5th May 2025
Monday 5th May 2025:
An amended timetable will be in operation, in respect of the following:
- Public holiday: May Day.
- Planned engineering works.
- (HS2 viaduct works near Wendover).
- (Late night routine maintenance in the Oxford area).
- Euston - Birmingham New Street route closure.
An amended Saturday-style timetable will be in operation all day.
Additionally, the railway is closed between Amersham and Aylesbury all day. Rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with London Underground Metropolitan Line services to/from Baker Street at Amersham:
- Amersham - Great Missenden - Wendover - Stoke Mandeville - Aylesbury - Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
The railway is also closed between Oxford (North Junction) and Tackley after 23.15. Late night services between Oxford - Banbury via Heyford will be replaced by buses.
In respect of the Euston - Birmingham New Street closure, an enhanced Chiltern Railways service will operate between Marylebone - Birmingham Moor Street, with lengthened and some additional trains.
Due to over-length trains, Kings Sutton, Hatton and Lapworth will be served by rail replacement buses as follows:
- Bicester North - Kings Sutton - Banbury.
- Warwick Parkway - Hatton - Lapworth - Dorridge.
- These buses should be used for local journeys to/from Kings Sutton, Hatton and Lapworth ONLY.
Rail replacement buses will also operate between Leamington Spa - Warwick - Stratford Upon Avon Parkway - Stratford Upon Avon for the entire day, connecting with trains at Leamington Spa.
Finalised timetables are uploaded into online journey planners 9 weeks before the date of operation. Please check your journey in the planner at the following link: https://buy.chilternrailways.co.uk/. Any journey checked outside of this timescale may be subject to change; please double-check how these amendments are due to affect your travel plans. For some engineering works and special events at Wembley Stadium, timetables may be released closer to the date of operation.