Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International & London St Pancras

Southeastern "preview" services on the High Speed line began running on Monday 29 June and, initially, will run on weekdays only.

Because of a technical problem, our Journey Planner is incorrectly showing these trains as cancelled, for journeys within the next 48 hours. These trains will be running as expected and we are working with our industry partners to resolve this problem as soon as possible.

In the meantime, for the latest real time information about the High Speed services please use the Live Departure Boards

Blackpool North, Blackburn / Manchester Victoria, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Bradford Interchange, New Pudsey, Bramley, Leeds & York / Selby and Wakefield Westgate, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Halifax, Bradford Interchange & Leeds / Selby

All weekend

Blackpool North - York

Trains will be diverted via Dewsbury. Passengers should travel between Bradford Interchange and Leeds using alternative Northern Rail services

Manchester Victoria - Leeds / Selby

Trains will be diverted via Dewsbury

Passengers travelling to / from Bradford Interchange should use replacement buses between Hebden Bridge and Bradford Interchange

Saturday only

Wakefield Westgate - Selby

Buses replace trains between Huddersfield and Bradford Interchange

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London Liverpool Street, Stratford, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Diss, Norwich & Great Yarmouth / Lowestoft

Buses replace trains on the following; 

Saturday 

• 23:30 London Liverpool Street to  Norwich  - between Diss and Norwich

Sunday

• 07:00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street - between Norwich and Diss
• 07:25 Norwich to Lowestoft
• 07:36 Norwich to Great Yarmouth
• 08:00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street - between Norwich and Diss

Journey times may be extended by up to 55 minutes

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• Norwich

Saturday

The 23:34 Reading to Gatwick Airport service will end at Redhill

Sunday

Some trains from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour/Brighton will depart Cardiff Central and Newport 8 minutes earlier than normal

The 21:00 London Paddington to Weston-super-Mare will not run. Replacement bus will run between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare

The 22:30 Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare and the 23:15 Weston-super-Mare to Bristol Temple Meads will be replaced by buses

Some trains from Swansea / Cardiff Central to London Paddington will depart 8 minutes earlier than normal  

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Rock Ferry, Birkenhead Central, Moorfields, Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool Central, Hooton, Overpool & Ellesmere Port

Buses replace trains between Hooton and Ellesmere Port

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Crewe, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Broome, Knighton, Llanwrtyd & Swansea / Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Abergavenny, Newport & Cardiff Central

Buses replace trains between:

•  Shrewsbury and Broome, extending journey times by up to 33 minutes
•  Shrewsbury and Hereford, extending journey times by up to 126 minutes

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London Waterloo, Clapham Junction, Wimbledon, New Malden, Teddington & Shepperton / Strawberry Hill & Twickenham

Saturday

Buses replace trains between Twickenham and Shepperton

Sunday

Buses replace trains between Strawberry Hill and Shepperton

Journey times Saturday / Sunday may be extended by up to 25 minutes

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Gospel Oak, Upper Holloway, Crouch Hill, Harringay, Green Lane, South Tottenham, Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow Queens Road, Leyton Midland Road, Leytonstone High Road, Wanstead Park, Woodgrange Park & Barking

Until 18:00 on Saturday

Buses replace trains between South Tottenham and Barking

From 18:00 Saturday and all day Sunday

Buses replace trains between Gospel Oak and Barking

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Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport & Manchester Piccadilly

Trains will be diverted via Wilmslow and will not call at Stoke-on-Trent or Macclesfield.

Buses will run between:

• Wilmslow and Maccclesfield
• Stoke on Trent and Stafford

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Warrington Bank Quay, Helsby, Ince & Elton, Stanlow & Thornton & Ellesmere Port

Buses replace trains between Warrington Bank Quay and Ellesmere Port

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London Victoria, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Faversham, Shepherds Well, Kearnsey & Dover Priory, and London Charing Cross, London Waterloo East, London Bridge, Orpington, Ashford International, Dover Priory, Martin Hill, Walmer, Deal, Sandwich & Ramsgate

Buses replace trains between:

• Shepherds Well and Dover Priory
• Folkestone Central and Deal

Journey times may be extended by up to 60 minutes

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Aylesbury Vale Parkway, Great Missenden, Amersham, Chorleywood, Harrow-on-the-Hill & London Marylebone

A reduced service will run between Great Missenden and Amersham

No trains will run between Amersham and London Marylebone

Passengers should travel to Amersham for a bus to Beaconsfield, connecting with trains to / from London Marylebone

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• Great_Missenden

Trains will not call at Burnham or Taplow. Buses will run between Slough and Burnham / Taplow

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Edinburgh, Haymarket, Edinburgh Park, Uphall, Livingston North & Bathgate

Buses replace trains between Edinburgh and Bathgate

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Leeds, Woodlesford, Castleford, Glasshoughton, Pontefract Monkhill & Knottingley and Leeds, Woodlesford, Castleford, Normanton & Wakefield Kirkgate

Buses replace trains between:

