Train operator Avanti West Coast has issued urgent advice to passengers ahead of planned strike action on Sunday. Avanti will run one train per hour on the day from London Euston to each of Manchester, Glasgow, and Liverpool.
And services to Liverpool will go via the West Midlands - including calls at Coventry, Birmingham International, Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton - due to planned upgrade work by Network Rail between Rugby and Stafford. Avanti bosses said fans attending the Comic Con event in Liverpool on Sunday should find alternative transport owing to what they called 'limited journey options'.
It comes as railway workers have voted to continue taking industrial action in their long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said this week a fresh ballot of its members showed overwhelming support to carry on with action.
