Engineering, improvements and disruptions

Engineering works, major disruptions and planned improvement work 

Engineering works to maintain and improve the rail network usually take place overnight and at weekends. When these works take place, alternative transport such as bus services will be provided in place of trains and journey times are likely to be extended. From time to time, major engineering works can disrupt services for longer and we'll provide details of those on this page in advance of the works taking place. 

Details of what engineering works are taking place across our network over the next 8 weeks can be found on the National Rail website. 

Online journey planners, such as National Rail or our App are the best place to check whether there are any changes to trains due to engineering works or amended timetables. 

Details of upcoming engineering work Plan your journey  Current service updates

Current major engineering, disruption and station works:

• Transpennine Route Rail Upgrade -  TRU improvements hub here
  • Leeds - York and Selby - buses replace trains between Leeds and York/Selby on Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 December
• Bolton - Wigan - Electrification works - Information here 
• Broad Green 2024 - Station improvement - Information here 
• Daisy Hill & Irlam - Station improvement - Information here

• Manchester Piccadilly - Station improvement - Information here 

   

Future works and improvements 

• East Coast Main Line (Dec 2025) - Timetable change - Information here 

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