UK train changes today: Check routes before travelling

National Rail lists service changes across Britain for Wednesday 23 September 2026, affecting some journeys around London, Manchester, Wales and northern Scotland. Check your exact train and operator before leaving: the notices apply to particular routes and times, not to every service throughout the day.

By GlobeBids Travel Desk | 23 September 2026

Where services are affected on 23 September

The clearest daytime restriction is at Georgemas Junction, where National Rail lists no trains between 09:00 and 15:00. Passengers travelling through northern Scotland during that window should check their full journey, including any connections, before setting out.

National Rail also lists amended late or early services involving London Euston, Manchester, Oxford, Banbury, Wales and the south-west. These notices do not mean that all trains at those stations, or across those regions, are cancelled. The relevant operator’s timetable will show which departures have changed.

A separate disruption notice concerns services between London St Pancras International and Ramsgate via Dover Priory, with an expected end time of 05:30. That is an incident notice rather than a planned engineering restriction. Because its stated end time falls early in the day, passengers making a later journey should check its current status instead of assuming the disruption continued.

Check your departure and any replacement bus

Search for your origin, destination and intended departure on National Rail’s 23 September status page, then open the notice for your route. Check the operator’s journey planner again shortly before leaving, particularly for an early train, a late return or a tight connection.

If your train is changed, check whether the notice offers a replacement bus, where it stops and how it affects your arrival time. Bus arrangements vary by engineering work; a mention of amended trains does not, by itself, confirm that a bus is running. Allow extra time if your journey includes a connection or a different station.

If your journey is delayed or cancelled

Keep your ticket and details of the train you intended to catch. National Rail provides information about compensation for cancelled or delayed journeys, but Delay Repay eligibility depends on the operator and the circumstances of your trip. Check your operator’s claim page for its delay threshold, evidence requirements and deadline.

Before travelling this morning or returning tonight, check the live notice and your specific departure once more: planned engineering and incidents can affect different trains at different times.

Source: National Rail