Engineering work in Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe and Birmingham will disrupt West Coast Main Line services over the upcoming bank holiday weekend.

Most trains on the line will still run, but Network Rail is advising passengers to check their journeys in advance.

As announced last week, between Saturday 24 and Monday 26 August, Network Rail engineers will be carrying out work to complete major track upgrades in Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe, including hoovering up worn-out ballast before replacing it with new ballast.

In addition, work on HS2 will take place in the Duddeston area of Birmingham and near London Euston station.

Some train services will be diverted, and others replaced by buses.

Work over the holiday weekend will include:

• upgrading drainage, track and signalling around Crewe station
• work in Stoke-on-Trent to reduce delays and enhance performance for West Coast main line passengers and freight
• track upgrades between Birmingham New Street and Coleshill Parkway stations, which are part of long-term improvement work and will also prepare for HS2
• HS2 work between London Euston and Milton Keynes, lengthening a road bridge.

Network Rail is advising that passengers will still be able to travel, highlighting that one destination might be this year’s Manchester Pride festival, which takes place over the bank holiday weekend.

Passengers can check their journeys via the national rail website.

“We’ve planned our engineering work to keep disruption to a minimum so people can rely on the railway to get them to where they need to be across the bank holiday. Most services will be running as usual but I do advise for those planning to travel to check their journeys in advance.”

James Dean, Network Rail’s passenger director