East Coast Digital Programme upgrade work: no trains to / from London Kings Cross on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 

Route(s) affected

All routes to / from London Kings Cross

Description

Engineering work is taking place between London Kings Cross and Peterborough, closing all lines. Background information on the work taking place can be found below.

Grand Central:

No Grand Central services will run.

Great Northern and Thameslink:

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

Rail replacement buses will run between:

• Bedford and Peterborough via St Neots

• Hitchin and Peterborough

• Hitchin and Royston

• Alexandra Palace and Stevenage via Hertford North

• Stevenage and St Albans City via Welwyn Garden City

• Stevenage and Luton Airport Parkway via Hitchin

• Alexandra Palace and Welwyn Garden City

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

Your tickets will be accepted on Thameslink services between London and Bedford, and on Greater Anglia services between London Liverpool Sreet and Hertford East / Cambridge North.

Paper rail tickets will be accepted at no extra cost on London Underground services between:

• Kings Cross St Pancras and Cockfosters / Tottenham Hale / London Liverpool Street

• Moorgate and High Barnet

Paper rail tickets will be accepted at no extra cost on London Buses between:

• Kings Cross and Alexandra Palace via Finsbury Park (29 / N29, 91 / N91, 141, 144, W3)

• New Barnet and High Barnet (107, 307, 384)

• Moorgate and Drayton Park (21)

Hull Trains:

Hull Trains will run a reduced timetable, diverting to run between Hull and London St Pancras International.

As a result, trains will not call at Beverley, Cottingham, Doncaster, Retford, Grantham or Stevenage.

LNER:

No trains will run to / from London Kings Cross.

An amended train service will run between:

• Peterborough and Doncaster

• Peterborough and Leeds

• Peterborough and Bradford Forster Square

• Peterborough and Harrogate

• Peterborough and York

• Peterborough and Newcastle

• Peterborough and Edinburgh

• Peterborough and Dundee

• Peterborough and Aberdeen

• Peterborough and Inverness

There will be no LNER services to or from Lincoln, Skipton and Hull.

Customers travelling to or from Central London can take a rail replacement coach service at no extra cost between Peterborough and Bedford to connect with other operators' train services to / from London St Pancras International.

Lumo:

Lumo will run an amended and reduced service between Newcastle and Edinburgh.

No trains will run between London Kings Cross and Newcastle.

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.

There will be some periods of disruption to passenger services while the upgrade work is taking place, and one of these periods is the weekend of Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February.

However, once digital signalling is fully installed and in use, there will be less lineside equipment to maintain, and consequently less disruption in future. More details on the upgrades and efficiencies taking place can be found on the East Coast Digital Programme website.

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

You can plan your journey on London Buses / London Underground by using the Transport for London 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 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.