TRAIN travellers are being urged to plan ahead as upgrade work means there will be no rail services between Birmingham and Coventry this bank holiday.
A major resignalling project between Birmingham New Street and Coventry, via Birmingham International, means there will also be changes to services on some routes in and out of Birmingham between Saturday 26 May and Tuesday 29 May.
Over the bank holiday weekend:
Buses will replace trains in both directions between Birmingham New Street and Coventry via Birmingham International station on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 26, 27, 28.
On Saturday, May 26, no trains will run between Birmingham and Lichfield, and Wolverhampton to Walsall services will start from Birmingham New Street.
Martin Frobisher, Network Rail route managing director for the London North Western route, said: “These upgrades are a vital step towards us being able to provide better, more reliable journeys for the millions of passengers who travel on the railway from London to Carlisle via the West Midlands and the north west of England.
“The work we do is essential to keeping people and goods moving. There is never a good time to carry out big pieces of work but we plan it over bank holidays which are traditionally quieter times to affect the fewest number of people.”
