Major Engineering Work during the August bank holiday weekend 

Route(s) affected

All National Rail routes

Description

Engineering work will be taking place during the August bank holiday weekend in England and Wales, between Saturday 24 August and Monday 26 August inclusive. Network Rail carry out essential improvement and maintenance work across the rail network during this period.

Some train companies will also be making changes to their timetable, and to some train times, to match services to the number of customers travelling.

Our August Bank Holiday Travel Summary contains lots of useful information on engineering work and service levels if you're travelling during the August bank holiday weekend.

Major Engineering Work:

Network Rail will be working to deliver hundreds of engineering projects, to maintain and upgrade the railway, during the August Bank Holiday weekend. The impact of this work is reflected in Journey Planners.

The biggest, most disruptive work will be taking place during the bank holiday weekend at the following locations:

London Kings Cross - On Sunday 25 August, train services on the East Coast Main Line to and from London Kings Cross will be significantly amended, with replacement buses operating, and some services not running at all. This work will also affect late Saturday night and early Monday morning journeys.

London Euston - For most of the weekend, a reduced and amended service will be operated by the train companies running on the West Coast Main Line to and from London Euston. Longer distance journeys, and local travel plans, may also be affected by work taking place in the Stoke-on-Trent / Macclesfield area.

For more information on all the work taking place, you can find details of forthcoming engineering works on our website.

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey, and you can check your journey before you set off, using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.

Please take note of any service updates that may be showing with a warning triangle on your displayed journey.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

You can find the location of your bus replacement by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.