Buses replace early morning trains between Waltham Cross and Hertford East / Stansted Airport on Sunday 7 December 

Route(s) affected

Greater Anglia between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge North, and also between Stratford and Hertford East

Stansted Express between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport

Description

There is a defective track at Cheshunt and Harlow Town. Trains are currently having to run at a slower and safer speed through the area, to prevent further damage. Network Rail will be carrying out urgent track repairs, requiring an eight-hour engineering block from 00:35 to 08:35 Sunday 7 December to carry out remedial work.

This will cause significant disruption to services on the West Anglia route. Early morning trains on Sunday will be affected from start of service until 08:35, with buses replacing trains between Waltham Cross and Hertford East / Stansted Airport.

Saturday

Last trains will be:

• 22:43 Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street

• 23:25 London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport

• 23:39 Hertford East to London Liverpool Street

• 23:42 London Liverpool Street to Hertford East

• 23:58 London Liverpool Street to Cambridge

• 23:59 Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street

Accessible replacement buses will be running as follows;

• 00:30 (Sunday) Stansted Airport to Bishops Stortford, Harlow Town and London Liverpool Street – approx. 1hr 35m journey time. Please note that this service will depart from Coach Bay 4 at Stansted Airport and will set down passengers only

Sunday

Until approximately 08:35 Sunday morning:

• Trains will be running between London Liverpool Street and Waltham Cross

• Trains will be running between Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport / Cambridge

• Accessible replacement buses will run between Waltham Cross and Stansted Airport, calling at Broxbourne, Harlow Town and Bishops Stortford. You can see the bus timetable on this page.

• The 07:09 and 08:09 Hertford East to Stratford services will be replaced by an accessible bus between Hertford East and Waltham Cross (approx 1hr journey time). Trains will be running from Waltham Cross to London Liverpool Street.

• The 08:10 Broxbourne to Hertford East will be replaced by an accessible bus (approx 30min journey time)

You must allow plenty of time to make your journey, as you may need to wait for an available replacement bus.

Please note replacement buses cannot call at Cheshunt.

E-scooters, electric and full-size bicycles are not permitted on rail replacement vehicles.

Advance purchase tickets holders will be allowed to travel on earlier or later trains.

Check before you travel:

The National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner does not reflect these changes. Please check back later.

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.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.