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The bulk of the work begins in March and will run until early June, with a full train service able to run once more from June 7, 2021.
Trains will be able to run to and from London King’s Cross station for the vast majority of the work. Once works are completed in June, more than 6km of new track and over 15km of overhead wires will have been installed.
Network Rail teams will make essential changes to the signalling and tracks in the area to allow reduced services to operate between February 26-28. For this work to be carried out safely, the following changes will be in place.
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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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And now the massive concrete construction is ready to be pushed into place along pre-installed guiding supports, after the three tracks above have been temporarily removed.
Using a traditional method of installing a tunnel on the crucial stretch of the line would have meant closing it completely for about a month. But the pre-constructed structure will be installed in just nine days – and means a reduced level of service will be able to operate at the same time.
Paul Rutter, Route Director for Network Rail’s East Coast Route, said: “This is a massive engineering challenge, but it will avoid hundreds of hours of closure on one of the most important lines in the country.
LNER: Works to cause significant disruption to some Cambs rail services this month
The works come as part of a £1.2 billion upgrade of the East Coast Main Line
16:08, 8 JAN 2021
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Major railway works are set to cause significant disruption to some Cambridgeshire rail services later this month.