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Passengers intending to travel to and from London King’s Cross and other destinations on the East Coast Main Line, and all other routes via Peterborough, over the August Bank Holiday weekend (26-28 August 2023) are being asked to plan ahead and check how their journey may be affected.

Passengers can look forward to smoother, more reliable journeys as major work gets underway on the Hertford Loop line and Northern City Line. 

Billion-pound plans to improve rail travel to and from London have progressed further with critical work taking place over the weekend to prepare for a digital future.

Today (Friday, 23 June) is International Women in Engineering Day (IWED) and three female engineers are encouraging more women to consider a career in the rail industry.

On the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June, passengers planning to travel to and from London King's Cross and other locations on the Great Northern network are being urged to plan ahead. 

On the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June, passengers planning to travel to and from London King's Cross and other locations on the East Coast Main Line via Peterborough are being urged to plan ahead. 

The multi-million-pound project to make repairs to the historic Royal Border Bridge on the East Coast Main Line in Berwick-upon-Tweed has now been completed.  

Rail passengers in the North East are being urged to check before travelling as the next phase of Network Rail’s mid-week engineering trials take place in the region.