Newcastle United fans facing disruption for Crystal Palace match as Kings Cross closed for engineering works

Daniel Hall
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Newcastle fans at Selhurst Park in January 2023
-Credit: (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)


Newcastle United fans heading for London face travel disruption for next weekend's Premier League match against Crystal Palace.

The Magpies take on the Eagles at Selhurst Park at 3pm on Saturday, November 30. However, engineering works in London Kings Cross area will see the station closed for the entire weekend, meaning there are no direct train services between Newcastle and the capital.

Network Rail is renewing the track, overhead wires and signalling on the approach to Kings Cross; and building a new tunnel north of Peterborough. It is hoped that this will remove timetable constraints caused by slower freight trains crossing over the East Coast Main Line, which runs between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross.

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Here's how the engineering works will affect the train companies which run services between the North East and London Kings Cross on November 30 and December 1.

Grand Central

There will be no Grand Central services running next weekend.

LNER

No LNER service will run to or from Kings Cross. Some services will run to or from St Neots.

There will be replacement buses in operation between Bedford and St Neots, where they will connect to trains running to and from London St Pancras International. Other LNER services will run to and from Peterborough.

Lumo

All Lumo services running to or from Kings Cross will be cancelled, other than the following:

Saturday

  • The 05:36 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service will terminate at Newcastle.

  • The 05:48 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh service will start from Newcastle.

  • The 12:56 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service will terminate at Peterborough. A replacement bus service will operate from Peterborough direct to London Kings Cross, calling at no stops.

  • The 15:48 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh service will start from Peterborough. A replacement bus service will operate from London Kings Cross direct to Peterborough, calling at no stops.

Sunday

  • The 08:52 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh service will start from Newcastle.

  • The 13:56 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service will terminate at Peterborough. A replacement bus service will operate from Peterborough direct to London Kings Cross, calling at no stops.

  • The 15:50 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service will terminate at Newcastle.

  • The 16:24 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh service will start from Peterborough. A replacement bus service will operate from London Kings Cross direct to Peterborough, calling at no stops.

  • The 19:24 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh service will start from Newcastle.

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