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Rail passengers on west coast mainline face disruption over Easter
The Guardian
|April 18, 2025
Train passengers face disruption on Britain's main intercity line over the next four days, with a later Easter bringing a busy bank holiday getaway by road, rail and air.
Engineering works will top and tail the west coast mainline over the long weekend, with train services cut from London Euston to Milton Keynes and replacement buses taking passengers north of Carlisle to Glasgow.
Limited services will run today and on Monday to Birmingham and Manchester from the capital, with no direct fast trains tomorrow and Sunday.
Network Rail said that most of the railway would stay open despite more than 300 engineering projects taking place. Works will also close London Victoria, diverting Southeastern services, and affect lines around Southampton.
This story is from the April 18, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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