A billion-pound project resumes this weekend forcing the temporary closure of London Kings Cross – but that doesn’t mean Hull Trains passengers will lose their local link.
The local operator will continue to provide services direct to London on Saturday and Sunday by re-routing its trains to London St Pancras.
Louise Mendham, Service Delivery Director at Hull Trains, said: “Hull Trains are committed to maintaining a link between our local communities and London on the weekend of 18th and 19th February. We will therefore be arranging for our services to be routed to London St Pancras on these two days, to allow for the important improvement works to continue. We offered a similar timetable during the last weekend of engineering works in January and our customers were appreciative of our efforts to keep everyone moving.”
Passengers are being encouraged to plan ahead before travelling this weekend as Hull Trains services will not call at Beverley, Cottingham, Retford or Grantham. Journey times will also be extended due to the diversions.
The latest travel information can be found on the Hull Trains website https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/travel-information/engineering-works
This weekend’s engineering works are part of the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme that aims to create a more reliable railway. State-of-the-art digital signalling will communicate with each train to provide signalling information, boosting reliability, and reducing carbon emissions.
Louise added: “It is exciting to see the East Coast Digital Programme moving forward as this will play an important role in helping us achieve our own sustainability targets. Our Paragon fleet already operates using bi-mode technology so, when running on electric power, our trains produce no emissions. We welcome the use of technology to encourage the most energy efficient journeys across our operations.”