Amended morning services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street on Sunday 12 July 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between Liverpool Lime Street / Glasgow Central and Birmingham New Street / London Euston, between Wolverhampton and London Euston, and also between Warrington Bank Quay and Birmingham New Street

CrossCountry between Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street / Reading / Bournemouth

London Northwestern Railway / West Midlands Railway between Liverpool Lime Street / Crewe / Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street, and also between Wolverhampton and Walsall / Rugeley Trent Valley / Birmingham New Street

All Transport for Wales services to / from Birmingham International

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Smethwick Rolfe Street and Birmingham New Street before 11:30 on Sunday, closing some lines.

Avanti West Coast:

Before 11:30, trains running between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street will be amended to run earlier than usual, and will be diverted to run via Bescot Stadium (not calling). These trains will not call at Sandwell & Dudley, for this station you should use alternative services.

CrossCountry:

The following trains will not call at Wolverhampton:

• 08:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth

• 09:01 Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly

• 09:15 Reading to Manchester Piccadilly

• 09:27 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth

• 10:00 Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly

Rail services will operate between Stafford, Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street.

London Northwestern Railway / West Midlands Railway:

Until 11:30 train services between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street will run between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton only.

Train services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street will run to an amended timetable, with trains diverting between Smethwick Rolfe Street and Birmingham New Street, extending journey times.

The 09:32 and 10:34 Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street services will depart from Birmingham New Street earlier than usual (at 09:24 and 10:27 respectively) and will not call at Smethwick Galton Bridge.

The 09:25 Crewe to Birmingham New Street service is retimed to depart from Crewe at 09:18, and will run earlier between Crewe and Birmingham New Street, and will not call at Smethwick Galton Bridge.

For travel to / from Smethwick Galton Bridge, you are advised to travel on other services, which run to / from Birmingham Snow Hill.

No direct trains will run between Wolverhampton and Walsall / Rugeley Trent Valley.

Transport for Wales:

No trains will run between Wolverhampton and Birmingham International.

You can use your ticket on other train services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham International at no extra cost.

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.