Posted 6th February 2009 | No Comments

Snow and ice mean more delays, cancellations

An East Midlands train battling the elements earlier this week.

THERE are further delays and cancellations to some train services today following overnight frosts and snow spreading across South West England, the West Midlands and the South Midlands.

The following operators services are subject to alterations, cancellations and delays:






Chiltern Railways
Delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected between Amersham / Aylesbury and London Marylebone because of heavy snow.
In addition, a number of peak time services have been cancelled. Please Click here for details.

First Great Western
Most services are expected to run normally, except on the following routes
Maidenhead - Bourne End - Marlow
Twyford - Henley-on-Thames
London Paddington to Oxford
London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa

London Midland
Trains between Crewe / Birmingham New Street and London Euston will not run between Northampton and London Euston
A reduced half hourly service will run between Northampton and London Euston.
A normal service is expected to run on all other routes

ScotRail
Buses are replacing trains between Elgin and Huntly because of heavy snow.

Stansted Express
A half hourly service will run between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport at the following times
10 and 40 minutes past the hour from London Liverpool Street
15 and 45 minutes past the hour from Stansted Airport

Virgin Trains
Services on all routes to and from London Euston are subject to delays of up to 30 minutes due to speed restrictions having been imposed. Services are also subject to alterations as follows:

The following Virgin trains will not run
03 minutes past each hour from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
50 minutes past each hour from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
20 minutes past each hour from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
15 minutes past each hour from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston

The following Virgin trains will make additional stops
23 minutes past each hour from London Euston to Wolverhampton will call at Rugby
45 minutes past each hour from Wolverhampton to London Euston will call at Rugby
00 minutes past each hour from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly will call at Milton Keynes
35 minutes past each hour from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston will call at Milton Keynes.