Network Rail have announced that there will be no trains running to and from Birmingham New Street Station this Christmas.

Major engineering work will be carried out between Christmas Eve and Bank Holiday Monday (28 December) meaning that no trains will be travelling in and out of the station. This includes local, regional and long-distance journeys.

It will see a £13m upgrade of the overhead power lines and engineers are renewing complex sections of the wiring, much of which dates back to the 1960s.

Christmas timetables for both replacement and local buses are expected to be available from early October.