Storm Goretti: Significantly reduced service on Friday 09 January
Customers travelling with Chiltern Railways are advised that due to Storm Goretti, a significantly reduced service (50 per cent of normal timetable) will be in place on Friday 09 January.
In addition, customers should check before they travel today (Thursday 08 January) as services may be subject to disruption due to the weather warnings from 5pm this evening. Late night services may be amended at short notice.
On Friday 09 January, one Chiltern Railways service per hour will operate in each direction between:
- Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone
- London Marylebone and Oxford
- London Marylebone and High Wycombe
- London Marylebone and Aylesbury via Amersham
- Aylesbury and Princes Risborough
There will be no Chiltern Railways service north of Birmingham Moor Street or on the line to Stratford-upon-Avon. Hatton, Lapworth, Kings Sutton, Sudbury Hill Harrow, Sudbury & Harrow Road and South Ruislip will also not be served on Friday. Rail replacement buses will not be in operation.
Chiltern customers with tickets on Thursday evening or Friday can use their tickets earlier on Thursday or on Saturday 10 January instead.
Where customers no longer wish to travel, a refund can be requested from the original point of purchase.
Tony Baxter, Operations Director at Chiltern Railways, said:
“I urge our customers to stay safe as Storm Goretti will cause significant disruption to our network on Friday (09 January). Please consider changing your travel plans where possible on Friday as a significantly reduced service will be in operation, and trains which are running are likely to be busier.
“The storm is also likely to affect evening services today (Thursday 08 January), so please check your journeys before heading out and take care.”
Martin Colmey, Operations Director for Network Rail Central route, said:
“Our teams are working hard alongside our train operator partners to prepare the rail network for this weather.
"The safety of passengers and colleagues is our priority and a reduced timetable has been implemented so that we can continue to safely run trains for essential journeys. I would urge passengers to check before they travel as there will be disruption to services during the extreme weather.”
Journey planners will be updated overnight to show the amended timetable.
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Notes to editors
- Chiltern Railways is part of the Arriva group, one of the leading providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing around 36,200 people and delivering around 1.5 billion passenger journeys across 11 European countries.
- Chiltern operates commuter/regional rail passenger services from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance services to the West Midlands along two routes. Services on the Chiltern Main Line run from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford, with some peak-hour services to Stourbridge Junction.
- Chiltern also runs trains on the London to Aylesbury Line to Aylesbury (with some trains terminating at Aylesbury Vale Parkway instead), on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury and Oxford to Bicester branch lines.