Train disruption expected for Bedford passengers as Flitwick station gets new tracks
Passengers are being warned of disruption to their journeys next week while accessible upgrades are carried out to tracks in Flitwick.
Network Rail will install 642 metres of new rail on Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19.
At the same time, the old footbridge at Harlington station will be removed and progress made to the Access for All project at Luton station.
No East Midlands Railway (EMR) services will run between Bedford and London St Pancras. The amended service will run between Sheffield/Derby/Nottingham and Bedford, and between Corby and Kettering/Bedford. Replacement buses will run between Bedford and Hitchin, and tickets will be valid on Great Northern/Thameslink services between Hitchin and London.
Buses will also replace Thameslink trains between Bedford and Harpenden.
A revised train service will run between Harpenden and Brighton, and between London Bridge and Rainham on April 18.
And on April 19, a revised train service will run between Harpenden and Brighton, West Hampstead Thameslink and Three Bridges/Horsham/Sutton, London Bridge and Rainham.