WORK to improve the rail network in Warrington has been completed.

Dozens of Network Rail engineers carried out vital work to make the West Coast main line – Europe’s busiest mixed use railway - more reliable.

It saw sections of the line closed over the bank holiday

Almost 1,000 metres of new drainage was installed at Golborne between Warrington and Wigan.

The work involved closing sections of the railway between London Euston station and Scotland so engineers could carry out major track and drainage upgrades quickly and safely.

Passengers are being asked to check before they travel ahead of further improvements over the Spring bank holiday weekend from May 25 to May 27 when engineers will carry out track upgrades on the West Coast main line in Milton Keynes, Stafford and Crewe, as well as between Lancaster and Carlisle.

James Dean, Network Rail’s passenger director, said: “Thank you to passengers for their patience over the bank holiday weekend while we carried out major track and drainage upgrades to our railway. We only close Euston when absolutely necessary and the track improvements that took place this weekend could not have been delivered while the station was open.

“As we look ahead to the late May bank holiday, our advice is to plan ahead and always check before you travel with National Rail Enquiries or your train operator.”