Customers are advised to only travel if absolutely necessary on Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December, due to strong winds and rain expected throughout the weekend.
Service Information
We will update customers with updated travel information as quickly as possible, including via:
- Our JourneyCheck page, which is updated in real time by our Control Team
- National Rail Enquiries disruption information, which is constantly updated.
- The Live Trains section of the Chiltern App.
- Our Live Disruption Map
Severe weather across most of the UK Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December 2024.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for much of the Chiltern network on Saturday and Sunday. Strong winds and rain have been forecast throughout the weekend, causing significant disruption across the network. This severe weather can blow trees and other objects onto the railway infrastructure. Therefore, a reduced timetable of one train per hour will operate on all of our routes, all day on Saturday. Journey planners have been updated.
Customers are advised to only travel if absolutely necessary on both Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December, due to strong winds and rain expected throughout the weekend.
How does this impact our services?
With our colleagues at Network Rail, we constantly monitor the impact of weather events. If it becomes necessary we will proactively and reactively take action to ensure that we can continue to safely run trains, while minimising any risks to our customers and colleagues.
If it becomes necessary, blanket speed restrictions could be applied across some or all of our network. If that happens, some trains will take longer to complete their journeys and it is inevitable that there will be delays and cancellations.
It is possible that storm damage could mean that the railway lines become blocked by fallen trees or other obstacles. If that happens we will not be able to run trains through the affected area(s) until the lines have reopened. This could take some time. Where we can, we will divert trains around the affected area, however the nature of our route means that opportunities to divert trains are limited.
If it becomes too dangerous to run trains safely, we could issue a 'Do Not Travel' message. If this happens, we will provide clear guidance on what has happened and what it means for our customers.
Customer Advice:
We are advising our customers to only travel if essential on Saturday and Sunday. If you do need to travel, please allow plenty of extra time, take care and check ahead for any changes before making your journey.
Customers with tickets valid to travel on Chiltern Railways services on Saturday 7 December or Sunday 8 December can use their ticket on Monday 9 December or Tuesday 10 December instead.
Please check back on this page for further information and guidance.