Passengers are being reminded that there’s major disruption on the railways around York this weekend.
Most trains from York Station will be replaced by buses.
Only a few services, including those to Scarborough, are running as normal.
From Saturday (24 October) until Sunday 1 November, no trains will run on the mainline between York and Leeds.
And both this weekend (24-25 October) and next (Saturday 31 October-Sunday 1 November), trains between Darlington, York and Doncaster will also be replaced by buses.
The nine-day closure of the York-Leeds route is so the old railway bridge at Church Fenton can be replaced by a new one as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
Other weekend closures are to allow engineers to carry out a major programme of improvements on the East Coast Main Line.
“Track, drainage and overhead line equipment will be renewed across various North Yorkshire locations to provide smoother, more reliable journeys,” Network Rail says.
Details for each operator
CrossCountry: Buses will replace trains between Leeds and Darlington all weekend. These buses will run directly between Leeds and Darlington and will not call at York.
Grand Central: There will be no Grand Central service between London King’s Cross and Sunderland. (affects York,Thirsk and Northallerton)
LNER: Buses will replace trains between Doncaster and Darlington, and between Wakefield Westgate and York. Trains between London King’s Cross and Doncaster, and between Darlington and Edinburgh, will run a reduced service of two trains per hour with one train per hour running between Northallerton and Edinburgh.
Northern: No Northern trains will run between Moorthorpe/Leeds/Selby/Poppleton and York all weekend. Rail replacement buses will run between Moorthorpe/Micklefield/Selby/Poppleton and York.
TransPennine Express:
- 24-25 October – No TransPennine Express trains will run between Wakefield Kirkgate/Leeds and Northallerton, or between York and Redcar Central/Saltburn.
- Trains between York and Scarborough, and between Leeds and Hull, are unaffected.
- Rail replacement buses will run between Leeds and York, and between York and Redcar Central/Saltburn.
- 31 October-1 November – Buses will replace trains between Leeds and York. Trains between York and Scarborough will run normally.