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Urgent repairs to a Victorian railway viaduct over the River Tame in Greater Manchester have restarted after three major storms forced Network Rail engineers to down tools.

Specially trained sniffer dogs are now being used to track down metal thieves who cause major delays to passengers and freight on the West Coast main line between London Euston and Crewe.

Specially trained sniffer dogs are now being used to track down metal thieves who cause major delays to passengers and freight on the Chiltern main line and key West Midlands rail routes.

Specially trained sniffer dogs are now being used to track down metal thieves who cause major delays to passengers and freight on North West rail routes.

Rail passengers are being warned that the third major storm in just five days is set to bring further travel disruption across the North West.

Rail passengers are being advised to check before they travel this weekend as engineers rapidly repair railway lines after one of the worst storms in 30 years.

Gale force winds from Storm Eunice have closed Preston station to passengers for safety reasons.

Network Rail has stopped all trains in and out of London Euston due to Storm Eunice.