King's Cross Station will be completely closed this weekend, No train services will run to or from the busy London station

King's Cross station will be completely closed this weekend.

The closure will mean no trains will run in or out of the busy train station to allow East Coast upgrade work to take place. Passengers are being warned ahead of time and are being advised to find alternative routes to London.

King's Cross station will be shut from: 

Saturday 29 to Sunday, March 1

Those intending to travel to and from the capital should be aware of cancellations to services including LNER, Grand Central, Great Northern and Thameslink and Hull Trains services.

With the popular station being shut all weekend it is likely to affect the plans of anyone wanting to make the most of the extra day courtesy of the leap year with a weekend away.

The station is shut due to planned engineering works at King’s Cross, meaning there will be no Thameslink services between Peterborough or Cambridge and London, and no Great Northern services between Hitchin and London, as work continues on the East Coast Upgrade.

The latest stage of this £1.2 billion investment into the route will see Network Rail engineers move part of the signalling control system to a specialist centre in York.

Train services are advising passengers not to travel to London unless completely necessary.

There will be no trains at all in or out of King’s Cross or Moorgate stations, and no Thameslink services between Peterborough or Cambridge and St Pancras station.

Despite no trains being able to enter or leave the actual station, King's Cross St Pancras tube station remains open and is unaffected by these works.

Great Northern trains will still run between King’s Lynn, Cambridge and Hitchin and Thameslink services will run between Bedford and Brighton via St Pancras as normal.

Brighton/Horsham to Cambridge/Peterborough services will run only between Brighton/Horsham and London Bridge.

Greater Anglia have said they will be running an amended service between Cambridge and Liverpool Street, which is likely to be busier than normal.

If you need to get to London and absolutely must travel, you should allow significantly more time and will need to use other rail routes, replacement bus services, or a combination of these, all of which will be extremely busy.