More
than

800
railway
improvement
projects
are
planned
by
Network
Rail
during
the
two
bank
holidays
in
May,
when
a
total
of
£135
million
will
be
invested.

Most
of
the
work
takes
the
form
of
‘normal’
weekend
engineering
overnight,
when
few
passenger
trains
are
running.

Between
4
and
6
May,
continuing
work
on
the
new
station
at
Cambridge
South
will
cause
some
disruption
on
routes
around
the
city.
Track
renewals
in
the
Coventry
area
mean
no
trains
will
run
between
Birmingham
Airport,
Rugby
and
Leamington
Spa.

On
5
May
there
will
be
no
trains
between
London
Euston
and
Milton
Keynes
Central,
while
there
will
also
be
no
services
between
London
and
Glasgow
on
the
West
Coast
route
because
of
further
possessions
in
various
places,
including
Crewe
and
Wigan.
Track
is
to
be
renewed
around
Liverpool
on
5
and
6
May.

Network
Rail’s
system
operator
director
Anit
Chandarana
said:
‘I’m
pleased
to
say
that
while
we’re
continuing
our
investment
in
making
Britain’s
railway
more
reliable
this
May,
the
vast
majority
of
the
railway
will
be
open
for
business
as
normal.
We
know
people
want
to
travel
by
train
and
not
replacement
bus
and
we
do
our
best
to
fit
as
much
work
as
we
can
into
these
closures
to
minimise
the
impact
on
passengers
and
freight
customers.’

Disruption
of
a
different
kind
will
affect
various
English
operators
next
week,
when
drivers’
union
ASLEF
stages
further
strikes
in
its
continuing
pay
dispute.
As
before,
this
will
be
a
series
of
‘rolling’
strikes,
affecting
different
groups
of
operators
each
day.
A
ban
on
overtime
and
rest-day
working
will
be
in
force
all
week,
and
this
could
also
cause
some
delays
or
cancellations.