Annex B: list of rail replacement services in our 2024 fieldwork

Components

The rail replacement services we travelled on in 2024 were:

  • Chiltern Railways (Bicester Village and Banbury)
  • Cross Country (Leamington Spa to Banbury) and (Birmingham New Street to  Coleshill Parkway)
  • Greater Anglia (Ipswich to Saxmundham)
  • Great Western Railway (Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads), (Bristol Parkway to Severn Tunnel Junction) and (Charlbury to Moreton-in-Marsh)
  • London Overground (Hackney Downs to Chingford) and (Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford Junction)
  • Mersey Rail (Formby to Hall Road)
  • Northern Trains (Shipley to Guiseley) 
  • Southeastern (Sittingbourne to Sheerness on sea)
  • South Western Railway (Barnes to Kew Bridge)
  • TransPennine Express (Leeds to Huddersfield)
  • TfW Rail (Rhoose Cardiff International Airport to Bridgend) and (Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester)
  • West Midlands Trains (Birmingham New Street to Tame Bridge Parkway)