Major Track Improvements: Reduced service between York and Newcastle on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 February 

Route(s) affected

CrossCountry between Penzance / Plymouth / Bristol Temple Meads / Birmingham New Street / Sheffield / Leeds / York and Edinburgh, between Plymouth and Glasgow Central / Newcastle / Dundee / Aberdeen, between Reading / Derby and Newcastle

All Grand Central services to / from Sunderland

LNER between London Kings and Edinburgh / Aberdeen / Inverness, between Leeds and Aberdeen

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

Northern between Carlisle and Darlington / Middlesbrough / Saltburn, between Metro Centre and Saltburn, and also between Saltburn / Darlington and Newcastle

TransPennine Express between Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Victoria / York and Newcastle, and between Liverpool Lime Street and Edinburgh

Description

Major engineering work is taking place between Northallerton and Newcastle, closing the East Coast Main Line between these stations all weekend (see background information below).

CrossCountry

Buses will replace trains between York and Newcastle all weekend.

Grand Central:

Saturday

A reduced train service will operate between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland. Some trains will start / terminate at York instead of Sunderland.

Sunday

A reduced train service will operate between London Kings Cross and Sunderland. Some trains will start / terminate at York instead of Sunderland.

LNER

Buses will replace trains between York / Darlington / Durham and Newcastle all weekend.

A reduced service of one train per hour will run between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh / Aberdeen / Inverness, diverting between Northallerton and Newcastle via Eaglescliffe / Sunderland. These services will not call at Darlington or Durham.

Lumo

No services will run between London Kings Cross and Newcastle all weekend. A reduced and amended timetable will run between Newcastle and Edinburgh only.

Northern

Buses will replace trains between Middlesbrough and Newcastle all weekend, calling at Durham and Chester-le-Street.

Services between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland will run between Saltburn and Eaglescliffe only. A replacement bus service will run between Eaglescliffe and Darlington / Bishop Auckland.

TransPennine Express

Buses will replace trains between York and Newcastle.

Check before you travel:

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

Background Information:

Over a period of 6 consecutive weekends, the East Coast Main Line will be closed between Northallerton and Newcastle in both directions.

This will allow major track improvements, bridge works and Darlington station upgrade work to be carried out.

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.