There is set to be major train disruption over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Huntingdonshire and Peterborough.
Ongoing East Coast Digital Programme engineering works will be taking place over the Bank Holiday weekend and services will be reduced during that time.
The East Coast Digital Programme sets out to introduce in-cab signalling on the southern part of the East Coast Main Line between Grantham and London Kings Cross.
It will eventually see digital signalling used across the line, meaning more reliable and punctual services.
However, the work will affect Thameslink and Great Northern services between London and King's Lynn from August 24-26, with some lines not running between St Neots and London.
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The work is highly likely to affect Bank Holiday trips, so check the timetable below to see whether you will be affected.
Saturday, August 24 from 10pm until end of service
No trains will run between:
- Potters Bar and Hitchin
- Potters Bar and Royston
- Hertford North and Stevenage
From 00:15am, no trains will run between:
- Hitchin and St Neots
From 10pm, a rail replacement bus service will run between:
- Potters Bar and Hitchin
- Hitchin and Royston
- Hertford North and Stevenage
- St Albans City and Stevenage via Hitchin
From 00:15am, a rail replacement bus service will also run between:
- Hitchin and St Neots
Sunday, August 25 - all day
No trains will run between:
- Potters Bar and St Neots
- Potters Bar and Royston
- Hertford North and Stevenage
A rail replacement bus service will run between:
- Potters Bar and Hitchin
- Hitchin and Royston
- Hertford North and Stevenage
- St Albans City and Stevenage via Hatfield
- Luton Airport Parkway and Stevenage via Hitchin
- St Neots and Bedford
- St Neots and Hitchin
Trains will run between:
- St Neots and Peterborough
- Royston and Cambridge/Kings Lynn
- London Kings Cross and Potters Bar
- Moorgate and Potters Bar/Hertford North
Monday August 26 from start of service until approximately 9am
No trains will run between:
- Potters Bar and St Neots
- Hertford North and Stevenage
A rail replacement bus will run between:
- Potters Bar and Hitchin
- Hitchin and Royston
- Hertford North and Stevenage
- St Albans City and Stevenage via Hatfield
- Luton Airport Parkway and Stevenage via Hitchin
- St Neots and Bedford
- St Neots and Hitchin
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