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LNER urges passengers ‘don’t journey’ on East Coast rail line at the moment

NewsLNER urges passengers ‘don't journey’ on East Coast rail line at the moment
epa11288264 London North Eastern Railway (LNER) trains are seen at Kings Cross in London, Britain, 19 April 2024. LNER train services from London to Edinburgh will be seriously impacted on 20 April by an ASLEF train drivers strike. Drivers are striking due to an on going dispute over pay and conditions. EPA/ANDY RAIN
The route serves thousands and thousands annually (Image: EPA)

Rail passengers are being warned to not journey at the moment between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh attributable to pressing repairs to a bridge.

LNER passengers are in a position to make use of their tickets on different providers till Tuesday if their journey is impacted.

These embrace CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Better Anglia, Nice Northern and Thameslink, and ScotRail.

In a press release, LNER stated: ‘If you’re on board an LNER service, your Practice Supervisor will hold you up to date with details about the incident and the influence in your journey at the moment.

‘Our on-board group are working exhausting to maintain you snug while we get you transferring once more.

‘In the event you want any pressing assist – onward journey connections/flights, medical wants, and so on., please communicate to a member of the on-train group.’

What different routes can I take?

CrossCountry between Sheffield, Doncaster, Leeds, and York

East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras, Leicester and Sheffield

Better Anglia between Cambridge and Peterborough

Nice Northern and Thameslink between Kings Cross and Stevenage, Peterborough

ScotRail between Edinburgh and Glasgow

Community Rail has stated a bridge south of Chester-le-Road was broken in a single day. Employees, together with structural engineers, are at the moment on website.

Moreover, employees are anticipated on website at 11:30 to research the factors failure between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar.

The route usually runs from London’s King’s Cross to Edinburgh, stopping at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark Northgate, Retford, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Edinburgh Waverley, after which onward to Aberdeen and Inverness.

As we speak’s journey warning comes amid the peak of the Edinburgh Fringe Competition, which is nicely underway and wraps up later this month.

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