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| King’s Cross trains cancelled after Christmas engineering work overruns | King’s Cross trains cancelled after Christmas engineering work overruns |
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| All Saturday’s trains in and out of King’s Cross, the busiest station in London, have been cancelled because engineering work on the east coast mainline has overrun. | |
| King’s Cross was closed on Friday evening and will remain so for a further 24 hours as work to install new overhead power cables on tracks running north of the station, scheduled to finish on Boxing Day, has taken longer than expected. | King’s Cross was closed on Friday evening and will remain so for a further 24 hours as work to install new overhead power cables on tracks running north of the station, scheduled to finish on Boxing Day, has taken longer than expected. |
| Before Christmas, Network Rail warned passengers that a £200m engineering project scheduled for the period between Christmas and new year would affect stations across the network, with an estimated 11,000 engineers working on Christmas Day. | Before Christmas, Network Rail warned passengers that a £200m engineering project scheduled for the period between Christmas and new year would affect stations across the network, with an estimated 11,000 engineers working on Christmas Day. |
| Passengers needing to use King’s Cross on Saturday will start and finish their journeys at Finsbury Park, two tube stops north on the Victoria line, while trains from King’s Cross will be running on a reduced service from the station when it reopens on Sunday. | Passengers needing to use King’s Cross on Saturday will start and finish their journeys at Finsbury Park, two tube stops north on the Victoria line, while trains from King’s Cross will be running on a reduced service from the station when it reopens on Sunday. |
| Paul Emberley, a spokesman for the train operator East Coast, said: “Network Rail has apologised to passengers for the inevitable delays to their travel plans on Saturday as a result of the overrunning engineering works. | Paul Emberley, a spokesman for the train operator East Coast, said: “Network Rail has apologised to passengers for the inevitable delays to their travel plans on Saturday as a result of the overrunning engineering works. |
| “East Coast is particularly sorry too for the inconvenience to its customers as a result, on what we know is an already very busy travel day immediately following the Christmas break. | “East Coast is particularly sorry too for the inconvenience to its customers as a result, on what we know is an already very busy travel day immediately following the Christmas break. |
| “For customers intending to start or finish their journey at King’s Cross, consideration should be given to deferring travel plans to either Sunday or Monday. | “For customers intending to start or finish their journey at King’s Cross, consideration should be given to deferring travel plans to either Sunday or Monday. |
| “We’re working hard over the holiday period to make the necessary adjustments to our timetable as a consequence, and to provide as much information as we can.” | “We’re working hard over the holiday period to make the necessary adjustments to our timetable as a consequence, and to provide as much information as we can.” |
| Network Rail said on its website that services to and from King’s Cross would be significantly disrupted. It said: “A revised timetable is currently being developed and will be made available as soon as possible. Please check our website regularly for updates.” | |