<p>London Paddington and Birmingham New Street stations will shut for five days but most routes will stay open</p><p>Passengers travelling on some of Great Britain’s busiest railway lines at Christmas have been warned of significant disruption from 10 days of engineering works.</p><p>Work will close London’s Paddington station – affecting intercity trains to the west of England and Wales until January – as well as Birmingham New Street, the UK’s busiest station outside the capital, for five days over the holiday period.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/31/railway-engineering-work-christmas-disruption-london-birmingham">Continue reading...</a>
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Railway engineering work over Christmas will cause 10 days of disruption
<p>London Paddington and Birmingham New Street stations will shut for five days but most routes will stay open</p><p>Passengers travelling on some of Great Britain’s busiest railway lines at Christmas have been warned of significant disruption from 10 days of engineering works.</p><p>Work will close London’s Paddington station – affecting intercity trains to the west of England and Wales until January – as well as Birmingham New Street, the UK’s busiest station outside the capital, for five days over the holiday period.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/31/railway-engineering-work-christmas-disruption-london-birmingham">Continue reading...</a>