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• Coordinated industry contingency plan will see a very limited timetable available on 27 July, with around 20% of services running and some parts of the country with no rail services
• Special timetable for 27^th to be published on Saturday (23^rd), but it is certain that trains will start later and finish much earlier than usual, between 7.30am and 6.30pm
• Passengers asked to plan ahead, check before they travel, to expect disruption and only travel if necessary

Limited train services have started to run through Birmingham New Street with passengers being advised to check before they travel throughout today.

West Coast main line passengers are being urged to check National Rail Enquiries before they set off on their journey with no direct trains between London and Scotland.

Rail passengers using the Midland Main Line north from St Pancras are being advised not to travel first thing on Wednesday morning while safety checks continue.  It follows record temperatures in the East Midlands on Tuesday which were higher than the design limits for track and overhead line equipment.  

Passengers planning on travelling on the East Coast Main Line today (Wednesday, 20 July) are being urged to plan ahead and check before travelling as severe disruption is expected. 

Passengers are being advised not to travel with all trains currently stopped through Birmingham New Street station until further notice as Britain records its hottest day in history.

Passengers are being advised not to travel with all trains suspended between London Euston and Milton Keynes as Britain records its hottest day in history.

Network Rail and train operators have this evening upgraded their travel advice for services heading north out of London into the weather warning ‘red zone’ to ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’.