• Leeds and Knottingley
• Leeds and Wakefield Kirkgate

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Central

Sunday

No service will run between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone

Buses will run between:

• Leytonstone and Stratford
• Leytonstone and Stratford, calling at Leyton

District

No service will run between Richmond and West Kensington and between Ealing Broadway and West Kensington

Jubilee

Saturday until 15:30 and all day Sunday

No service will run between Stanmore and Waterloo until 15:30

Buses will run between:

• Stanmore and Wembley Park, calling at Canons Park, Queensbury and Kingsbury
• Wembley Park and Finchley Road, calling at Neasden, Dollis Hill, Willesden Green, Kilburn and West Hampstead

Metropolitan

Buses replace trains between:

• Rickmansworth and Amersham
• Rickmansworth and Chesham

Engineering work is also affecting Chiltern Railways services between Great Missenden and London Marylebone during this time

Northern

Buses replace trains between Finchley Central and High Barnet

Trains will not call at Kings Cross St Pancras

Piccadilly

Buses replace trains between:

• Hammersmith and Northfields
• Hammersmith and Ealing Common

Waterloo & City Line

No service will run from 18:30 on Saturday and all day on Sunday

For more information please see the Transport for London website

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London Waterloo, Clapham Junction, Richmond, Sunningdale, Ascot, Martins Heron, Bracknell, Wokingham, Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle, Earley & Reading

This engineering work has now been cancelled and trains will run as normal

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Edinburgh, Haymarket, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Markinch, Leuchars, Dundee, Aberdeen & Inverness

CrossCountry

• Trains will start and end at Edinburgh
• Buses replace trains between Edinburgh and stations to Dundee with journey times extended by up to 30 minutes
• Connecting trains will run between Dundee and Aberdeen

National Express East Coast

• Trains will be diverted between Inverkeithing and Dundee and will not stop at Kirkcaldy and Leuchars
• Buses replace trains between Edinburgh, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Leuchars and Dundee with journey times extended by up to 30 minutes

ScotRail

Saturday

Trains will be diverted between Edinburgh and Inverness via Stirling

Buses replace trains between:

• Perth and Kirkcaldy to connect with Inverness trains calling at Kirkcaldy, Markinch and Ladybank
• Haymarket and Dalmeny calling at South Gyle 
• North Queensferry and Inverkeithing

Sunday

Buses replace trains between:

• Inverkeithing and Perth calling at Kirkcaldy
• Edinburgh and Dalgety Bay calling at Haymarket Dalmeny and Inverkeithing
• Edinburgh and Dalgety Bay calling at Haymarket and Inverkeithing only
• Haymarket and Dalmeny calling at South Gyle
• Inverkeithing and North Queensferry

The sleeper service from Aberdeen will depart earlier and be diverted via Stirling, not calling at Leuchars, Kirkcaldy and Inverkeithing 

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London St Pancras, Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Nottingham / Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield & Leeds

Saturday

The 04:40 Leicester to London St Pancras train will leave at 03:56

Trains leaving London St Pancras:

•  Before 08:30 are retimed to call at stations up to 4 minutes earlier
•  After 19:30 are retimed from Luton calling at stations up to 23 minutes later

After 20:20 trains to London St Pancras are retimed from Wellingborough and will call at stations up to 9 minutes later

The following trains will not call at Loughborough and East Midlands Parkway:

• 22:00 London St Pancras to Nottingham
• 22:25 London St Pancras to Derby

Buses will run between Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway and Nottingham / Derby

Sunday

Until 14:00 trains between London St Pancras and Leicester are retimed, calling at stations up to 17 minutes earlier

Several trains will not call at Loughborough and East Midlands Parkway.

Buses will run between Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway and Nottingham / Derby

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Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Mauldeth Road, Burnage, East Didsbury, Gatley, Heald Green, Manchester Airport & Alderley Edge and all other routes via Stockport

East Midlands Trains

Sunday only

Trains will be diverted and will not call at Stockport. Customers are advised to use other train operators' services from Stockport

First TransPennine Express

Saturday

There will be the following changes to trains:

• 18:11 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport will end at Manchester Oxford Road and will not call at Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Airport
• 18:52 Newcastle to Manchester Airport will end at Manchester Piccadilly
• 21:45 Blackpool North to Manchester Airport will end at Manchester Piccadilly
• 21:50 Middlesbrough to Manchester Airport will end at Manchester Piccadilly
• 22:00 Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness train will start from Manchester Piccadilly
• 22:45 Blackpool North to Manchester Airport will end at Manchester Piccadilly.
• 23:24 Manchester Airport to York train will be retimed and depart at 23:11

Buses will run between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport

Sunday

Until 10:00, buses replace all trains between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport

From 10:00 a reduced service will run between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport. Some trains will be retimed to depart Manchester Airport earlier than normal with some trains starting and ending at Manchester Piccadilly with connecting buses to and from Manchester Airport

All day, trains are diverted and will not call at Stockport.

