Train services are already running on reduced timetables due to the ongoing rail strikes but now commuters face more misery as the West Coast Mainline, between Carlisle and Glasgow, remains "significantly damaged" following the floods that hit the region last week.
Travellers are likely to have their journeys interrupted after the Network Rail announced no trains will run between Carlisle and Glasgow until Friday, January 6.
It comes as an embankment beneath the railway was "significantly damaged" during extreme weather last Friday, December 30.
