Greater Anglia has issued a disruption warning as London Liverpool Street station will be closed for a week over the Christmas period.

The station will be closed from December 25 to January 1, with services resuming on January 2.

This is due to strengthening work on Bishopsgate Tunnel and projects to improve the passenger experience at London Liverpool Street.

The closure is part of a wider programme of engineering works which will affect services to and from London Liverpool Street and Cambridge over the Christmas and New Year period.

As a result, Greater Anglia has issued travel advice to passengers planning to use train services during this time.

Martin Beable, managing director of Greater Anglia, said: "While most of our services will be running over the festive period, so that people can continue to travel across East Anglia and beyond, engineering work is taking place and will affect passengers travelling on both main lines to and from London and in the Cambridge area.

"Since the railway tends to be much quieter over this period, Network Rail uses it to carry out essential upgrade work that will help Greater Anglia to continue operating a very punctual and reliable service for customers in 2025.

"We apologise for the inconvenience caused by the service alterations, and we urge passengers to check before they travel as some journeys may take longer than normal."

Rail passengers are reminded to check before they travel so they are aware of earlier last train times on Christmas Eve, and timetable changes due to bank holidays and engineering works.

Many services to and from London will terminate at or start from Stratford with connections to and from central London via the Elizabeth Line and London Underground services.

On Christmas Eve, there will be an early shutdown with most services finishing by 10.15pm.

There will be no services on Christmas Day, and only a revised Stansted Express service will run on Boxing Day.

Customers are advised that there are major changes to services throughout the entire period between Christmas and New Year as Network Rail undertakes engineering projects.

Engineering work, including track renewals, renewal of the signalling system in the Cambridge area, and construction work for the new Cambridge South station, means there will be no services between both Royston/Audley End and Cambridge/Cambridge North between December 25 and January 5.

Rail replacement bus services will be in place between affected stations except on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Network Rail will also be continuing to build the new station at Beaulieu Park, including signalling and track work.

This means there will be rail replacement bus services between Billericay and Witham on December 27 and 28.

On New Year’s Eve, most normal scheduled services will operate, with rail replacement buses between Audley End and Cambridge, and between Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge.

Bank holiday timetables will be in place on New Year’s Day and normal services will resume on Thursday, January 2 across the majority of the network.

Lawrence Bowman, route director of Network Rail Anglia, said: "Christmas gives us the chance to get out on track for longer and get a huge amount of work done.

"This year, we’ll be making the most of the time when trains aren’t running to continue to deliver two brand new stations, Cambridge South and Beaulieu Park.

"Lots of improvement work is also happening at London Liverpool Street, while engineers will be carrying out maintenance, repairs and upgrades across the region.

"We’re really sorry for the disruption to services over this period, but the work is vital to maintaining reliability and building a better railway for the future."