Forthcoming Disruption on Public Transport

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Tubes and train services affected by engineering works and strikes

Engineering works on London Underground taking place over next few months. Picture: BBC

May 12, 2025

Months of Piccadilly Line Closures To Prepare for New Fleet
Regular weekend engineering work taking place until October

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May

No service between Turnham Green and Ealing Broadway.

Replacement bus service PL1 operates between Hammersmith and Osterley via Turnham Green, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town, Ealing Common, Ealing Broadway, South Ealing, Northfields and Boston Manor.

Saturday 17 May and Sunday 18 May

Between 0100 and 0430 approximately, no service on the whole line.

Overnight replacement buses operate:

Service PL1: Green Park - Hyde Park Corner - Knightsbridge - South Kensington - Gloucester Road - Earls Court - Hammersmith (for Barons Court) - Turnham Green - Chiswick Park - Gunnersbury - Acton Town - Ealing Common - Ealing Broadway - South Ealing - Northfields - Boston Manor - Osterley

Service PL7: Hammersmith - Osterley - Hounslow East - Hounslow (Bell Corner, for Hounslow Central) - Hounslow West - Hatton Cross - Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 - Heathrow Terminal 5;

From 0430 approximately, and all day Sunday 18 May (including Saturday Night Tube), no service between Kings Cross St Pancras and Osterley / Uxbridge.

Replacement buses operate:

Day and night service

Service PL1: Green Park - Hyde Park Corner - Knightsbridge - South Kensington - Gloucester Road - Earls Court - Hammersmith (Green Park to Hammersmith section overnight only) - Turnham Green - Chiswick Park - Gunnersbury - Acton Town - Ealing Common - Ealing Broadway - South Ealing - Northfields - Boston Manor - Osterley

Daytime services

Service PL2: Hammersmith - Osterley (non-stop)

Service PL4: Gunnersbury (for District and Mildmay lines) - Acton Town - Ealing Common - North Ealing - Hanger Lane (for Central line and Park Royal) - Alperton - Sudbury Town (Whitton Avenue East) - Sudbury Hill - South Harrow - Rayners Lane

Saturday 17 May and Sunday 18 May

All Southern services to / from Watford Junction

Engineering work is taking place between Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction, closing all lines on Saturday evening, and on Sunday morning / evening.

Saturday 24 May, Sunday 25 May and Bank Holiday Monday 26 May

Saturday 24, from 0100, and all day Sunday 25 and Bank Holiday Monday 26 May, no service between Hammersmith and Cockfosters.

Replacement buses operate.

Service PL1: Operates during Friday and Saturday Night Tube only: Hammersmith (for Barons Court) - Earls Court - Gloucester Road - South Kensington - Knightsbridge - Hyde Park Corner - Green Park (for Victoria line)

Saturday 17

The lines between Clapham Junction and Barnes will be closed all day due to maintenance work.

Queenstown Road station will be closed all day.

London Waterloo to Reading services will depart London Waterloo earlier and will be diverted between Clapham Junction and Twickenham. These services will call additionally at Kingston and Strawberry Hill.
London Waterloo to Windsor services will be revised. These services will be diverted between
Clapham Junction and Twickenham via Kingston calling at all stations.
London Waterloo to Weybridge via Staines services will be revised and will start from Barnes.
London Waterloo to London Waterloo via Richmond and Wimbledon services will be revised and will run between Barnes and Kingston via Richmond only.
Buses will run between Clapham Junction and Barnes.
London Waterloo to Portsmouth via Guildford services will depart London Waterloo earlier.
London Waterloo to Exeter services will depart London Waterloo earlier.
London Waterloo to Basingstoke stopping services and London Waterloo to Alton services will be revised and will run combined to Woking where the train will divide. These services will call additionally at West Byfleet. Some services will call additionally at Clapham Junction.
London Waterloo to Hampton Court services will be revised to run hourly and will start from Surbiton.
London Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham services will start from Surbiton.
London Waterloo to Woking stopping services will be revised and will call additionally at Raynes Park, New Malden and Berrylands.

Sunday 18 May

The lines in the Barnes area will be closed all day due to maintenance work.

Queenstown Road station will be closed all day.

London Waterloo to Reading services will be revised to depart London Waterloo earlier and will be diverted between Clapham Junction and Twickenham. These services will call additionally at Wimbledon, Kingston and Strawberry Hill.
London Waterloo to Windsor services will be revised.
An hourly service will be diverted between Clapham Junction and Twickenham via Kingston calling at all stations.
An hourly service will start from Richmond calling at all stations.
London Waterloo to London Waterloo via Richmond and Wimbledon services will be revised and will run between Richmond and Kingston only.
Buses will run between Clapham Junction and Twickenham via Richmond.
London Waterloo to Woking via Staines services will start from Kew Bridge.
The afternoon and evening London Waterloo to Kingston via Hounslow services will not run.
Buses will run between Clapham Junction and Kew Bridge.
London Waterloo to Hampton Court services will run hourly.
London Waterloo/Wimbledon to Guildford via Cobham services will be revised and will start from London Waterloo all day.

Sunday 25 May

Between 0040 and 0740, no service between Paddington and Ealing Broadway, also affecting GWR services. The last Sunday morning train at 0007 from Heathrow Terminal 5 terminates at Ealing Broadway.

From 0740, a reduced service operates between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead. No trains serve Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell. Two trains an hour serve Heathrow Terminal 4, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, Burnham and Maidenhead. Fourtrains per hour serve Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. Six trains an hour serve Ealing Broadway, Southall and Hayes & Harlington

Sunday 15 June

No service between Gospel Oak and Richmond/Shepherd’s Bush

Sunday 22 June

No service between Gospel Oak and Richmond/Shepherd’s Bush

Sunday 29 June

No service between Gospel Oak and Richmond/Shepherd’s Bush

Sunday 13 July

No service between Willesden Junction and Richmond

 

No planned engineering work

No planned engineering work

No planned engineering work

 

 

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