Is my train running today? Passengers face rail disruption as UK’s two busiest stations closed
Share:
The UK’s two busiest railway stations, Liverpool Street and Paddington in London, are closed. After Christmas, millions of people are on the move around Britain. But anyone planning to travel by train during the remaining five days 2024 faces possible disruption due to a combination of rail engineering work and strikes.
Even though most stations and routes have reopened after two days of closure, the UK’s two busiest stations – Liverpool Street and Paddington in London – remain shut, with disarray elsewhere. Most trains through Wolverhampton in the West Midlands are cancelled due to signal failure, and London Northwestern Railway has cancellations between London Euston, Birmingham and Stafford.
All the advice and information you need is here. Main lines to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire are all closed until Thursday morning, 2 January 2025. The Elizabeth Line, however, is working again. Between Norwich, Ipswich and London, journey times are typically doubled. Passengers from East Anglia can take a train to Witham in Essex, where they board a bus to Billericay. From here they travel by train to Stratford, which has connections with the London Underground, Overground and Elizabeth Line.
Passengers between London and Stansted airport can use the Stansted Express trains starting and ending at Tottenham Hale. The hub for South Wales and the West of England, will remain closed until Monday 30 December. Great Western Railway passengers from Cornwall, Devon, Swansea and Cardiff will have hourly trains to and from at London Euston.
