Essential infrastructure work will see buses replace trains at Mill Hill Broadway, Hendon, Brent Cross West and Cricklewood stations

A Thameslink train at Cricklewood Station

Passengers are warned that buses will replace trains on sections of the Thameslink route between London and Bedford during nine weekends between February and June.

The engineering work which will see “major strides” made in a project delivering better journeys on the Midland Main Line.

But it does mean that between Saturday 22nd February to early June, engineers will be carrying out essential infrastructure work to upgrade the overhead lines that power trains between Bedford and London, via Mill Hill Broadway, Hendon, Brent Cross West and Cricklewood stations in Barnet borough.

Thameslink and East Midlands Railway journeys passing through London St Pancras International will be significantly altered and are likely to involve a bus.

In addition, teams will be removing a temporary bridge at Agar Grove in Camden. This follows the successful replacement of the bridge deck over Christmas, bringing the project a step closer to completion.

Jenny Saunders, customer service director for Thameslink, said: “These upgrades will bring about big change on the Midland Main Line from London to Bedford – but for this to happen, passengers will experience some disruption on weekends while engineers are hard at work.

“I’d like to thank people for their patience while these works are ongoing and apologise to those who may need to change plans because of this.

“We’ll have staff up and down the network ready to support you on your travels, but the most important message is to check before you leave for your journey, using the Thameslink website.”

For more information about how rail journeys will be affected on which weekends:
Visit networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/east-midlands/midland-main-line-upgrade

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