Early warning of disruption to your festive travel plans

MANY of the UK's busiest railway lines will be disrupted over the festive period because of engineering work, affecting thousands of passengers.

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Affected routes include lines serving London Waterloo and the Cambridge area, between Leeds and York, and the West Coast Main Line (WCML), Network Rail announced.

The Government-owned company said it will invest more than £130 million through work taking place during the days around Christmas and New Year.

It insisted this is the “best time” for it to conduct major projects because of the drop in passenger numbers, as commuter and business travel diminishes.