This weekend, Hull Trains' services to London will terminate at St. Pancras International instead of King's Cross.
As a result of the rerouting, Hull Trains services this weekend will not call at Beverley, Cottingham, Retford, or Grantham.
Also, because of the diversions, journey times will be extended.
Louise Mendham, Service Delivery Director at Hull Trains, said: “Hull Trains are committed to maintaining a link between our local communities and London on the weekend of 18th and 19th February. We will therefore be arranging for our services to be routed to London St Pancras on these two days, to allow for the important improvement works to continue.
“We offered a similar timetable during the last weekend of engineering works in January and our customers were appreciative of our efforts to keep everyone moving.”
“It is exciting to see the East Coast Digital Programme moving forward as this will play an important role in helping us achieve our own sustainability targets. Our Paragon fleet already operates using bi-mode technology so, when running on electric power, our trains produce no emissions.
“We welcome the use of technology to encourage the most energy-efficient journeys across our operations.”
Anyone intending to travel to London this Saturday should plan ahead before travelling; the latest travel information can be found online on the Hull Trains website.
Good for them. LNER on the other hand, dumps passengers from north of Doncaster onto buses at St Neots. Azumas have underfloor engines for off-route work, or are they just for ballast?
Maybe Hull Trains could move their direct service from London King’s Cross to St. Pancras International and to continue operating to Hull Paragon. Freeing up space for other train operators including-Grand Central, Lumo, LNER and Govia Thameslink Railway Great Northern services to continue operating to & from London King’s Cross.