People travelling across the North West and further afield are being advised to plan ahead with Network Rail’s busy period of Christmas engineering work just a fortnight away.

People travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West and Cumbria are being advised to plan ahead with Network Rail’s busy period of Christmas engineering work just a fortnight away.

Passengers in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and East London are advised to check before they travel this Christmas and in 2019 as major railway upgrades are planned.

The former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station reopened permanently this morning (10 December) for the first time since international services moved to St Pancras in 2007, as part of the £800 million project to increase capacity on the South Western Railway network.

Toilets at Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and Liverpool Lime Street railway stations will be free to use from next Monday.

Network Rail and main contractor Taziker have won best entry at the 2018 National Railway Heritage Awards for the £75m restoration of the Tay Bridge.

Work is underway to install new lifts at Lichfield Trent Valley station to ensure it's accessible for everyone by summer 2019.

• 72% of people who responded to the consultation support the potential new rail link from Reading and Slough to London Heathrow Airport