Greater Anglia has provided advice for passengers travelling with the train operator over the weekend of the King’s Coronation.

Saturday the 6th of May: 

• With no engineering work planned, all services are set to run as usual, with trains heading to London pulling the maximum number of carriages available in order to offer increased capacity.

Sunday the 7th of May and Bank Holiday Monday (8th of May):

Network Rail will be undertaking engineering work on a number of routes and Greater Anglia is therefore advising its customers to check their travel plans ahead of making their journey and to add more time than usual to travel especially if heading to large sporting events taking place in the region including Newmarket Races and football matches taking place at West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur.

• Buses will replace trains between Ely and Cambridge. However, trains will operate between Norwich and Ely and Cambridge and Stansted Airport/London.
• Buses will replace trains between Marks Tey and Billericay and between Braintree and Witham. Trains will operate between Norwich and Marks Tey, and between Clacton/Colchester Town and Colchester, between Sudbury and Marks Tey, and between Southend Victoria and London via Billericay.

Greater Anglia’s other routes will remain unaffected by engineering work on Sunday the 7th and Monday the 8th of May.

All other Greater Anglia routes are unaffected by engineering work on 7 and 8 May.

Jamie Burles, Managing Director, Greater Anglia, said: “We will be strengthening trains wherever possible to ensure they run with the maximum number of carriages available. Our new trains are longer and have more seats, meaning even more people can travel to the capital to enjoy this historic event.”

“We would encourage customers to check before they travel on Sunday and Monday. There is some engineering work taking place, on the Great Eastern Main Line and on the West Anglia route, but the majority of our network is open, so people can explore the network and enjoy the long weekend.”

“We have a range of good value fares available, and people should book via the Greater Anglia website or app for the cheapest fares. Groups of three or more people can save money with GroupSave.”