Rail passengers face Christmas travel chaos over engineering work

Network Rail starts west coast line project on 23 December, meaning no direct services between London and GlasgowUp to 100,000 people are facing the prospect of severe delays during the Christmas getaway, as Network Rail embarks on a huge engineering project on the west coast mainline on 23 December.For the two days leading up to Christmas there will be no direct services between London and some of the country's biggest cities – Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool or Glasgow. As well as cau...