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• Rail union strikes between 3-7 January will mean very limited trains
• London Euston will see four trains leave per hour during RMT strikes on 3-4 and 6-7
• Services will start much later from 7.30am with last departures by 5pm
• Hardly any trains will run at all during an ASLEF train drivers' strike on Thursday 5 January
• On all days passengers should only travel if absolutely necessary

Network Rail is reminding passengers of severe disruption to train services next week as the rail industry gears up for five consecutive days of strikes by the RMT and ASLEF trade unions, starting on Tuesday 3 January 2023

Network Rail is reminding passengers of severe disruption to train services next week as the rail industry gears up for five consecutive days of strikes by the RMT and ASLEF trades unions, starting next Tuesday 3 January 2023.

The Oban line will fully reopen for passengers on Tuesday (December 27) following work to repair landslip-damaged tracks near Falls of Cruachan on Loch Awe.

After safely getting tens of millions of trains to where they need to be over 56 years, the Network Rail team at Birmingham New Street’s iconic railway signal box will move its last service on Christmas Eve.

The latest round of RMT strikes will severely limit rail services on Christmas Eve and passengers are being urged to check their journey before travelling.

Kettering station won The Greater Anglia Award for Best Overall Entry and Wellingborough station was highly commended in The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award category at the National Railway Heritage Awards 2022.