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Three key pieces of travel advice are being released for music fans planning journeys by rail when the Eurovision song contest comes to Liverpool next month.

Rail passengers travelling to Liverpool Lime Street for the Grand National are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start when the world-famous horse racing festival returns this Thursday.

Network Rail has completed a range of essential upgrades to the railway between London Euston, the Midlands, North West and Scotland over Easter.

The railway between Birmingham and Lichfield has reopened to passengers and freight this morning after major work to rebuild a bridge over the Cross City line this Easter.

The railway between Carlisle and Lancaster and in Crewe has reopened for passengers and freight today after major improvement work over the Easter bank holiday.

The railway between London Euston and Milton Keynes has reopened for passengers and freight today after major upgrades over Easter.

• 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.