article_snippet: On others others face hours of delays, with some journey times quadrupled.
article_snippet: The West Coast mainline, the Great Western and the Greater Anglia line are all planning works on key routes meaning passengers will face hours on rail replacement services or slower routes .
article_snippet: Other services blighted by engineering works include London Midland, which uses the same West Coast line and has issued a similar warning, and swathes of the Great Western and Greater Anglia lines.
article_snippet: Virgin services to Manchester and the North West and Birmingham are also badly affected with diversions adding heavily to journeys.
article_snippet: Engineering works on the line between Crewe and Warrington and from Carlisle to Glasgow will ‘severely reduce services to the North and Scotland’, Engineering said.
article_snippet: Services are also likely to be ‘extra busy the day before and after affected days’ and passengers should book early.
article_snippet: West Coast passengers also face major works at Watford Junction from an £81million programme from Network Rail ‘to improve the ageing infrastructure’.
highlights_snippet: Other services blighted by engineering works include Rugby-London Midland .
  
highlights_snippet: Swathes of the Great Western and Greater Anglia lines also affected .