Date:
6 April - 6 June 2021 11:59 PM

Routes affected:
Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland Great Northern between Peterborough / Kings Lynn / Cambridge and London Kings Cross Hull Trains between Beverley / Hull and London Kings Cross LNER to and from London Kings Cross Thameslink between Peterborough / Cambridge and London Kings Cross

Engineering work, part of the East Coast Upgrade, is continuing throughout 2021, closing all lines to and from London Kings Cross on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and between Peterborough and Grantham on Saturday and Sunday.

To see the latest travel advice from each train company, please click on the below links:

• Grand Central
• Great Northern / Thameslink
• Hull Trains
• LNER

Grand Central

Friday 4 June

Trains will start and terminate at Finsbury Park and will not run between Finsbury Park and London Kings Cross

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June

No Grand Central service will run on these days.

Great Northern and Thameslink:

Friday 4 June

Before 13:45:

Trains will not run between London St Pancras International and Finsbury Park.

Trains between Brighton and Cambridge, and between Horsham and Peterborough will run to / from London Bridge.

Additional services will run between London King's Cross and Peterborough.

Services to / from Ely will call additionally at stations between Royston and Stevenage. Some Cambridge services will run to an amended timetable and start from / terminate at Finsbury Park.

You can use your ticket on London Underground services between Finsbury Park and King's Cross / St Pancras.

After 13:45:

Trains will not run between London King's Cross / London St Pancras  International and Finsbury Park.

Trains between Brighton and Cambridge, and between Horsham and Peterborough will run to / from London Bridge.

Additional services will run between Finsbury Park and Peterborough.

Services to / from Ely will call additionally at stations between Royston and Stevenage. Some Cambridge services will run to an amended timetable.

All trains to and from Cambridge, Ely, King's Lynn and Peterborough will start from and terminate at Finsbury Park.

Saturday 5 June

Before 06:00, buses will replace trains between Finsbury Park and Welwyn Garden City / Stevenage via Hertford North / Hitchin.

From 06:00 until the end of the day, no trains will run between Finsbury Park and London Kings Cross / London St Pancras International. Trains to / from Moorgate will run to an amended timetable. You can use London Underground between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross / St Pancras to complete your journey.

Sunday 6 June

All day, no trains will run between Finsbury Park and London Kings Cross / London St Pancras International. Trains to / from Moorgate will run to an amended timetable. You can use London Underground between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross / St Pancras to complete your journey.

Before 07:10, buses will replace trains between Finsbury Park and Potters Bar / Gordon Hill.

Before 10:45, buses will replace trains between Hitchin / Huntingdon and Peterborough.

Hull Trains:

Friday 4 June

A reduced and amended timetable will run to / from London Kings Cross before 12:00. After 12:00, no trains will run.

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June

Trains will be diverted to run to / from London St Pancras International instead of London Kings Cross and will also not call at Doncaster, Retford or Grantham

LNER:

Friday 4 June

after 13:50 will terminate at Peterborough / St Neots instead of London Kings Cross. After 13:50, replacement buses will run between Peterborough / St Neots and Bedford, connecting at Bedford with Thameslink services to / from London St Pancras International.

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Cambridge, and also between Finsbury Park and Kings Lynn Thameslink between London Kings Cross and Peterborough / Cambridge

Engineering work is taking place between London Kings Cross and Finsbury Park until approximately 08:45, closing some lines.

There will be no Great Northern or Thameslink trains between London Kings Cross and Finsbury Park until approximately 08:45.

Ticket acceptance is in place with London Underground between London Kings Cross and Finsbury Park.

Check before you travel:

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

You can plan your journey on London Underground by using the Transport for London Journey Planner

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Cambridge, between Finsbury Park and Kings Lynn Thameslink between London Kings Cross and Peterborough / Cambridge

Engineering work is taking place between Stevenage and Royston / Peterborough until 08:30, closing all lines.

Buses will replace trains between Stevenage and Royston / Peterborough until approximately 08:30.

Check before you travel:

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

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Between London Kings Cross and Welwyn Garden City / Stevenage / Cambridge / Kings Lynn / Peterborough Between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City / Moorgate / Hertford North

Engineering work is taking place between London Kings Cross and New Barnet / Gordon Hill, resulting in the closure of some lines.

Until 08:45 no trains will run between London Kings Cross / Moorgate and New Barnet / Gordon Hill.

