Trains between Glasgow and London are grounded as rail passengers face disruption over the weekend

Rail passengers are facing major disruption today (Sunday 5 May) as all trains between London Euston and Glasgow are grounded.

The disruption is due to holiday engineering work taking place in the next round of industrial action by train engineers. Network Rail said it would carry out 487 planned projects between Saturday and Monday.

The most significant disruption to this work takes place today, when no trains will run between London Euston and Milton Keynes or between Glasgow and England.

This is due to engineering schemes on the West Coast Main Line at Crewe, Wigan and other locations.

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Anit Chandarana, director of system operator Network Rail, said: “The vast majority of the railway will be open for business as normal.

“We know that people want to travel by train rather than bus services and we are doing our best to fit as much work into these closures as possible to minimize the impact on passengers and freight customers.

“This month’s work will see new rail installed on one of the world’s busiest mixed-use railways – the West Coast Main Line – along with work to replace worn equipment at the Crewe junctions.

“We also have more work to do to build a new station at Cambridge South, which will play a key role in developing the city and its new biomedical campus in a sustainable way.”

Train drivers who are members of the 16-operator union Aslef will launch a six-day ban on overtime on Monday, which is expected to cause cancellations at short notice.

Union members will also stage three one-day strikes at different operators between May 7 and 9, meaning parts of the country will have no rail services on those days.

Aslef has been embroiled in a nearly two-year dispute over pay, with no talks held for more than a year.

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It emerged on Thursday that the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators, had written to Aslef suggesting informal talks could take place which could lead to more formal negotiations.

Meanwhile, motorists are being warned to expect long delays as millions embark on bank holiday getaways.

The RAC said it expected 16 million motorists to make a leisure trip by car between Friday and Monday.

Motorists wishing to avoid the worst of the congestion are urged to travel before 9am or after 5pm throughout the Bank Holiday period.

Aviation analytics company Cirium said Friday was the busiest day of the year so far for UK airports, with more than 3,000 departures.

A total of 8,486 flights are scheduled to depart between Saturday and Monday, representing more than 1.5 million seats.