• Only absolutely necessary rail travel is advised during strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December 
• Trains will be on a significantly reduced timetable, will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• During those times four trains trains per hour will depart London Euston station
• With no departing trains after 5pm people should plan alternative ways to get home
• Nationally 20% of services will run on just 50% of the network – most branch lines will have no trains at all

• Only absolutely necessary rail travel is advised during strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December 
• Trains will be on a significantly reduced timetable, will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• During those times four trains trains per hour will depart Manchester Piccadilly station
• With no departing trains after 5pm people should plan alternative ways to get home
• Manchester Piccadilly station will close its doors by 7pm
• Nationally 20% of services will run on just 50% of the network – most branch lines will have no trains at all

• Only absolutely necessary rail travel is advised during strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December
• Trains will be on a significantly reduced timetable, will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• During those times up to nine trains per hour will serve Birmingham New Street station
• With no departing trains after 5pm people should plan alternative ways to get home
• Birmingham New Street station will close its doors by 7pm
• Nationally 20% of services will run on just 50% of the network – most branch lines will have no trains at all

• Industry working hard to run as many trains as possible for customers during two 48-hour RMT strikes on December 13/14 and 16/17.
• Strike action will also cause significant disruption to routes across the country on December 15.
• Scotland’s Railway will remain open when RMT members at train companies in England and Wales begin action short of a strike from December 18.

A ‘year of breakthrough delivery’ for the transformational East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) has been marked with a visit by Rail Minister Huw Merriman to London King’s Cross to see the technology and meet the people involved with making it happen.

Virtual reality is now being used by Network Rail to teach school children about the dangers of trespassing on the railway.

Strike action by rail unions means that there will be severe disruption across the rail network, with some areas of the south seeing no trains at all, during five strikes on December 13/14, 16/17, 24 December until 27 December, January 3/4 and 6/7.

Pupils from Gylemuir Primary School helped switch on the Christmas lights at Edinburgh Waverley station this week.