Major rail improvement works to affect train travel in Leeds over May bank holiday weekends

Major train works will affect train travel across Leeds and Yorkshire over the May bank holiday weekends.

The programme of engineering work will affect services during the bank holiday weekends of May 2-4 (May Day) and May 23-25 (Spring Bank), when fewer passengers typically travel.

Projects include continuing electrification works as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade and essential upgrades to track, structures and drainage on the East Coast Main Line past York.

Passengers are being reminded to check before they travel over both weekends. Here’s everything you need to know...

Transpennine Route Upgrade works

• On May 2, 3 and 23, no trains will call at Huddersfield and Slaithwaite stations, with amended timetables in place.
• From May 4 to 8​, there will be no services departing Huddersfield towards Dewsbury and Leeds.
• From April 20 to May 26, Brighouse station car park will be closed to facilitate bus replacement services to and from Huddersfield.

East Coast Main Line works

• CrossCountry: Rail replacement buses will operate between York and Darlington.
• London King’s Cross service: On Saturday and Monday, the 11.00 London King’s Cross to Sunderland will terminate at York and call additionally at Doncaster. The 15.32 Sunderland to London King’s Cross will start from York and call additionally at Doncaster. On Sunday, the 12.00 London King’s Cross to Sunderland will terminate at York and call additionally at Doncaster. The 14.30 Sunderland to London King’s Cross will start from York and additionally call at Doncaster.

• LNER: Trains to and from the south will start and terminate at York, with trains to and from the north starting or terminating at Darlington or Northallerton. Rail replacement services will be in place between York, Northallerton and Darlington to assist with connections.
• Northern (May 2-4 only): A rail replacement bus service will be in place between Poppleton and York.
• TransPennine Express: No trains between York and Northallerton. Replacement buses will operate between York and Darlington/Redcar Central.