Northern

Saturday

There will be the following changes to trains:

• 22:24 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly will not call at Stockport. A bus will run between Chinley and Manchester Piccadilly, calling at Stockport
• 23:12 Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly will end at Stockport. A bus will run from Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly
• 23:15 Wilmslow to Manchester Piccadilly will end at Manchester Airport. A bus will run from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly

Sunday

Some trains will be retimed to depart earlier / later than normal

• Trains between Stockport and Southport will start / end at Manchester Oxford Road
• From 16:00 Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street trains will start from Manchester Piccadilly / Manchester Oxford Road
• From 16:00 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport trains will end at Manchester Oxford Road 

Buses replace trains between:

• Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly
• Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport until 10:15
• Manchester Airport  and Earlestown until 16:00

 Virgin Trains

Trains between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly will be slightly delayed in to Manchester Piccadilly

CrossCountry are not affected by this engineering work

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London Bridge, Tulse Hill, Streatham, Norbury, Selhurst & West Croydon and London Bridge, Sydenham & West Croydon, also London Victoria, Crystal Palace, West Croydon & Epsom Downs

Saturday

Buses replace trains between Norwood Junction and Epsom Downs, calling at Selhurst, West Croydon and all stations to Epsom Downs

There will be the following changes to trains:

• London Victoria to Sutton (via Selhurst) these trains will not run
• London Victoria to Epsom / Epsom Downs these trains will be diverted after Selhurst and end at East Croydon
• London Victoria to West Croydon (via Crystal Palace) these trains will be diverted after Norwood Junction and end at East Croydon
• London Bridge to West Croydon (via Streatham) these trains will end at Selhurst 
• London Bridge to West Croydon (via Sydenham) these trains will end at Norwood Junction 

Sunday

Buses replace trains between Norwood Junction and Epsom Downs, calling at Selhurst, West Croydon and all stations to Sutton

There will be the following changes to trains:

• London Victoria to Sutton (via Selhurst) these trains will be diverted after Selhurst and end at East Croydon
• London Victoria to Sutton (via Crystal Palace) these trains will be diverted after Norwood Junction and end at East Croydon
• London Bridge to West Croydon (via Sydenham) these trains will end at East Croydon

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London Paddington, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Worcester Shrub Hill & Great Malvern

Buses replace the following trains between Didcot Parkway and Oxford:

• 20:55 Great Malvern to London Paddington
• 21:43 London Paddington to Oxford
• 22:42 London Paddington to Oxford
• 22:45 London Paddington to Oxford
• 00:05 Oxford to London Paddington
• 04:00 Oxford to London Paddington

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Manchester Airport, Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Barnetby, Grimsby & Cleethorpes and Sheffield, Doncaster, Hatfield & Stainforth, Crowle & Scunthorpe

First TransPennine Express

Buses replace trains between Doncaster and Cleethorpes

Northern Rail

Buses  replace trains between Hatfield & Stainforth and Scunthorpe

The following are not affected by this engineering work

• Northern Rail services between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber
• East Midlands Trains services between Cleethorpes / Grimsby and Lincoln / Newark

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Glasgow Central / Stranraer, Kilmarnock, Sanquhar, Dumfries, Annan, Gretna Green & Carlisle

Because of engineering works between Sanquhar and Dumfries, the following changes will apply.

Before 17:00

Trains may be delayed by up to 25 minutes.

After 17:00

Buses will replace trains between Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

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Brighton, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, London Bridge / Sutton / Wimbledon, Elephant & Castle, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, London St Pancras, St Albans, Luton & Bedford

Until 2012, there are no 'cross-London' services between St Pancras International and London Bridge/Herne Hill at weekends, bank holidays or between 22.30 and 04.30 every week night (See below for a list of dates on which a cross London service WILL operate). This work is a key part of the Thameslink programme

During this time, customers should use London Underground (or London Buses at weekends only) to cross Central London. Outside London Underground operating hours, replacement buses will be provided between London Blackfriars / London Bridge and London St Pancras

Until Autumn 2011, London Blackfriars Underground station will be closed. Customers should travel to Temple / Mansion House / City Thameslink stations which are close to Blackfriars. London Blackfriars mainline station remains open during this time

At weekends, replacement buses will also run between Tulse Hill / Herne Hill and London Blackfriars via Loughborough Junction and Elephant & Castle

A cross-London train service WILL run on the following days:

• Sunday 05 July 2009
• Sunday 26 July 2009
• Sunday 06 September 2009
• Sunday 20 September 2009
• Sunday 04 October 2009
• Sunday 18 October 2009
• Sunday 25 October 2009
• Sunday 01 November 2009
• Saturday 21 November 2009
• Sunday 22 November 2009

Ticket Acceptance

National Rail tickets will be accepted on London Underground services via any reasonable route to complete your cross-London journey

Tickets will also be accepted, at the weekend only on the following London Bus services:

• Route 17: Kings Cross - London Bridge
• Routes 45, 63, N63: Kings Cross - Elephant & Castle
• Route 214: Kings Cross - Kentish Town

For more details of the programme and the improvements it will bring, please use the following link to visit the Thameslink Programme website www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk

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