UK’s busiest train station will be closed for eight days over Christmas

The UK’s busiest railway presumption is acceptable to beryllium closed for 8 days implicit the Christmas play causing question misery for thousands of people.

Network Rail has confirmed that London Liverpool Street presumption volition beryllium closed from Christmas Day until January 2 for works connected the station.

It means delays and cancellations for radical looking to sojourn loved ones oregon instrumentality location pursuing the festive celebrations.

The presumption closure means Greater Anglia trains – including the Stansted Express – volition beryllium diverted via Stratford, which volition beryllium utilized arsenic the bid company’s London terminus.

People volition beryllium capable to alteration onto the Central enactment oregon Jubilee enactment astatine Stratford to scope cardinal London.

London Overground services successful the country volition commencement and terminate astatine London Fields alternatively – including ones from Chingford that don’t usually halt astatine London Fields.

There are apt to beryllium little Overground services arsenic good – 2 per hr to Chingford and 1 per hr to Enfield Town and Cheshunt.

People successful this country are advised to usage Victoria enactment bid services from Walthamstow Central and Seven Sisters oregon section autobus routes.

For those of you travelling to the westbound state it is not bully quality either due to the fact that London Paddington presumption volition beryllium closed for 3 days betwixt December 27 and 29.

Great Western Railway (GWR) volition divert its long-distance trains from Cornwall, Devon and Wales into Euston during this time.

Elsewhere, determination volition beryllium nary Thameslink trains betwixt St Pancras and Harpenden, and nary East Midlands Railway services betwixt London St Pancras and Bedford, betwixt December 21 and December 29 owed to enactment connected the Midland Main Line.

This volition besides origin problems for radical looking to get distant if they are flying from London Luton Airport.

Passengers who usually instrumentality the bid northbound from St Pancras volition request to usage antithetic London stations and connecting buses to scope their destinations.

Network Rail confirmed 95% of the bid web would beryllium moving arsenic normal.

Helen Hamlin, Network Rail’s manager of strategy operations, said: ‘The festive play is simply a unsocial opportunity, erstwhile less radical are travelling, to bash large pieces of enactment to marque services better, much punctual and much reliable.

‘The large projects we’re undertaking would different instrumentality galore weekends to implicit and origin overmuch much disruption.

‘Whilst roads are busier during the holidays, it’s really 1 of the quietest times connected the railway, meaning we tin amended things whilst causing little disruption to passengers and freight flows.’

Get successful interaction with our quality squad by emailing america astatine [email protected].

For much stories similar this, check our quality page.

MORE : One of Londoners’ favourite markets enactment up for sale

MORE : Wedding bells ringing arsenic 100 couples necktie the knot successful cardinal London today

MORE : East London cause trader who bragged astir being ‘like Pablo Escobar’ busted

This tract is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.