Thursday 5 Mar 2026
East Anglia railway open for Easter getaway
Region & Route:
Eastern: Anglia
Passengers wishing to travel across East Anglia this Easter can travel with confidence as the vast majority of the network will be open over the long bank holiday weekend.
Following planned weekend closures in March, London Liverpool Street will be open with all services running from the London terminus as usual over the long Easter weekend. Greater Anglia services along the Great Eastern mainline will run to all scheduled destinations including Southend Victoria, Chelmsford, Colchester Ipswich and Norwich.
West Anglia mainline services including the Stansted Express will be able to travel to Cambridge and Stansted Airport via Tottenham Hale. London Overground Weaver line services will also operate from Liverpool Street station as usual to Chesthunt, Enfield Town and Chingford.
While the vast majority of the network will be open, planning ahead will be essential for some passengers travelling on certain routes as engineering work is taking place. These works include:
- Continuing the re-signalling renewal work between Cambridge station and Ely
- Engineering work is taking place between Fenchurch Street and Barking to support Thames Water bridge repairs and to support DLR track renewal at Limehouse.
- General maintenance and repair of the track between Stratford and Meridian Water.
Travel Information:
Passengers travelling via Cambridge station (using Greater Anglia, Great Northern CrossCountry)
On Saturday 28 March and Sunday 29 March and then from Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April, buses replace trains between:
- Cambridge and Ely/Bury St Edmunds.
- Cambridge and Kings Lynn.
- Stansted Airport and Ely.
Trains will continue to operate between Cambridge and Stansted Airport/London Liverpool Street / London King’s Cross and towards Brighton. Trains between Ely and Norwich, and between Peterborough and Ipswich (via Ely) will also continue to operate.
Passengers travelling between Stratford and Meridian Water (Greater Anglia)
On Sunday 5 April only, Greater Anglia services will not operate between Meridian Water and Stratford. Train services that normally operate between Hertford East and Stratford will be diverted to Liverpool Street between 08.00 and 18.00.
Passengers travelling to/from Fenchurch Street (c2c)
From Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April, c2c services to/from Fenchurch Street will be diverted to Liverpool Street, calling at Stratford but not calling at Limehouse or West Ham. A Sunday level service will be in operation on Good Friday and Easter Monday, with earlier first trains and later last trains (similar to standard c2c Saturday timetable).
Jamie Burles on behalf of Greater Anglia and Network Rail said: : “This Easter the majority of the railway across East Anglia will be open for passengers to enjoy their long Easter bank holiday to the city, country or coast.
“This not only benefits our passengers, but also the communities we serve by providing a high performing train service with great value fares that encourages travel and tourism on these long and hopefully sunny weekends.
“We have some limited engineering work happening in Cambridge and in London, but I hope people will take advantage of our network being mostly open this bank holiday.”
Jenny Saunders, Customer Services Director for Great Northern, said: “Most of our Great Northern network will be open as usual but for passengers at stations between King’s Lynn and Cambridge, this essential engineering work will mean a longer journey by bus. Please do plan ahead using our online journey planner at www.greatnorthernrail.com.”
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