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• Passengers advised not to get caught out by hugely reduced Saturday service due to RMT strike action
• Many routes have no trains at all - those which will run will finish in the afternoon
• Advice is to only travel if necessary and regularly check National Rail Enquiries

• Passengers advised not to get caught out by hugely reduced Saturday service due to RMT strike action
• Many routes have no trains at all - those which will run will finish in the afternoon
• Advice is to only travel if necessary and regularly check National Rail Enquiries

A network of new hi-tech weather stations are in action for this first time during hot weather to reduce rail delays on the West Coast main line, and rail routes in the West Midlands and North West.

• Network Rail is thanking passengers for using alternative journeys into Manchester over the recent Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday 
• 450 railway engineers completed a major signalling overhaul to modernise journeys into the city as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade 
• This will allow for faster line speeds towards Manchester Victoria meaning more reliable journeys for passengers now and enabling faster journeys in future 

Work to overhaul the signalling system at Britain’s busiest interchange station has reached a major milestone.

Gig goers using Manchester Piccadilly station this weekend are being advised to plan ahead if travelling to the city for concerts by The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys and Parklife festival.

A new video projection screen has been unveiled to remember a long-lost architectural icon at London Euston station.

Rail services are returning to normal at Lichfield Trent Valley station following the completion of platform repair work.