The Football Association stand accused of ignoring warnings about the travel disruption that will affect tens of thousands of Liverpool and Manchester City fans heading to Wembley next month.
Both sets of supporters face a logistical nightmare getting to London for their FA Cup semi-final clash due to no running trains from the North West to the capital over the Easter weekend.
Avanti West Coast confirmed it will not be running any trains into London Euston from April 15 to 18 because of engineering work that is scheduled to take place across a number of locations.
The travel company said further work is also slated on the West Coast Main Line, which will cause further alterations and disruption for travellers.
Services from Liverpool Lime Street will start and terminate at Rugby across the long weekend, while trains from Manchester Piccadilly will begin and end at Milton Keynes Central and run via Stoke-on-Trent.
