Your rail travel plans in the UK may be impacted between 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 24 and 8 a.m. on Monday, August 26, by planned essential engineering works taking place on the East Coast Main Line from London towards Leeds, York, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. LNER train services will be severely affected and there will be no direct LNER trains to or from London Kings Cross on 25th August.
Please read the disruption notification on the National Rail website for more details and check your planned rail journey shortly before you travel on the National Rail timetable. You can also check the latest train updates on the LNER travel alerts website for up-to-date LNER train service information. The following changes to train services have been announced:
On Saturday 24 & Monday August 26:
- Some changes to evening services taking place from 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 24
- Some changes to morning services until 8 a.m. on Monday, August 26
On Sunday August 25:
- All LNER services will start and terminate at St Neots, where rail replacement buses will operate to Bedford for train services to London St Pancras
Traveling from London on Sunday August 25:
Customers traveling north are advised to use Thameslink train services between London St Pancras and Bedford (approximately 60 minutes) and join a rail replacement bus service to St Neots (approximately 30 to 40 minutes), where it will be possible to join northbound LNER services towards Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Inverness.
Traveling to London from the north on Sunday August 25:
Customers are advised to travel on a southbound LNER service to St Neots and join a rail replacement bus service to Bedford (approximately 30 to 40 minutes). From Bedford, frequent Thameslink trains will operate to London St Pancras (approximately 60 minutes).
Please note that on Sunday, August 25, alternative routes in and out of London stations are expected to be busier than usual due to the closure of the East Coast Mainline, which is used by several train operators including LNER.