LOCATION

CAUSE

DURATION

Entire national rail network

Christmas Day Holiday for Railway Staff

Approx 34 hours

All but handful of routes

Boxing Day Holiday for Railway Staff

Approx 26 hours

Kilmarnock

Signalling centre burnt down. Arson

Several days

West Byfleet

Over-running engineering works

23 hours and 30 mins

Manningtree

Signalling problems

3 hours 27 minutes

Stoke on Trent

Signalling problems

6 hours 36 minutes

Retford – Newark N Gate

Overhead wire problems

2 hours 7 minutes

Forth Bridge

Man hit by freight train

In excess of 3 hours

Chelford

Broken down freight train

2 hours 12 minutes

Ilford

Bridge strike

2 hours 7 minutes

Hoylake

Emergency engineering work

4 hours 47 minutes

Baguley Fold

 Signalling problems

2 hours 57 minutes

Slough

“Incident” on the line

3 hours 25 minutes

Heyford

Broken down train

2 hours 55 minutes

Earlestown & St Helens Jct

Signalling problems

4 hours 46 minutes

Aldershot

Emergency engineering work

2 hours

Stourbridge Junction

Signalling problems

3 hours 9 minutes