Tube and rail passengers face major disruption this weekend due to part closures of the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines and the London Overground.
Passengers heading to or from Stansted airport will also be affected as trains will call at Seven Sisters not Tottenham Hale on Saturday.
The Piccadilly line will be closed north of King’s Cross from the end of service on Friday night, meaning no services between the station and Cockfosters until Monday morning, August 5.
Rail replacement buses will run between Cockfosters and Finchley Central, and between Arnos Grove and Finsbury Park.
The Piccadilly line part-closure is to enable station platforms to be modified ahead of the arrival of new walk-through, air conditioned trains on the line from next year.
In addition, there will be no Night Tube north of King’s cross overnight on Friday and Saturday. The Night Tube will not run between King’s Cross and Hyde Park Corner until 3.30am on Saturday.
The Stansted Express services will run via Seven Sisters and will not serve Tottenham Hale on Saturday. Services to/from Stansted Airport will only run via Tottenham Hale on Sunday, August 4.
Seven Sisters – which does not have step-free access - is expected to be much busier, with queuing likely. Passengers with mobility issues are advised to travel via Liverpool Street.
The Bakerloo line will be closed north of Queen’s Park from Saturday (August 3), meaning no services between the station and Harrow & Wealdstone. This closure will continue until next Thursday, August 8.
Similarly, the London Overground line – the Lioness line - that shares the same tracks as it runs between Euston and Watford Junction will also be closed from Saturday until Thursday.
TfL is advising passengers to use buses to connect with the Jubilee or Metropolitan lines.
Customers for central London can also use London Northwestern Railway services from Watford Junction, Bushey, Wembley Central or Harrow & Wealdstone. These services will continue to run during the works.
The Lioness line was renamed after the England women’s football team in honour of their victory in the 2022 Euros at Wembley Stadium.
Two Lionesses, captain Leah Williamson and forward Chloe Kelly, who scored the winning goal in the final against Germany, have spoken about the significance of the line being renamed, and the legacy from the victory, in TfL’s Mind the Gap podcast.
The closure of the Overground’s Weaver line, between Hackney Downs and Chingford via Walthamstow Central, continues until Sunday, August 4.
The closure is due to Network Rail bridge replacement works. Rail replacement buses will run every 20 minutes, calling at all stations.
In addition, revised services will be operating between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town/Cheshunt. There will be fewer trains on Friday, August 2.
On Sunday, there will be no Overground service between Barking and Barking Riverside.
There will also be reduced service on the DLR between Stratford and Lewisham and between Beckton and Canning Town. This is due to work to expand the train depot ahead of the introduction of new DLR trains later this year.
In addition to the engineering work on the Tube, passengers on the Northern line will have to contend with the long-running closures of two stations.
Both Kentish Town and Colindale stations on the Northern line are expected to be closed until the end of 2024 due to rebuilding work.
