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• Passengers should only travel if absolutely necessary during RMT strike action on 5, 7 and 9 November
• A special timetable will be in place with only four trains per hour leaving Manchester Piccadilly
• Many routes have no trains at all - those which do run will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• Passengers are reminded to plan ahead using National Rail Enquiries and to expect disruption

• Rail passengers are being warned strike action will impact the first weekend of Birmingham's Christmas markets
• West Midlands Trains services will be significantly reduced on Friday 4 November due to action by the TSSA
• An RMT walkout on Saturday 5 November means only nine departures per hour from Birmingham New Street
• On Saturday many routes have no trains at all - those which do run will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• Passengers should only travel if absolutely necessary and regularly check National Rail Enquiries

The RMT union will strike on November 5, 7 and 9.

• Passengers are being reminded to only travel if necessary on Saturday 5, Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 November, as RMT strike action is set to severely impact train services across the country

• Disruption to services also likely in the early morning of the day after each strike – Sunday 6 November, Tuesday 8 November, and Thursday 10 November – as workers return to duties.

• Trains will start later and finish much earlier than usual on these dates, between 7.30am and 6.30pm. Those who must travel should expect disruption, plan ahead and check when their last train will depart

Network Rail has awarded BAM Nuttall the contract to design a series of resilience measures along the iconic coastal railway between Dawlish and Holcombe, south Devon.

Passengers are being advised of essential upgrades to platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly station this Christmas and New Year.

Scotland’s Railway is using a helicopter to air-drop over 20 tons of material at a hard-to-reach location in the West Highlands to help renew five kilometres of fencing between Craggan and Arrochar.

Over the weekend (29-31 October), Network Rail updated an important railway junction in East Staffordshire to bring more reliable train journeys for passengers and freight services.