• Rail passengers should only travel if ‘absolutely necessary’ on 18 & 20 August
• Strike action will see 20% of the usual number of trains running – some routes will have none
• Those running will start later from 7:30am and finish earlier by 6.30pm
• If you must travel, please check National Rail Enquiries before you set off

• Passengers asked to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary as only a fifth of trains are running and many lines will be closed completely, causing severe disruption 
• On strike days, trains will start later and finish much earlier than usual, running only between 7.30am and 6.30pm, and trains will start later on days following strike action 
• On 19 August, as well as a later start on National Rail services, there will be industrial action on London Underground  and on some London bus routes on 19 and 20 August

• Rail passengers travelling on the East Coast Main Line are urged to plan ahead this Thursday (18 Aug) and Saturday (20 Aug) as a limited timetable will be available  
• Amid national industrial action, less than half of usual services will run between London and Edinburgh from 7:30am until 6:30pm 
• Passengers should check before they travel, expect disruption and only travel if necessary  

The people of Troon will get the first chance to see proposed plans for the redevelopment of the station building following a fire which destroyed it in July last year.

Passengers are advised to check before they travel this August Bank Holiday as Network Rail is set to carry out track, signalling and overhead wire works to improve Anglia’s rail network.

This September, Network Rail engineers will be working around the clock to replace around one mile of old 1950s-style track between Maiden Newton and Chetnole in Cattistock on the Heart of Wessex line. 

The number of people passing through Waverley Station on the first week of the Edinburgh Festival reached over 800,000.

Both Parsonage Road and Littlehaven level crossings will be closed to improve reliability of the railway for passengers and make level crossings safer for motorists and people travelling by foot.