Network Rail and train operator CrossCountry are reminding passengers planning to travel by rail over the upcoming August bank holiday weekend to check before they travel, because major HS2 building work in Birmingham will disrupt services.
Tickets can now be booked for visits to the exhibition train named Inspiration that will tour the UK later this year as part of the Railway 200 celebrations.
Network Rail is warning passengers that the Cross City line between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley will close for nine days this summer.
Consortium Access+ is to carry out a six-year project to audit the archaeological disoveries made during the construction of high-speed rail line HS2.