If you're travelling on the London Overground over the next 16 days, you may want to check the live status as part of the line will be shut.

Overground services between Chingford and Hackney Downs will be closed for just over two weeks, meaning you might need to rework your travel plans.

Starting this weekend, Saturday, July 20 all the way until Sunday, August 4 you will have to find an alternative route to your destination if you were hoping to hop on the London Overground between the two affected stops.

It's not just the Overground that's being impacted by works, as there are changes affecting both Geater Anglia and the Stanstead Express with services from London to Hertford East, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

The closures are being made to make repairs to the 150-year-old bridge in Hackney that sits between Downs Park Road and Bodne Road.

National Rail shared that repairs for the bridge are needed as it's in very poor condition and needs to be replaced to stop any further closures.

Across the 16 days, engineers working on the bridge, will demolish the original structure and build a new one.

You can check the full TfL service via the website. 

When services on the London Overground will be affected?

As previously stated, there will be no services between Hackney Downs and Chingford during the 16 days.

That means there will be no Overground service to or from the following stations: Clapton, St James Street, Walthamstow Central, Wood Street, Highams Park and Chingford.

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Will there be rail replacement services? 

During the 16 days that the London Overground will be out of use, there will be rail replacement buses operating from Hackney Downs and Chingford every 20 minutes calling at all impacted stations.

You can also take the London Underground or bus routes that serve the impacted routes.