Elizabeth line this weekend: April 15-16 planned cancellations and reduced service

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HS2 work will impact Elizabeth line services this weekend.

Having experienced severe delays on Wednesday, planned work will affect Elizabeth line services this weekend.

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HS2 works will have a minor impact on Saturday, but on Sunday reduced services will operate.

Elizabeth line, Saturday April 15

The 11.59pm from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Paddington and the 12.14am Sunday train from Heathrow Terminal 4 to Paddington will not operate. This is due to HS2 readiness works.

Elizabeth line, Sunday April 16

A reduced service will operate between Paddington and Heathrow/Maidenhead. No trains will call at Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell.

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Elizabeth line trains will not serve Heathrow Terminal 5, and customers are asked to use Heathrow Express connections. Two trains per hour will serve West Drayton, Langley, Slough, Burnham and Maidenhead, and four trains per hour will serve Ealing Broadway, Southall and Hayes & Harlington. This is due to HS2 readiness works.

Until 7.45am, no service will operate between Paddington and Ealing Broadway. The first through trains will run from Paddington at 7.46am to Reading and at 7.57am to Heathrow Terminal 4, as well as at 6.53am from Reading and 7.52am from Heathrow Terminal 4. This is due to HS2 readiness works.

Bakerloo line and other services

TfL is advising some passengers to use alternative tube, London Northwestern Railway and local bus services on April 15 and 16, due the closure of the Bakerloo line across its whole route over both days.

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The transport body added the 718, 719 and 720 buses will also be available for alternative use.

Other services to be impacted include the District line, which will have no trains running between Turnham Green and Richmond on April 16, and the DLR, with no service between Canning Town and Stratford International on either day.

The London Overground will have no service between Watford Junction and Euston on April 15 or 16, Willesden Junction and Richmond or South Tottenham and Barking Riverside on Sunday, or between Hackney Downs and Chingford after 10.45pm on Sunday.

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