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Train companies affected:National Rail

Bank Holiday Information: Great Northern

Information will be published under the dates listed below when it becomes available

Saturday 23 December

No service changes have been announced.

Christmas Eve Sunday 24 December

Trains on all routes will finish earlier for Christmas Eve. Trains on all routes will finish by around 21:00, but on some routes this may be much earlier.

Due to engineering work at London Kings Cross the following changes apply:

Until approximately 10:00, buses will replace trains between Finsbury Park and Potters Bar / Hertford North. No trains or replacement buses will run between London Kings Cross / Moorgate and Finsbury Park. Please use alternative London Underground services and London Bus routes including route 21 for stations to and from Moorgate.

All day, until the end of service (which will be earlier at around 21:00), buses will replace trains on the following routes between:

  • Hitchin and Royston (Calling at all stations)

  • Hitchin and Royston (Limited stops)

  • Hitchin and St Neots (Calling at all stations)

  • Luton Airport Parkway and Stevenage, calling at Hitchin (For alternative Thameslink trains to and from London from Luton Airport Parkway)

  • St Albans City and Hitchin, calling at Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth and Stevenage (For alternative Thameslink trains to and from London from Luton Airport Parkway)

  • Potters Bar and Stevenage

  • Hertford North and Stevenage

Christmas Day Monday 25 December

No service.

Boxing Day Tuesday 26 December

No service.

Wednesday 27 December

An amended and reduced service will run on all Great Northern routes.

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. Trains between London and Royston will run to an amended timetable.

Thursday 28 December

An amended and reduced service will run on all Great Northern routes.

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. Trains between London and Royston will run to an amended timetable.

Friday 29 December

An amended and reduced service will run on all Great Northern routes.

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. Trains between London and Royston will run to an amended timetable.

Saturday 30 December

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. An additional direct bus service will operate between Royston and Cambridge North to connect with rail services to / from Kings Lynn.

A revised train service will run between Cambridge and Kings Lynn, and between Royston and London Kings Cross / Brighton

New Year’s Eve Sunday 31 December

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. An additional direct bus service will operate between Royston and Cambridge North to connect with rail services to / from Kings Lynn.

A revised train service will run between Cambridge and Kings Lynn, and between Royston and London Kings Cross / Brighton.

The 06:40 Cambridge to London Kings Cross service will start from Letchworth Garden City. A rail replacement bus service will run between Cambridge and Letchworth Garden City.

New Year’s Day Monday 1 January 2024

Due to engineering work, buses will replace trains between Royston and Cambridge. An additional direct bus service will operate between Royston and Cambridge North to connect with rail services to / from Kings Lynn.

A revised train service will run between Cambridge and Kings Lynn, and between Royston and London Kings Cross / Brighton

Tuesday 2 January

Due to early morning engineering work, until 05:05 buses will replace trains between Stevenage and Cambridge.

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