A new timetable which launches next week will see faster journeys from Lynn to London, a rail operator has said.

Great Northern and Thameslink will have said there will be improved services when the new timetable is introduced on the East Coast Main Line on Sunday, December 14.

The operators say the timetable change takes advantage of a £4bn decade-long series of upgrades made to the route to introduce new long-distance services to London from the North of England.

From Sunday passengers will see additional peak time services between Cambridge, Letchworth Garden City and London King’s Cross, to create more space on trains for customers.

The new improvements are promising “faster journey times to London from key locations such as Lynn (seven minutes faster) and Cambridge, as well as stations along the route”.

There will be more evenly spaced departure times so customers don’t need to wait as long for a train, according to the operators.

The new timetable and services have been updated in online journey planners such as National Rail Enquiries and the timetable changes are also detailed station-by-station at www.ecmltimetable.info

Govia Thameslink Railway chief operating officer John Whitehurst said: “For our customers travelling to and from stations between London, Hertford North, Cambridge and King’s Lynn, this timetable will mean more passenger space at peak times where it is needed most, quicker trips to and from London from key destinations and more evenly spaced departure times so customers don’t need to wait as long for a train.

“The timetable will also ensure we are ready for new services to be introduced at Cambridge South station when it opens in June.”

Services between Lynn, Ely, Cambridge and King’s Cross will stop at the new Cambridge South station when it opens in June 2026.

Departure times have changed to support faster journey times by up to seven minutes – both during peak and off-peak hours from Lynn.

Also, a half-hourly ‘semi-fast’ service will operate between Cambridge and London King’s Cross in peak hours, providing faster journey times.

For those who travel from Peterborough to King’s Cross, the weekday peak Great Northern services between Peterborough and King’s Cross, which call at Huntingdon, St Neots, Biggleswade and Stevenage, will remain at five services per morning and afternoon/evening.

The current 8.05am service from Peterborough will be brought forward to provide an earlier fast service, departing at 05.43am.