Virgin Trains and London Northwestern Railway services will not operate to or from London Euston on Easter Sunday (1 April) to allow essential rail upgrades to take place at Wembley, customers were reminded today.
Train customers planning trips to and from Euston on the West Coast main line this Easter bank holiday are urged to plan their travel on days other than the Sunday.
As part of Britain’s Railway Upgrade Plan, Network Rail engineers are doing preparatory work to enable the wholesale replacement of north Wembley junction in August. The junction is old, worn out and needs replacing. Passengers will ultimately benefit from a more reliable service.
While the railway is closed to trains for Network Rail’s work, HS2 Ltd will make use of the opportunity to carry on with preparatory work for Britain’s new high speed railway.
Euston station’s Easter Sunday shutdown will affect rail services throughout the West Coast main line including at Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and Scotland.
Services on the Saturday (31 March) and the Monday (2 April) of the long weekend will also be busier as fewer trains than normal will be running.
London Overground and Caledonian Sleeper services however, will run as normal to and from Euston throughout the weekend including the Sunday.
Euston’s shops and access to London Underground are set to operate as normal throughout the Easter weekend.
