Network Rail is reminding rail passengers that there are no trains in or out of London King’s Cross this weekend as work continues on the East Coast Upgrade.

Over the weekend, significant upgrades to the signalling system will take place in the latest part of the £1.2billion investment. The work will see Network Rail engineers move control of a section of the signalling system to York Rail Operating Centre.

Passengers are urged not to travel to or from London on the East Coast Main Line.

The line between Peterborough and King’s Cross will be closed for just the second time in 20 years.

Passengers are advised to travel on either Friday, 24 or Monday, 27 January instead.

On Saturday, 29 February and Sunday, 01 March, there will also be no services in or out of London King’s Cross.

What did the officials say?

Ed Akers, Principal Programme Sponsor for Network Rail, said:

“This weekend, we are continuing with vital work on the £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade, which is the biggest investment into the line in a generation.

“We are urging passengers to heed the advice issued which is not to travel to/from London on the East Coast Main Line this weekend. We know that this is disruptive and we do apologise for this. Unfortunately, it is necessary to enable us to progress on this work, which will create more services, faster services and thousands more seats for passengers.”

Ed added:

“We have also announced further dates later in 2020 and early into 2021 when services are likely to be affected. We want passengers to have as much notice as possible, which is why we have released these dates now. Further and more detailed information will be available in the coming months.”

A spokesperson for train operators along the route said:

“This weekend, significant work by Network Rail will mean widespread changes to services on the East Coast Main Line into King’s Cross.

“This is a necessary part of the £1.2billion investment into the line and we strongly urge passengers not to travel and to seek alternate travel arrangements. We hope passengers can understand that we are doing all we can to minimise the impact on them which is why we have announced the next set of provisional dates when services will be disrupted. As an industry we are all committed to providing the best possible information to passengers while we work to significantly improve the service we can offer in future.”

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