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• No trains in or out of King’s Cross station on Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February, ahead of crucial stage of work to simplify track layout between March and June
• Work is part of East Coast Upgrade, which will transform journeys between London, Cambridge and Peterborough as well as the North of England and Scotland
• Passengers who must travel for essential reasons urged to check their journeys.

• Major improvement work means there are no trains to/from King’s Cross this weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January)
• Buses also replace trains between Peterborough and Hitchin this weekend
• People must follow the latest Government guidance and only travel for limited reasons
• Further changes to services ahead of partial closure at King’s Cross between March and June

An 11,000 tonne curved concrete box has been successfully pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough, in a first for UK engineering.

Network Rail has joined forces with the community in Copmanthorpe to install a mural to help tackle graffiti on a bridge in the village.

• Massive concrete structure to be pushed under the East Coast Main Line as part of £1.2bn upgrade
• Major works to occur over nine days between 16 and 24 January, with service changes between London and Edinburgh
• Hundreds of hours of passenger disruption to be avoided by industry-leading engineering technique
• New tunnel will separate slow-moving freight from long-distance passenger trains – speeding up journeys and improving reliability

• Massive concrete structure to be pushed under the East Coast Main Line as part of £1.2bn upgrade
• Major works to occur over nine days between 16 and 24 January
• Hundreds of hours of passenger disruption to be avoided by industry-leading engineering technique
• New tunnel will separate slow-moving freight from long-distance passenger trains – speeding up journeys and improving reliability

• People must follow the latest Government guidance and not travel except for limited reasons

• Major improvement work means there are changes to services over the next four weekends in January

• Major progress was made at King’s Cross during a six-day closure over Christmas, including work to reconstruct Camden Sewer which runs beneath the tracks
• Teams lifted all four tracks entering the station for the first time in over 40 years
• The East Coast Upgrade will bring a more modern, reliable railway for passengers, improving journeys between London, the North of England and Scotland
• Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are thanking passengers for their patience following the six-day closure at King’s Cross