East Coast Digital Programme Upgrade Work: severely reduced service to / from London Kings Cross from 22:00 on Saturday 29 August until 08:00 on Monday 31 August 

Route(s) affected

All routes to / from London Kings Cross

Description

Engineering work is taking place between London Kings Cross and Peterborough, closing most lines. No trains will be able to run between Potters Bar and Peterborough / Royston, and between Stevenage and Hertford North. Background information on the work can be found below.

Grand Central:

Saturday:

The 17:32 Sunderland to London Kings Cross will not run.

Sunday:

No Grand Central service will operate.

Monday:

The 08:48 London Kings Cross to Bradford Interchange will not run.

The following trains will operate additionally:

• 16:56 Bradford Interchange to London Kings Cross

• 21:15 London Kings Cross to York

Great Northern / Thameslink:

From approximately 22:00 on Saturday evening, all day Sunday, and until approximately 08:00 Monday morning, no trains will run between Potters Bar / Hertford North and Letchworth Garden City / Peterborough.

A revised train service will run between:

• Letchworth Garden City and Cambridge / Kings Lynn

• Moorgate and Hertford North / Potters Bar

• London King's Cross and Potters Bar

• Brighton and Finsbury Park

• Horsham and London Bridge / Finsbury Park (Saturday evening / Monday morning only)

Replacement buses will run between:

• Hitchin and Peterborough, calling all stations

• Bedford and Peterborough, calling at St. Neots and Huntingdon

• Hitchin and Letchworth Garden City

• Luton Airport Parkway and Stevenage via Hitchin

• St. Albans and Stevenage calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North and Knebworth

• Hertford North and Stevenage, calling at Watton-at-Stone

• Potters Bar and Hitchin, calling at all stations (Saturday evening / all day Sunday only)

• Potters Bar and Welwyn Garden City, calling at all stations (Monday morning only)

Hull Trains:

Sunday:

Hull Trains will run a reduced service to / from London St Pancras International. As a result of this, trains will not call at Beverley / Cottingham /Doncaster / Retford / Grantham or Stevenage.

Monday:

The 07:18 service from London Kings Cross to Hull will depart later at 07:25 and will arrive in Hull at 10:22.

LNER:

A revised LNER timetable will operate, with trains starting / terminating at Peterborough. A bus service will run between Peterborough and Bedford, for connections into / out of London St Pancras International. This will also impact late Saturday evening, and early Monday morning.

Lumo:

Lumo have yet to confirm how they area affected by these works.

Background information:

The East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) is a landmark scheme that will introduce in-cab digital signalling on the southern part of the East Coast Main Line, between London Kings Cross and Grantham. Work on the East Coast Main Line is taking place as part of the Government-funded transformational East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), that will see state-of-the-art digital signalling introduced, providing continuous, real-time information to the driver’s cab. This is aimed at improving reliability for passengers, while also reducing emissions. The digital technology is already being used on Great Northern passenger services between Finsbury Park and Moorgate in London.

If you would like to know more about ECDP please visit the East Coast Digital Programme website.

Check before you travel:

If you are travelling with Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, LNER or Thameslink, you can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.

If you are travelling Lumo, these changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.

Replacement bus travel advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.