Rail passengers warned over six-day Easter shutdown on west coast mainline

Network Rail says the engineering work during the Easter shutdown is part of a £400m project to increase the reliability of the west coast mainline. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Rail passengers planning to travel over the Easter break face disrupted journeys owing to a six-day shutdown on Britain’s biggest intercity line.

Engineering work means there will be no west coast mainline services between London Euston and Milton Keynes from Good Friday (3 April) to Wednesday 8 April.