Passengers are being thanked for their patience after overhead wire damage forced the West Coast main line to close between Wigan and Preston this morning. 

Passengers are warned to check before travelling today after overhead wire damage forced closure of the West Coast main line between Wigan and Preston.

Network Rail has completed work to reopen the line between Kilmarnock and Dumfries and passenger services have now resumed (Monday March 16) following damage during Storm Ciara.

Southend rail passengers are able to catch their usual train from Monday 16 March after a speed restriction at Maryland, near Stratford, was lifted.

Rail passengers travelling on the Cumbrian Coast line are advised to check before they travel while emergency repairs are made to a damaged underbridge.

Four stations on Network Rail’s Sussex Route, served by Southern and Thameslink, are to benefit from new Access for All funding announced in yesterday’s budget.

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity visited the site of the landslip beneath the railway between Kilmarnock and Dumfries to review progress and thank the teams for their efforts to get the line open again.

The Cross City line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street is fully open after a fallen tree tore down overhead power lines earlier this week.