Green Park Station Information, GREEN PARK STATION: Until Friday 12 December, before 0600 Mondays to Saturdays, and 0730 Sundays, the Piccadilly line platforms will be closed due to escalator replacement works.

Canada Water Station Information, CANADA WATER STATION: Reduced escalator service until mid November.

Covent Garden Station Information, COVENT GARDEN STATION: Until May 2009, major station refurbishment works will be taking place. The station will remain fully open until Saturday 12 July, but between Sunday 13 July and Thursday 27 November, and again from Monday 19 January until May 2009, the station will open at 0800 on Sundays to Thursdays, and will close at 2330 on Sundays to Wednesdays. At these times, customers are advised to use Leicester Square, Holborn or Charing Cross stations instead.

Heathrow Terminal 5 Station Information, HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 STATION: Travelcards and Freedom Passes are not accepted on Heathrow Express services to or from this station. Journeys between Terminal 5 and Terminals 1, 2 and 3, only, are free of charge.

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JourneyCheck

JourneyCheck provides train and underground updates, live departure and arrival boards and email and SMS alerts to the travelling public. JourneyCheck provides a useful service to the commuter so he can better deal with any disruption to his journey from and to work by knowing about it in advance. The information comes direct from the rail control rooms so it is comprehensive and up to the minute. JourneyCheck is available on web, WAP and PDA so it can be used at home or at the office, and out and about - at stations and on trains. Users can also receive alerts about their regular routes by SMS or email.

Each JourneyCheck is TOC specific and is branded with the TOC’s colours and logo. A TOC can use JourneyCheck to drive traffic to its website. A custom skin can also be applied to JourneyCheck so it appears as a seamless part of the TOC’s website. A XML version of JourneyCheck is also available so updates can be presented on the TOC’s homepage.

There is now a Frequenty Asked Questions (FAQs) section within JourneyCheck, and JourneyCheck Alerts.

You can access JourneyCheck via the following TOCs websites:

Cross Country Trains
London Midland
London Overground
South West Trains
Southeastern
Southern

As well as JourneyCheck, the following train operating companies make JourneyCheck Alerts available to customers:

c2c
Chiltern Railways
First Capital Connect
First Great Western
First ScotRail
National Express East Anglia
National Express East Coast
Transpennine Express

When registering for the receipt of alerts via SMS, the two stations are abbreviated to three characters, called CRS codes. The links below detail the CRS codes for all the stations of the TOCs who offer JourneyCheck Alerts to customers:

c2c CRS Codes
Chiltern Railways CRS Codes
First Capital Connect CRS Codes
First Great Western CRS Codes
First ScotRail CRS Codes
National Express East Anglia CRS Codes
National Express East Coast CRS Codes
Transpennine Express CRS Codes

Tens of thousands of you who regularly commute to work have already subscribed for JourneyCheck Alerts. If you have any feedback about this service, thoughts about how it could be improved further, or any thoughts about JourneyCheck we’d like to hear from you. Please use the feedback form on this website.

We’re constantly improving these solutions, so watch out for news items on our web site about changes and enhancements.

Matthew Bucknall

Electronics Engineer

JourneyCheck