Passengers planning to travel to London for essential reasons are being urged to check their journeys ahead of major upgrade works on the East Coast Main Line.
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1:06 PM January 28, 2021
Rail passengers travelling from St Neots and Huntingdon could face delays due to work being carried out.
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Rail passengers travelling from Huntingdon and St Neots have been warned of forthcoming disruption to Kings Cross services as part of the £1.2 billion upgrade of the East Coast Mainline.
The warning comes after buses replaced trains for part of the route into the capital last weekend to enable the installation of overhead equipment and the improvement of signalling around Kings Cross which will bring more reliable journeys for passengers.
Network Rail, Thameslink and Great Northern said there would also be changes to services on each weekend throughout February, and no trains will run to or from London King’s Cross on Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February, as major work takes place ahead of a longer partial closure at the station between Monday March 1 and early June.
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3:30 PM December 21, 2020
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12:30 PM December 23, 2020
Network Rail Route Director, East Midlands, Gary Walsh; Leader of St Albans City and District Council Chris White and MP Daisy Cooper at the opening of St Albans City station.
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Just a day before the government clamped down on non-essential travel and threw us into Tier 4, the long-awaited £5.7m upgrade of St Albans City station was officially opened by community leaders.
The newly transformed facilities have freed up space for passengers to move around more easily when they return in greater numbers after the pandemic.
The main station building at St Albans City has been extended over two storeys ready to house a premier-brand High Street convenience store, and by moving staff rooms to a new building on platform 4, there is now space for a new waiting area with a coffee shop, new toilets and an additional ticket gate which will bring another ticket gateline into use.
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