Another weekend with no trains for Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough passengers

By Kevin Nicholls
Published 20th Feb 2020, 10:34 BST
Updated 20th Feb 2020, 10:36 BST
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Buses out in force as £1.5bn Midland Main Line upgrade continues

Rail passengers from Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough face another weekend without trains as work continues on a £1.5billion scheme to electrify the route to London.

Three new substations will be tested and a new 400kV supply point installed to feed power to the trains when East Midlands Railway's new all-electric services starts running through Northamptonshire to and from St Pancras in December 2020.

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But that means replacement buses for passengers between Leicester and Corby and Bedford on Saturday (February 22) and between Leicester and Corby and Luton on Sunday (February 23).

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EMR is urging passengers to check journeys before travelling via the eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk or National Rail Enquiries website as there will be a reduced service and journey times will take longer than usual.

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