One of London’s busiest railway stations is set to close for almost a week during the Easter break.
If you need to catch a train from Euston over Easter, brace for a longer journey and queueing up for a replacement bus.
The station, known for its signature ‘Euston rush’ when passengers dash to the platforms, will shut for six days in April so that Network Rail
Euston will be closed from Good Friday, April 3, until Wednesday, April 8, meaning there are no Avanti West Coast or London Northwestern Railway trains.
You can view all Easter disruptions by scrolling down and clicking on the map below.
All trains between Euston, Scotland, the North West of England and West Midlands will terminate at Milton Keynes Central instead, National Rail warned.
There will be a rail replacement bus taking passengers between Milton Keynes and Euston during the closure.
Chris Liptrot, Avanti’s operations director, said: ‘While Network Rail carry out this essential work, we’ll be operating an amended timetable with journeys to and from London Euston involving changes or rail replacement buses.
‘We strongly advise customers making journeys to or from London Euston between 3 and 8 April to plan ahead and check the National Rail website before travelling.’
If you have to travel to an airport for an Easter getaway, some of the routes to London airports have slight changes.
Heathrow Airport trains will have a late start on Sunday. On the Stansted route, the tracks will be closed between Stratford and Tottenham Hale over Easter until 6pm every day, so you will have to travel via London Liverpool Street.
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You can check the full list of airport train disruptions here.
Other London rail closures during Easter
Meanwhile, a reduced service will run between Waterloo and Clapham Junction stations due to railway works.
This will affect the route between Good Friday and Monday, April 6, National Rail said, and passengers will have to change trains at Clapham Junction.
Queenstown Road Battersea station will also shut over the Easter weekend.
List of Easter Tube and other TfL closures
It will be business as usual on most Tube lines, but some routes will be closed over Easter for maintenance works.
Here are closures taking place on the TfL network in early April.
London Underground
- Hammersmith & City – Closed between Friday, April 3 and Monday April 6
- Bakerloo line – Closed from Stonebridge Park to Harrow & Wealdstone from April 3-April 6, and closed from Queen’s Park to Harrow & Wealdstone between Saturday, April 4 – Sunday, April 5
- District line – No service from Whitechapel to Upminster and from Earl’s Court to Kensington (Olympia) from Friday, April 3 – Monday, April 6
- Northern line – No service between Camden Town and Kennington via Bank from Monday – Thursday after 10pm until late spring
Elizabeth line
Sunday, April 5:
- No trains between Paddington and Ealing Broadway until 7.45am
- Trains won’t stop at Acton Main Line, Hanwell and West Ealing
- Reduced service between Paddington and Maidenhead, and from Abbey Wood to Heathrow T4
Monday, April 6:
- A reduced service between Paddington and Maidenhead, and at Heathrow T4 after 10pm
- Trains won’t stop at Acton Main Line, Hanwell and West Acton after 10.30pm
London Overground
Lioness line:
- No trains from Willesden Junction to Watford Junction, and a reduced service between Euston and Willesden Junction on Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6
- No trains between Euston and Watford Junction on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5
Mildmay line:
- Line closure between Willesden Junction and Richmond on Sunday, April 5
- No trains southbound from Willesden Junction to Shepherd’s Bush until 6.15am
Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
- No DLR trains from Bank and Tower Gateway to Poplar and West India Quay between Friday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 8
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