Passengers are being urged to continue to follow the Governments advice to only travel if they need to over the bank holiday weekend by Network Rail and Great Northern.
If you are a customer who needs to travel with Great Northern, the advice is to check before you travel as there is work being completed on the line by Network Rail between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, so no trains will be running.
Essential tunnel maintenance work will be taking place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of May 2020. The work will create a more reliable and resilient on the railway. This will improve the journey for the passengers.
In this current Covid-19 crisis, it is important for the trains to be on time for NHS and other critical workers around the UK. Work will also take place to prepare for the installation of new signalling equipment. All of the important work will be done with following the Public Health England guidance.
There will be no trains between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, to make sure that the work is completed safely, and trains will run to/from London King's Cross instead.
What did the officials say?
Paul Rutter, Route Managing Director for Network Rail's East Coast Route, said:
“The work taking place over the Early May Bank Holiday is absolutely essential to keep the railway running reliably, which is vital during the Covid-19 crisis and will improve all passenger journeys in the future.
“We urge those who must travel on these dates to check their journey ahead of time and allow additional travel time.
“We are sorry for any inconvenience which this work causes and would like to thank anyone impacted by this for their patience and understanding.”
Jenny Saunders, Customer Services Director for Thameslink and Great Northern, said:
“We also thank people who need to travel this weekend for their patience, and while we are still running services in and out of King's Cross, we encourage passengers to check journey planners before they set off.
“Network Rail's essential maintenance of the tunnels will make services in and out of Moorgate more reliable for our passengers, while the work we are doing to freshen up the interiors of stations on the route will further improve their travelling experience.”
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The Great Northern Class 717s are very good modern trains since Great Northern have replaced the Class 313s with the Class 717s for the Moorgate Line, Hertford Loop Line to Gordon Hill, Hertford North and Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City stopper services. Such a shame that Southern aren’t going to replace the Class 313s used on the East Coastway and West Coastway routes (including Bognor Regis, Seaford, Littlehampton, Hastings, Ore and Eastbourne branch line services).