Full list of Christmas train stations closures and rail disruptions in the UK for 2024
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Train travel during this festive period could be particularly difficult as some of the UK’s busiest stations are set to be closed. This year’s Christmas will be the first festive period since 2019 where train travellers won’t have to put up with Covid travel restrictions or rail strikes.
![[Christmas train passengers gathered at London King's Cross station concourse.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEC_234038234-64cf.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
But that doesn’t mean everything is going to be smooth sailing, as some of the country’s major stations and most popular routes will be closed due to engineering works. Here is Metro’s list of all the stations and lines which won’t be open this Christmas.
![[Interior of Liverpool Street train station busy with commuters on 8th October 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_230427178-51b3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The UK’s busiest railway station, London Liverpool Street, will be closed for eight days over Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Network Rail has confirmed the news, noting that the station will be closed from Christmas Day until January 2 due to engineering works.
![[LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 24: People travel out of the city via train at London Paddington train station on December 24, 2022 in London, England. Rail strikes over the Christmas period have encouraged more people into their cars to make festive journeys by road this year. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_230427182-3473.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
It means delays and cancellations for people looking to visit loved ones or return home following festive celebrations. The station closure means Greater Anglia trains – including the Stansted Express – will be diverted via Stratford, which will be used as the train company’s London terminus.
![[LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2023/12/22: Travelers rush to the gate at St Pancras International as their trains approach. Many travelers are seen at St Pancras International Train Station on Friday evening for the Christmas holidays. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_230412802-9769.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Passengers can change onto the Central line or Jubilee line at Stratford to reach central London. London Overground services in the area will start and terminate at London Fields instead – including ones from Chingford that don’t usually stop at London Fields.
![[A Thameslink train heading south pulls into Thress Bridges railway station in West Sussex, UK. (Photo by: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_230427172-e821.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
