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• West Coast main line passengers urged to 'travel either side' of the Easter bank holiday (Thursday 6 April and Tuesday 11 April)
• Between Good Friday and Easter Monday no trains will run to or from London Euston - services will start and finish at Milton Keynes
• Journeys on those days will involve rail replacement buses, and other routes will be extremely busy
• Currently CrossCountry services through the Midlands are not running south of Oxford with the rail route closed for emergency viaduct repairs
• Long distance travellers are urged to re-check with their train operator on the impact this urgent work has on journeys

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel after suspected metal thieves caused signalling cables to catch fire on the railway in Shropshire.

Work on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade is continuing in April, with passengers reminded to check before they travel between Manchester and Sheffield.

Rail passengers travelling in the North West this Easter are being reminded to check before they travel while major railway upgrades take place to improve future journeys.

Rail passengers travelling on the Cross City line between Birmingham and Lichfield this Easter are being reminded to check before they travel during major work to replace a railway bridge.

Passengers planning on using the West Coast main line this Easter are being reminded to travel either side of the bank holiday with major improvements to a railway junction in Watford closing Euston for four days.

Platform canopies are being renovated at Worcester Shrub Hill station to preserve their heritage and improve passengers’ journeys.

Railway engineers are reaching the final phase of a major project to improve passenger journeys and safety for road users through Whaley Bridge in the High Peak.