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No trains to / from London Kings Cross on Sunday 15 March 

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Engineering work details

Starts Sunday 15 March 2026 to Sunday 15 March 2026

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Route(s) affected

All routes to / from London Kings Cross

Description

Engineering work is taking place in the London Kings Cross area, closing all lines.

Grand Central:

No trains between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland will run.

Great Northern / Thameslink:

No trains will run between Potters Bar and Letchworth Garden City / St Neots or between Hertford North and Stevenage.

A revised train service will run between:

  • St Neots and Peterborough

  • Letchworth Garden City and Cambridge / Kings Lynn

  • London Kings Cross and Potters Bar

  • Moorgate and Potters Bar

  • Moorgate and Hertford North

  • Finsbury Park and Brighton

Replacement buses will run between:

  • Potters Bar and Hitchin

  • St Albans and Stevenage via Welwyn Garden City

  • Luton Airport Parkway and Stevenage via Hitchin

  • Hitchin and St Neots

  • Bedford and St Neots

  • Hertford North and Stevenage

    Your paper rail tickets will be accepted at no extra cost on Thameslink services between Bedford and London, and on Greater Anglia services between Cambridge North and London Liverpool Street.

Paper rail tickets will also be accepted on London Underground Picadilly, Victoria, Jubilee lines, and London Buses to complete your journey.

Hull Trains:

Hull Trains will operate an amended and reduced service, diverting to run to / from London St Pancras International.

As a result, services will not call at Stevenage, Grantham, Retford, Doncaster, Cottingham and Beverley.

LNER:

No trains will run between London Kings Cross and Peterborough.

Rail replacement buses will operate between Bedford and Peterborough for alternative train services to / from London St Pancras International.

Lumo:

An amended and reduced service will run between Newcastle and Edinburgh / Glasgow Queen Street only.

Check before you travel:

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

If you are travelling with LNER, 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 set-down 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.

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