London Northwestern Railway is urging passengers to check before traveling as upgrade work affects rail travel between Birmingham International, Coventry, and Rugby this Bank Holiday Weekend (25-27 August 2018).
Buses will replace trains between Birmingham International, Coventry and Rugby from Saturday 25 August to Monday 27 August.
Network Rail will be working in Canley to replace track and in Hampton-in-Arden to improve track drainage.
West Coast train passengers are also being urged not to travel to and from London this weekend when London Euston station will be closed, as Network Rail replaces North Wembley junction.
Customers are instead being advised to plan their journeys on dates other than 25-27 August and 1-2 September. Otherwise, they risk far longer, busier and less comfortable journeys than normal.
What did the officials say?
Martin Frobisher, Network Rail managing director for the London North Western route, said:
“These upgrades are a vital step towards us being able to provide better, more reliable journeys.
“The work we do is essential to keeping people and goods moving. There is never a good time to carry out engineering work, but we plan it over weekends and bank holidays which are traditionally quieter times to affect the fewest number of people.”
Richard Brooks, customer experience director for West Midlands Railway said:
“Our aim is to keep people moving if they have to travel over the August bank holiday. Improvement works are never convenient for anyone, but we will be running replacement buses to and from all stations affected to get people where they need to be. We advise customers to travel on alternative days if possible, as buses are likely to be very busy and will take significantly longer than usual.”
Peter Broadley, executive director for customer, operations and safety at Virgin Trains on the west coast, said:
“With no services into or out of Euston we strongly advise our customers to avoid travelling to London on the days affected. We know this will impact on people's travel plans, particularly over a Bank Holiday weekend so to make it easier we are lifting peak restrictions on the Fridays before these dates from 09:30 for the whole day.”
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The Class 378 train on that picture will soon be replace by the Class 710 Aventra units but I think London Overground should retain the rest of the Class 378s on the Euston-Watford DC Line and transfer some to operate on the East London Line. As well as transferring some on the North London Line and West London Line to be used on the East London Line. As Class 710s will be operated on most lines including on the Gospel Oak-Barking, Lea Valley Lines (Liverpool St-Cheshunt, Chingford & Enfield Town), Romford-Upminster and some of the Class 710s that will be 5-Car to operate on the Euston-Watford DC, North London Line and West London Line routes.