Planned engineering works

Planned train disruptions and engineering works

Wherever possible our engineering work is planned in advance, generally for weekends or public holidays. When planned engineering works are going to affect our routes we will provide information here.

Check the calendar for a summary of the work we’ve got planned over the next few weeks.

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Alterations for the month

Dates Alterations
Mon, 30/11/2026 to Fri, 04/12/2026 Amended 19:41 Matlock to Cleethorpes service from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December
Locations affected:

Between Matlock and Cleethorpes
Mon, 30/11/2026 to Thu, 03/12/2026 Amended late night East Midlands Railway service to / from Lincoln from Monday 30 November to Thursday 3 December
Locations affected:

Between Lincoln and Nottingham / Crewe
Mon, 30/11/2026 to Fri, 04/12/2026 Amended late night East Midlands Railway service to / from Nottingham from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December
Locations affected:

Between Nottingham and Derby / Matlock / Liverpool Lime Street
Mon, 30/11/2026 to Fri, 04/12/2026 Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway service to / from London St Pancras International from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December
Locations affected:

Between London St Pancras International and Corby / Nottingham / Derby / Sheffield
Sat, 05/12/2026 to Mon, 07/12/2026 No trains between London St Pancras International / Mill Hill Broadway and Bedford from Saturday 5 to 05:30 on Monday 7 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Corby / Nottingham / Sheffield

Thameslink between Brighton and Bedford
Sun, 06/12/2026 to Sun, 06/12/2026 Buses replace morning East Midlands Railway trains between Nottingham and Derby / East Midlands Parkway on Sunday 6 December
Locations affected:

Between Nottingham and Derby / Matlock / Manchester Piccadilly / London St Pancras International, and also between Lincoln and Ambergate / Matlock
Mon, 07/12/2026 to Fri, 11/12/2026 Amended late night / early morning service across the East Midlands Railway network from Monday 7 to Friday 11 December
Locations affected:

Between London St Pancras International and Corby / Nottingham / Derby / Sheffield, and also between Nottingham and Derby / Matlock
Sun, 13/12/2026 to Sun, 13/12/2026 Amended East Midlands Railway service to / from London St Pancras International on Sunday 13 December
Locations affected:

All East Midlands Railway services to / from London St Pancras International
Sun, 13/12/2026 to Sun, 13/12/2026 Amended morning services between Nottingham and Grantham / Sleaford / Lincoln on Sunday 13 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Grantham / Skegness / Lincoln / Norwich, between Ambergate and Lincoln, and between Matlock and Cleethorpes
Mon, 14/12/2026 to Fri, 18/12/2026 Buses replace late night trains between Derby and Matlock from Monday 14 to Friday 18 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Matlock
Mon, 14/12/2026 to Fri, 18/12/2026 Amended late night / early morning East Midlands Railway services to / from London St Pancras International Monday 14 to Friday 18 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Corby / Nottingham / Derby / Sheffield
Sun, 20/12/2026 to Sun, 20/12/2026 Amended morning service between Matlock and Ambergate on Sunday 20 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Matlock and Lincoln

Mon, 21/12/2026 to Wed, 23/12/2026 Buses replace late night trains between Lincoln / Sleaford and Peterborough from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Lincoln and Peterborough
Mon, 21/12/2026 to Wed, 23/12/2026 Amended 23:35 London St Pancras International to Nottingham service from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 December
Locations affected:

Between London St Pancras International and Nottingham

Thu, 24/12/2026 to Thu, 24/12/2026 Major engineering work: no trains at Doncaster on Thursday 24 December
Locations affected:

CrossCountry between Reading and Newcastle

East Midlands Railway between Peterborough / Lincoln and Peterborough

Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland

Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Hull / Beverley

LNER between London Kings Cross and Leeds / Edinburgh / Inverness / Aberdeen

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh / Glasgow Queen Street

Northern between Hull and Sheffield, between Scunthorpe and Doncaster, between Doncaster and Leeds

TransPennine Express between Cleethorpes and Liverpool Lime Street
Mon, 28/12/2026 to Fri, 01/01/2027 Amended East Midlands Railway services to / from London St Pancras from Monday 28 December to Friday 1 January
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Corby / Nottingham / Derby / Sheffield
Mon, 28/12/2026 to Wed, 30/12/2026 Amended 22:51 Leicester to Nottingham service from Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 December
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Leicester and Nottingham
Tue, 29/12/2026 to Fri, 01/01/2027 Amended early morning East Midlands Railway services in the Nottingham / Liverpool Lime Street areas from Tuesday 29 December to Friday 1 January
Locations affected:

East Midlands Railway between Norwich / Nottingham and Liverpool Lime Street