West Coast Main Line Closed for Weekend Track Upgrades between Preston and Carlisle

West Coast Main Line passengers are being advised about a second weekend of railway improvements which see no trains running between Lancaster and Carlisle again this weekend.

Network Rail is carrying out important improvements to railway track again this Saturday and Sunday to make journeys more reliable in the future.

So engineers can safely carry out their work, the line between Lancaster and Carlisle will again be closed to trains on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January following closures and works last weekend.

Passengers are being advised to allow extra time to travel with parts of their journey involving a rail replacement service*.

The best way to find out if your journey could be impacted is to check before you travel at www.nationalrail.co.uk.

When complete railway foundation stone (ballast), sleepers and steel rails will be replaced along a 1.2km stretch of one of Europe’s busiest mixed use passenger and freight rail routes.

Phil James, Network Rail’s North West route director, said: “We know there’s never an ideal time to close the railway and we always try to plan our work to impact the fewest passengers possible. When complete, our work will bring better, smoother and more reliable journeys for passengers and freight on the West Coast Main Line.

“When upgrading the track we have no choice but to close sections of railway and stop trains running so engineers can quickly and safely carry out our work. I’d urge anyone wanting to travel over the weekends concerned to check National Rail Enquiries and plan ahead, allow extra time to get to where you need to be, and be prepared for some of your journey to be by bus.”

Avanti West Coast services between London Euston and Blackpool North / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central will terminate at / start from Preston.

A reduced service will run Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh.

A replacement bus services will run between Preston and Carlisle.

On Sunday, all Caledonian Sleeper services will be retimed and diverted away from the usual route, instead running via Peterborough / York. These services will not call at Watford Junction, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Carstairs, or Motherwell.

Northern

On Saturday TransPennine Express Trains between Manchester Airport and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh will run between Manchester Airport and Lancaster only. A separate service will run between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh.

A replacement bus service will run between Lancaster and Carlisle.

On Sunday TransPennine Express Trains between Manchester Airport and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh will run between Manchester Airport and Preston only. A separate service will run between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh.

A replacement bus service will run between Preston and Carlisle.

Northern Trains between Manchester Airport and Windermere will terminate at / start from Lancaster. Trains between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere will not run. Replacement bus services will run between Lancaster / Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere.

Northern Trains between Manchester Airport and Barrow-in-Furness / Windermere will terminate at / start from Lancaster, running to a reduced timetable. Trains between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere will not run.

Replacement bus services will run between Preston and Lancaster, and between Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District.

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