Rail upgrade across the county have been successfully completed during the Easter weekend.

Network Rail said it would be carrying out a  £75.5m investment programme over the bank holiday weekend, working on more than 270 projects.

The West Coast Main Line between Preston and Oxenholme reopened to passengers on 6 April after being closed on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April for essential improvements.

The work included new structures and posts for modern LED signal lamps at Carnforth station and upgrades to overhead power lines in Lancashire.

These latest projects are part of the current £400m investment in the West Coast Main Line – Europe's busiest mixed-use railway which connects London with cities including Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh.

Elsewhere, drainage improvements also took place on the Great Rocks freight line in the Peak District to prevent a key tunnel used by freight trains from flooding.

Teams from Network Rail and its supply chain tackled tough conditions with gale force winds and heavy rain brought by Storm Dave this weekend.

A further closure of the northern section of the West Coast Main Line is planned for next week for more overhead power line renewals between Preston, Lancaster and Fylde.

That will begin on Saturday 11 April and continue for eight days until Sunday 19 April.

Meanwhile, work is ongoing on the southern section of the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Milton Keynes.

This has included £8.4m of essential track work taking place in Willesden; key work on a bridge in Ledburn just south of Leighton Buzzard worth £6.6m; and over £8m of investment on renewing overheard line equipment near Wembley, alongside the commencement of station upgrades at Harrow and Wealdstone and Apsley.

Passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line should also be aware of work happening in Scotland. From 3-8 April and 11-20 April, reliability improvements worth £3.5m will be completed on the West Coast Main Line in South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway and further south. Journeys between Glasgow and London Euston will be affected during these dates.