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• Rail union strikes between 3-7 January will mean very limited trains for passengers
• Manchester Piccadilly will see four trains leave per hour during RMT strikes on 3-4 and 6-7
• Services will start much later from 7.30am with last departures by 5pm
• Hardly any trains will run at all during an ASLEF train drivers' strike on Thursday 5 January
• On all days passengers should only travel if absolutely necessary

• 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 only two trains trains per hour will depart Liverpool Lime Street station
• With no trains leaving after 5pm people should plan alternative ways to get home
• Liverpool Lime 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

• 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

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

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.

A major six-month renovation of Salford Central station upgrading platform heights, roof canopies, railway track and its signalling system will take place in the New Year.

Residents in Whaley Bridge are being invited to an information event to learn more about essential work next year to secure the future of the High Peak town's railway link.

Three derailed freight wagons have been successfully recovered by railway engineers in Carlisle so major repairs can ramp up to get passengers back on the move as soon as possible.