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Emergency night-time work is taking place to repair multiple landslips beside the railway between Coventry and Rugby.

Rail passengers and road users are being warned of disruption because of a fault with three automatic level crossings on the Marston Vale line in Bedfordshire.

Emergency work to secure a landslip hit section of the West Coast main line near Warrington has successfully reopened the railway for passengers a day ahead of schedule.

Emergency repairs will continue tonight to shore up a railway embankment on the West Coast main line near Warrington.

• £113m Railway Upgrade Plan investment to track, overhead lines and signalling will make Britain’s rail network more reliable for future journeys
• The investment means changes to journeys between Euston, the Midlands, North West and Scotland this Easter
• Passengers please plan ahead if travelling between 10-13 April

Rail passengers are being warned of major disruption after Storm Jorge caused a landslip on the West Coast main line near Warrington.

Platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly are now being treated like ‘a station within a station’ to improve peak times for passengers.

Passengers are being thanked for their patience after nine days of upgrade work to make the railway in East Lancashire more reliable and improve future journeys.