Major Engineering Work: No trains between London Kings Cross and Grantham on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 January 

Route(s) affected

East Midlands Railway between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street

Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland

Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Finsbury Park / Welwyn Garden City / Hertford North / Stevenage / Peterborough / Letchworth Garden City / Royston / Cambridge / Ely / Kings Lynn, between Moorgate and Finsbury Park / Gordon Hill / Hertford North / Welwyn Garden City / Stevenage / Letchworth Garden City, and also between Finsbury Park and Gordon Hill

Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Hull / Beverley

LNER between London Kings Cross and Lincoln / Doncaster / Leeds / Bradford Forster Square / Skipton / Hull / Harrogate / York / Newcastle / Berwick-upon-Tweed / Edinburgh / Aberdeen / Inverness

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Newcastle / Edinburgh / Glasgow Queen Street

Thameslink between Brighton / Three Bridges / Gatwick Airport / London Kings Cross and Cambridge, between Horsham / Three Bridges / London Kings Cross and Peterborough, and also between Sevenoaks and Finsbury Park / Welwyn Garden City

Description

Engineering work is taking place between London Kings Cross and Royston / Grantham, closing all lines.

East Midlands Railway:

Trains between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street will be diverted between Norwich and Nottingham and will not call at Grantham. Rail replacement buses will run between Peterborough and Grantham.

Grand Central:

No Grand Central service will run all weekend.

Great Northern and Thameslink:

No trains will run between London Kings Cross / Moorgate and Royston / Peterborough all weekend. A shuttle train service will run between Royston and Cambridge / Ely / Kings Lynn.

Rail replacement buses (operated by Great Northern) will run between:

• Peterborough and Bedford via Huntingdon and St Neots

• Peterborough and Hitchin, calling at all stations

• Royston and Hitchin

• Alexandra Palace and Stevenage via Hertford North, calling at all stations

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

• Stevenage and Luton Airport Parkway via Hitchin

• Alexandra Palace and Welwyn Garden City, calling at New Southgate, Oakleigh Park, New Barnet, Cockfosters (London Underground), Potters bar, Brookmans Park, Welham Green and Hatfield

• Cockfosters (London Underground) and Potters Bar via Hadley Wood

Ticket Acceptance:

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on alternate Thameslink services between London St Pancras International and Bedford, and on Greater Anglia services between London Liverpool Street and Hertford East / Cambridge North.

You can use your paper rail ticket at no extra cost on London Overground services between London Liverpool Street and Enfield Town, and on the following London Underground services:

• Piccadilly line between Kings Cross St Pancras and Cockfosters

• Northern line between Moorgate and High Barnet

• Victoria line between Kings Cross St Pancras and Tottenham Hale

• Circle / Hammersmith & City / Metropolitan lines between Kings Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street

And on London Bus routes:

• 107 / 307 / 384 between New Barnet and High Barnet

• 21 between Moorgate and Drayton Park

• 29 / N29 / 91 / N91 / 141 / 144 / W3 between London Kings Cross / Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace

Hull Trains:

Hull Trains will run a reduced service into / out of London St Pancras International. Trains will not call at Beverley / Cottingham / Doncaster / Retford / Grantham or Stevenage.

LNER:

No trains will run between London Kings Cross and Grantham all weekend.

A limited train service will run between Peterborough and Doncaster, and also between Bedford and Doncaster,

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on alternative services between London St Pancras International and Bedford.

Lumo:

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

Check before you travel:

If you are travelling with can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner.

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.