Following your article, "Months of delay on Thames trains" (The Argus, September 4), I would like to reassure customers who use the Brighton to Bedford line that, although engineering work will be taking place from this month for 12 weeks, it will only take effect at weekends and on some weekday nights.

This means the line will be open and Thameslink Trains will be running on weekdays as normal.

Commuters will not be affected as work is scheduled to finish at 5am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, allowing the normal service to resume as advertised in our new winter timetable.

This also means that trains travelling south during weekdays will stop as normal at Kings Cross Thameslink, Farringdon, Barbican, Moorgate and City Thameslink.

Your article also stated that in September 2004, trains running from Brighton to London run to Kings Cross.

This is incorrect. Northbound trains from Brighton will terminate at Kings Cross Thameslink station, not Kings Cross as reported.

We have also produced a leaflet entitled How To Travel which gives comprehensive information about the works, alternative travel details and helpline numbers. This leaflet can be downloaded from the web site.

-Chris Hudson, communications manager, Thameslink Rail Limited