Buses replace trains between York and Newcastle on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November  

Route(s) affected

CrossCountry between Penzance and Edinburgh / Aberdeen, between Plymouth and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh / Aberdeen, and also between Reading and Newcastle

Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Sunderland

LNER between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Aberdeen / Inverness and also between Doncaster and Edinburgh

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

TransPennine Express between Liverpool Lime Street and Newcastle, between Manchester Airport and Saltburn, between Leeds and Scarborough, and also between York and Newcastle

Description

Engineering work is taking place between York and Darlington, closing some lines.

CrossCountry:

Replacement bus services will operate between York and Darlington.

Grand Central:

An amended service will be in operation, all trains will be diverted via Durham.

A replacement bus service will operate between Darlington and Hartlepool.

LNER:

An amended service will operate as follows:

• 1 train per hour will operate between London Kings Cross and North East England / Scotland, diverted to not call at York, but will call at Doncaster and Darlington

• A very limited number of trains will travel via York to / from The North East England / Scotland

• 1 train per hour will run between London Kings Cross and York

• Some non-diverted England - Scotland services will run between Newcastle and Scotland only

Rail replacement coach services will be provided between York and Darlington plus York and Newcastle.

Lumo:

Trains will run to an amended timetable, with some minor re-timings.

TransPennine Express:

Services running to / from Scarborough, Newcastle and Middlesborough will start from / terminate at York.

TransPennine Express will operate a reduced service between Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Airport and York, between York and Malton / Scarborough, and between Northallerton and Newcastle.

Services between Manchester Piccadilly and York via Huddersfield will terminate at / start from Huddersfield. Services to / from Hull will run as normal.

Check before you travel:

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

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility information, please use our travel information pages.

You can find the location of your replacement bus by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.

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