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This impressive timelapse video shows where the work to rebuild the platforms at Lime Street is up to, as the eight-week commuter nightmare continues.

Liverpool Lime Street is undergoing a major transformation - and the renovations have caused huge changes to people's journeys.

Work is going on to remodel and rebuild the station platforms, with the upgrades taking place from June 2 to July 29.

Network Rail says the changes to services are needed for the station to accommodate a growing number of passengers - but they have caused major disruption for many commuters.

In an impressive timelapse video released today, Network Rail has offered a sneak peek at how the work is getting on.

The footage shows workers laying down new tracks, with cartloads of rubble being dug up and removed.

(Image: Colin Lane)

In the final few seconds, the timelapse shows passengers using one of the recently reopened platforms - which was back in use at the start of the week.

Engineers have completed the first stage of upgrades in the eight week transformation - including building concrete foundations for platform extensions, overhead line re-wiring, platform surfacing, track drainage, track renewals and track remodelling.

Platforms one and two reopened on Monday and will remain open until Friday, July 13, as part of an effort to keep passengers moving while the works continue.

Direct services are now able to run between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria and Wigan, enabling passengers to make onward connections to Preston, Blackpool, Yorkshire and the North East.

The plan to renovate the station has been devised by Network Rail and train operators for the last two years.

Last year, Lime Street saw three weeks of full and partial closures so engineers could build two new platforms and upgrade the tracks.

Around 2,000m of track has been replaced, new steel gantries installed and new signalling fitted.

The second phase of the £340million project will allow Lime Street to welcome more and longer trains and extra passengers, with the number of people travelling through the station at peak time expected to double by 2043.

From 2019 an extra three services will be able to run in/out of Lime Street every hour, including new direct services to Scotland.

We've rounded up everything you need to know about the eight week transformation and how it could impact your journeys over the next few weeks.