article_snippet: Work is planned on three key routes - the West Coast main line, First Great Western and Greater Anglia - forcing passengers to make diversions on slower trains or spend hours on the dreaded replacement coaches.
article_snippet: A spokesman told MailOnline: 'More than 90 per cent of the rail network is unaffected by our improvement work but a few lines are significantly impacted and passengers should check our website before travelling. '
article_snippet: our improvement work is designed to improve the railway delivering new facilities, new signalling, new bridges, new track and flyovers all to give passengers a better, more reliable railway.'
article_snippet: Paying more for journeys taking longer adds insult to injury. '
article_snippet: Passengers should be entitled to reduced, not increased, fares when engineering works affect journeys.'
article_snippet: Engineering work means there is no way to put advance purchase fares on buses or alternative operators’ services.'
article_snippet: Terry Oliver, London Midland's Head of West Coast services,  said: 'London Midland will be running rail-replacement bus services over the Bank Holiday weekend, but journeys will involve changes and will take much longer than normal.'
article_snippet: Last Christmas, Mark Carne, the chief executive of Network Rail, was forced to forego Mark Carne, the chief executive of Network Rail annual bonus worth up to £135,000 after chaos on the railways caused by over-running engineering projects.
article_snippet: Mr Carne said: 'Our improvement programme this Easter this Easter is focused on delivering a better service for passengers. '
article_snippet: Our are acutely conscious that many people want to use the railway during the holidays, which is why the vast majority of the network is running normally over the holiday period - but there will be disruption for some. '
article_snippet: I would like to apologise to any passengers whose plans are affected by Our improvement work, but I hope they will understand that this is a quieter time on the railway and Our want to minimise the overall impact of these vital projects on passengers.'