The national rail strikes planned for 30 March and 1 April have been suspended. But widespread engineering work continues, especially over Easter and the end of April/beginning of May.
Network Rail warns: “There will be disruption to services on many routes between Friday 7 April and Monday 10 April 2023 (inclusive), and Friday 28 April and Monday 1 May 2023 (inclusive).
“Some train services will be affected as we work to improve the railway. So, be in the know before you go.”
The most significant disruption to intercity services will be on the West Coast Main Line.
Right through the Easter weekend, no trains will run to or from London Euston. Trains from the West Midlands, northwest England and North Wales will terminate at Milton Keynes Central.
At the other end of the West Coast route, southern Scotland will be cut off from England by long-term improvement work at Carstairs.
These are the key pain points for train travellers.
When does disruption begin?
Immediately, on the West Coast Main Line. A big improvement project at Carstairs in southern Scotland has been disrupting links between Glasgow, Edinburgh and the West Coast route to England since 4 March, and will continue until 4 June.
Liam Sumpter, route director for Network Rail Scotland, said: “Our Carstairs works are designed to improve the railway so that we can provide a better and more reliable service for our passengers and freight customers.”
No ScotRail trains will operate via Carstairs until 28 May. Various workarounds involving diversions via Dumfries or Shotts will allow some Avanti West Coast services to continue to link England with Glasgow Central.
TransPennine Express services from Manchester airport, Preston and Lancaster will terminate at Carlisle.
Some replacement buses are running.
The Caledonian Sleeper will be re-routed via the East Coast Main Line. Services will still start and end at London Euston, but on Good Friday, 7 April, overnight trains will use London King’s Cross ahead of the closure over Easter of the West Coast Main Line.
Anywhere else?
On Saturday 1 April and Sunday 2 April, the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Leicester and Sheffield will be closed between Bedford and Mill Hill Broadway in northwest London.
East Midlands Railway will run only as far south as Bedford, with connecting buses running to Hitchin, where passengers can…
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