Find out which rail services will be hit by works over Easter

Reduced services will also be in operation on Saturday, March 31, and April 2, Easter Monday.

Virgin Trains and London Northwestern Railway services will not operate, to allow essential rail upgrades to take place at Wembley.

Train customers planning trips to and from Euston on the West Coast main line are urged to plan their travel on days other than the Sunday.

As part of Britain’s Railway Upgrade Plan, Network Rail engineers are doing preparatory work to enable the wholesale replacement of north Wembley junction in August. The junction is old, worn out and needs replacing.

While the railway is closed to trains for Network Rail’s work, HS2 Ltd will make use of the opportunity to carry on with preparatory work for Britain’s new high speed railway.

Euston station’s Easter Sunday shutdown will affect rail services throughout the West Coast main line including at Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and Scotland.

Services on Saturday and Monday will also be busier as fewer trains than normal will be running.

Martin Frobisher, managing director of Network Rail’s London North Western route, said: “We have agreed with our partners at Virgin Trains and London Northwestern Railway to do this work on Easter Sunday as it is typically a far less busy train travel day than usual.

"Doing this on Easter Sunday means as few of their customers as possible will be impacted. It’s the least bad day for it.”

Peter Broadley, customer experience and commercial executive director for Virgin Trains, said: “We understand upgrade works on bank holidays can be frustrating, but we’re working with Network Rail to keep people on the move throughout Easter. It’s likely many of our services will be busier throughout the weekend and travel will be particularly difficult on Easter Sunday."

Customers requiring mobility assistance are urged to book help in advance with their train company. All customers are urged to check on nationalrail.co.uk for the latest travel information.

Further detail on these works can be found at nationalrail.co.uk/westcoast.