East Midlands & Staffordshire Christmas Period Operations 2024

27 November 2024

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The following service levels will operate on Diamond services in the East Midlands Region during the Christmas period:

Saturday 21st December	Normal Saturday Service
Sunday 22nd December	Normal Sunday Service
Monday 23rd December	Saturday Service Service 1 and 70/70A will operate a normal service
Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December	Saturday Service Service 1 and 70/70A will operate a normal service Service 19A & 20 will operate with early finishing. Some services will finish earlier than normal - see below for details
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December	No Service.
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December	No Service.
Friday 27th December	Saturday Service Some Mon-Fri Services will operate - see below
Saturday 28th December	Normal Saturday Service
Sunday 29th December	Normal Sunday Service
Monday 30th December	Saturday Service Some Mon-Fri Services will operate - see below
New Years Eve Tuesday 31st December	Saturday Service Some Mon-Fri Services will operate - see below Some services will finish earlier than normal
New Years Day Wednesday 1st January	No Service. (NMA Service & Florette Staff Services will operate)
Thursday 2nd January	Normal Monday to Friday Services Resume. School Holiday Weekday Timetables will be in place until Monday 6th January.

Most services will operate a Saturday timetable, with the below services finishing earlier than normal:

Service	Final Departure	From / To
8	1735	Burton to Swadlincote
8	1840	Swadlincote to Burton
9 Airway	1715	Horninglow to Airport & Gateway
9 Airway	1825	Gateway & Airport to Horninglow
9 Airway	1915	Gateway & Airport to Burton (calls at Ashby at 1945)
19A	1320	Burton to Mercia Park
19A	1650	Mercia Park to Burton
20	1630	Tamworth to Mercia Park
20	1652	Mercia Park to Tamworth
401	1745	Burton to Uttoxeter
401	1845	Uttoxeter to Burton

Most services will operate Saturday timetables, except some services will operate a Normal Weekday Service as follows:

Service	From / To
1	Burton - Tutbury
19A	Burton - Swadlincote - Mercia Park - Same early finish times on 31st December as Christmas Eve
20	Tamworth – Mercia Park - Same early finish times on 31st December as Christmas Eve
70/70A	Barrow on Trent – Derby
125	Castle Donington – Coalville – Markfield – Leicester
129	Ashby – Newbold – Belton – Shepshead – Loughborough
401	Burton - Uttoxeter

Any service not mentioned above will operate a Saturday Service.

Service 9 Airway will operate a Revised Saturday Service:

Service	From / To
9 Airway	First service will be 0415 Gateway to Burton & 0305 Burton to Gateway 1947 Horninglow to Gateway will be the last service 2130 Gateway to Burton will be the last service

Please note: there will be no Service 4: Burton to Goseley from 23rd December - 1st January

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