasgow will terminate at Edinburgh
      1745 Leeds to Kings Cross will terminate at Doncaster	1930 Kings Cross to Edinburgh will terminate at Newcastle (Friday Only)
      1736 Harrogate to Kings Cross will start at Leeds

  • No catering services on train services
  • First Class lounges – CLOSED
• Merseyrail
  • Reduced service in operation – trains will run every 30 minutes
• Northern
  • Monday 23rd March – ALL TRAINS ON FOLLOWING ROUTES CANCELLED UNLESS STATED
    • Liverpool – Blackpool 
    • Blackpool – Manchester Airport
    • Liverpool – Manchester Airport
    • Liverpool – Wigan now 1 train per hour
    • Liverpool – Manchester Oxford Road reduced to 1 train per hour
    • Liverpool – Warrington Bank Quay
    • Preston – Manchester Victoria
    • Morecambe – Lancaster (replacement  bus in operation)
    • Some cancellations will take place on services from Manchester Piccadilly to the following destinations – Hadfield, Buxton and Rose Hill
    • Full Manchester Piccadilly – Stoke (fully cancelled)
    • Full Manchester Piccadilly – New Mills Central (Sheffield services will also stop at Belle Vue, Ryder Brow and Strines)
    • Leeds to Harrogate FAST services
    • Leeds to Nottingham services (replacement buses to operate Dronfield to Nottingham)
    • Chester – Leeds via Manchester Victoria and Bradford Interchange is cancelled in full (Manchester Victoria-Leeds via Bradford and Wigan-Leeds via Dewsbury will continue to operate) Customers between Chester and Manchester via Warrington Bank Quay are advised to use Transport for Wales services.
    • Sheffield to Gainsborough Central (Leeds to Lincoln services will make additional stops along the route)
    • Sheffield to Doncaster XX25 departure
    • Darlington to Saltburn
    • Newcastle to Carlisle FAST services
    • Hull to Bridlington (to be served by Scarborough services instead)
    • Leeds to Lancaster 
    • Leeds to Knaresborough XX59 services (leaving the XX29 Leeds to York and LNER Harrogate services)
    • Leeds to Sheffield FAST services
    • Leeds to Lincoln services to run between Sheffield and Lincoln only
    • Huddersfield to Castleford
    • Huddersfield to Bradford Interchange
    • Sheffield – York Cancelled
    • Doncaster to Scunthorpe reduced to two hourly   
    • Newcastle to Morpeth and Chathill  (replacement bus to operate)
    • First and last services of the day withdrawn on the Whitby branch
• Network Rail
  • TransPennine Upgrade events – CANCELLED
    • 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
• ScotRail
  • REVISED TIMETABLE FROM 23RD MARCH 2020 – click here for more information.
• South Eastern Railway
  • REVISED TIMETABLE FROM 23RD MARCH 2020 – CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS 
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• Southern
  • Monday 23rd – enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
• South Western Railway
  • Trains subject to short term cancellation – more staff than normal heading home poorly.
• Thameslink
  • Saturday 21st – CANCELLATIONS EXPECTED
  • Sunday 22nd – normal timetable to run
  • Monday 23rd – enhanced Sunday timetable to run until further notice
• TransPennine Express
  • REDUCED TIMETABLE IN OPERATION FROM MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2020
    • South Trans-Pennine route
      • Trains between Manchester and Sheffield, Doncaster & Cleethorpes
        • Amended timetable for Monday to Saturday services is available to view here
        • Amended timetable for Sunday services to follow soon
    • North Trans-Pennine route
      
      • Trains between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, York and the North East
        • Amended Monday to Saturday timetable for EASTBOUND services (Manchester towards Leeds) is available to view here
        • Amended Monday to Saturday timetable for WESTBOUND services (Leeds towards Manchester) is available to view here
        • Amended timetable for Sunday services to follow soon
    • Manchester to Scotland Route
      
      • Trains between Liverpool / Manchester, Preston, Lancaster and Glasgow / Edinburgh 
        • Amended timetable for Monday to Friday services is available to view here
        • Amended timetable for Saturday services is available to view here
        • Amended timetable for Sunday services to follow soon

• 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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