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• 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

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

Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after a freight train derailment cut off two key rail routes in Carlisle for seven weeks.

Passengers are being thanked for their patience after a key rail route was forced to close due to a major warehouse fire in Wolverhampton.

West Coast main line passengers are being warned of major delays after 25,000-volt overhead cables which power trains came down outside London Euston station.

Passengers are being warned of continuing delays to journeys while firefighters deal with a major warehouse fire next to railway lines in Wolverhampton.

Passengers will once again have direct trains between Carlisle and Newcastle and Carlisle and Skipton from next week after the routes were closed by a major freight train derailment.

Passengers and residents are being invited to find out more about major accessibility improvements at Warwick station.