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Passengers are urged to plan ahead and avoid busy times as London journeys are affected by important railway upgrades over the next two weekends.

All roads have reopened on a new bridge deck installed over the railway in north London – marking one of the £30 million project’s final milestones.

Harlington station is set to go through a significant transformation as work begins to replace its ageing footbridge with a modern structure designed to last for 120 years.

Important planned engineering work taking place this weekend (10 and 11 May) will mean buses will replace trains between Bedford/Luton and London St Pancras and between Leicester and Peterborough.

• Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final and London Marathon mean more people travelling.
• Essential engineering work means East Midlands Railway (EMR) and Thameslink trains all using high level platforms at St Pancras and EMR will run a limited service.
• Queuing systems will be in place at stations and trains are expected to be full and standing.

Significant cost and carbon reductions will be delivered through an industry-leading initiative joint developed by Network Rail, AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty and TSO, as the Central Rail Systems Alliance (CRSA).

Innovative technology has enabled Network Rail to reopen a railway crossing beside a new bypass bridge in Lincolnshire.

Passengers are being advised to plan ahead as buses will replace trains over the next two weekends as part of the Midland Main Line electrification project.