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Aug 19 2008
Midland rail passengers are being warned by Virgin Trains to expect severe disruption on its West Coast Main Line services for a fortnight, starting this weekend....
Aug 19 2008
Network Rail says maintenance work on the West Coast Main Line is just a small price to pay for what will result in a much-improved service. ...
May 22 2008
Regular commuters on the West Coast Main Line have grown used to delays, cancellations and crowded carriages....
May 13 2008
The first of a series of weekend major engineering works will mean a section of a key London to Scotland rail route will close this Saturday and Sunday. ...
May 3 2008
The £8.6bn modernisation of the West Coast Main Line through Birmingham and the West Midlands should be finished by Christmas....
Apr 17 2008
New rail carriages will be introduced to the West Coast Main Line from 2011 - but passengers will not be allowed to use them for at least a year....
Mar 26 2008
Control of the West Coast Main Line rail franchise appeared to be slipping through Virgin Trains' hands last night, as its bitter row with the Government escalated....
Feb 28 2008
Rail infrastructure company Network Rail has been fined a record £14 million following serious engineering work overruns over the New Year....
Feb 28 2008
Passengers face a summer of misery on a main London to Scotland rail line, Network Rail has confirmed.Network Rail (NR) will have to close sections of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) on as many as 13 weekends this summer to finish an upgrade. Passengers were already resigned to closures over bank holidays, including disruption to services over Easter....
Feb 28 2008
Network Rail yesterday revealed details of further work on a Midland line - as it prepares to be hit with a record fine today for engineering overrun failures on the same track....