There will be rail replacement buses in operation between:

• Finsbury Park and New Barnet
• Alexandra Palace and Gordon Hill

These buses will be unable to call at Harringay or Hornsey. You may use London Buses and London Underground services to help complete your journeys to and from these stations.

Check before you travel:

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

Although journey planners are showing correctly, your journey may be subject to alteration at short notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Please check before your journey.

You can plan your journey on London Underground by using the Transport for London Journey Planner

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

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

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Great Northern services via Hertford North Thameslink services to / from Cambridge / Peterborough via London St Pancras International

Engineering work is taking place between Alexandra Palace and Stevenage via Hertford North before 09:40, and between Finsbury Park and London St Pancras International before 10:15, closing various lines.

Before 09:40:

Buses will replace trains between Stevenage and Alexandra Palace / Finsbury Park.

Before 10:15:

Thameslink services from Cambridge / Peterborough via London St Pancras International will run between Cambridge / Peterborough and Finsbury Park only.

Additionally:

• The 08:53 Gatwick Airport to Cambridge service will terminate at East Croydon.
• The 08:28 Cambridge to Brighton service will start from East Croydon at 10:08.

Check before you travel:

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

Although journey planners are showing correctly, your journey may be subject to alteration at short notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Please check before your journey.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

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

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Between London Kings Cross and Kings Lynn

Engineering work is taking place between Cambridge North and Downham Market, closing all lines.

Buses will replace trains between Cambridge North and Downham Market.

You should travel on Greater Anglia trains between Cambridge and Cambridge North for bus connections onward.

Check before you travel:

These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

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

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
Great Northern / Thameslink services via Potters Bar

Engineering work is taking place between Alexandra Palace and Stevenage via Welwyn Garden City on Tuesday to Friday mornings.

Between 00:01 and 05:10 each morning, buses will replace trains between Finsbury Park / Alexandra Palace and Welwyn Garden City / Stevenage.

Check before you travel:

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

Although journey planners are showing correctly, your journey may be subject to alteration at short notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Please check before your journey.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

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

Date:
1 January 1900

Routes affected:
CrossCountry between Birmingham New Street and Cambridge East Midlands Railway between Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich  Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Kings Lynn Greater Anglia between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge

Engineering work is taking place between Peterborough and Cambridge resulting in the closure of all lines.

CrossCountry

Buses replace trains between Peterborough and Cambridge calling at Ely and March all weekend.

East Midlands Railway

Buses will replace trains between Peterborough and Norwich.

Great Northern:

Buses replace trains between Cambridge and Ely / Downham Market.

Greater Anglia

Buses will replace trains between:

• Thetford and Cambridge North.
• Peterborough and Bury St Edmunds

Check before you travel:

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

Although journey planners are showing correctly, your journey may be subject to alteration at short notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Please check before your journey.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.

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

Date:
1 January 1900 - 6 June 2021 11:59 PM

Routes affected:
Grand Central between Sunderland / Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross Great Northern between Kings Lynn / Ely and London Kings Cross Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Hull LNER between Aberdeen / Edinburgh / Newcastle / York / Leeds / Doncaster and London Kings Cross Thameslink between Cambridge and London Kings Cross

Engineering work, part of the East Coast Upgrade, is continuing at London Kings Cross until Sunday 6 June.

Major closures of London Kings Cross station will take place during this period:

• Friday 4 to Sunday 6 June

On all other dates, engineering work will be taking place that may affect your journey. Please check before you travel.

A summary of the work can be found below, with more specific details being provided from each train operating company:

Until Thursday 3 June:

A temporary reduced timetable will operate to and from London Kings Cross. 

Friday 4 June:

No trains will run to / from London Kings Cross or London St Pancras International via Finsbury Park from the early afternoon.

Engineering work is also taking place just north of Peterborough. Many customers will need to use a rail replacement bus for part of their journey. 

Saturday 5 to Sunday 6 June:

No trains will run to / from London Kings Cross or London St Pancras International via Finsbury Park.

No trains will run between Grantham and Peterborough, due to the work taking place north of Peterborough. Rail replacement buses may be required for part of your journey. 

More information on this closure will be published here closer to the time.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

You can find the location of your bus replacement by typing in your station here. 

Bicycles are not allowed on rail replacement bus services at any time, unless fully folded. More travel advice for your replacement bus journey is available by selecting the Train Operating Company you are travelling with here.