King's Cross remodelling - The East Coast upgrade

• Project overview
• Affected GC services

The East Coast Upgrade overview

The multi-million pound investment is set to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the infrastructure at King’s Cross station, which will see a-mile-and-a-half of track, signalling and overhead line equipment re-thought, re-planned and re-laid.

At the same time, the project will create two new lines by re-opening a disused tunnel on the approach to King’s Cross; increasing the approach from four tracks to six.

For more information about The East Coast Upgrade, visit eastcoastupgrade.co.uk.

Disruption in November 2020

There will be no trains in and out of King’s Cross over the following weekend:

• Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November.

Due to the measures we have taken to ensure continued safe travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are recommending against all travel to London on this weekend, in order to avoid other train operators' services becoming too busy.

Will this affect other Grand Central services?

The following services will not run:

Friday 20 November

• 17:30 Sunderland to London King's Cross

Monday 23 November

• 08:27 London King's Cross to Sunderland

Disruption in December 2020

There will be no Grand Central services between December 25 and December 30, as well as January 1, with potential closures on December 31 as well, we encourage customers to book ahead - all Grand Central journeys can be changed without any processing fees.