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West Coast Main Line passengers are being advised about railway improvements over the next two weekends which see no trains running between Lancaster and Carlisle.

Network Rail is replacing Clifton bridge, near Penrith, in 2026.

Rail passengers across the North West are advised to check before they travel this week as low temperatures and ice will make for difficult travel conditions.

Lorry drivers are being urged to know the height of their vehicle after a Birmingham bridge was hit three times in less than a week.

The railway between London and Scotland via the West Midlands and the North West has fully reopened after multiple engineering projects were successfully delivered.

Engineers have completed a complex track renewal through a narrow Victorian railway tunnel to improve West Coast Main Line journeys for passengers and freight.

Rail passengers travelling in the North West, West Midlands and on the West Coast Main Line between London and Scotland are advised to check before they travel this weekend as heavy snowfall is expected in some areas over the weekend.

Passenger and freight trains are now benefitting from a once in a generation overhaul of the signalling system serving one of Britain’s busiest railway junctions.