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Passengers from the West Midlands who use Euston station to travel to and from London are reminded to avoid rail travel for two days over the August bank holiday while work takes place to prepare for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Passengers travelling from Scotland who use Euston station to travel to and from London are reminded to avoid rail travel for two days over the August bank holiday while work takes place to prepare for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Passengers who use Euston station to travel to and from London are reminded to avoid rail travel for two days over the August bank holiday while work takes place to prepare for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Passengers from the north west who use Euston station to travel to and from London are reminded to avoid rail travel for two days over the August bank holiday while work takes place to prepare for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Passengers from Lancashire and Cumbria who are planning to use Euston station over the August bank holiday are reminded to avoid rail travel to and from London for two days while work takes place to prepare for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Police were today hunting thieves who have stolen more than £90,000 of copper wire from the railway in the past six weeks.

Services between Ely and Peterborough are being affected following the derailment of a freight train that has also caused significant damage to the track. Network Rail engineers expect that the recovery to take several days. Passengers are urged to check with their train operators before traveling this evening and over the next few days.

The final eye-catching piece of the Ordsall Chord, which will improve connectivity across the north of England, has been lifted into position by Network Rail.