Christmas railway engineering work to cause 10 days of disruption in Britain

Passengers on some of Great Britain's busiest rail lines face 10 days of disruption over Christmas as Network Rail carries out about £152m of engineering work. London Paddington and Birmingham New Street will each shut for five days, and the east coast mainline will partly close on Christmas Eve. Most Great Western services will start and end at Reading from 27 December to 4 January.