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.

Crossing the busy Brighton Main Line at Dean Farm, near Salfords, is soon to be much safer for pedestrians as Network Rail begins work to build a new footbridge and remove the outdated footpath level crossing currently in use.

Residents living near the railway between Preston and Blackpool North are invited to one of two drop-in events in Salwick and Preston next week to find out more about the next phase of upgrade work.