Rail passengers in Birmingham are set for 48 hours of strike disruption – including on the day of England’s next World Cup match.

Some members of the TSSA union are set to walk out on Thursday, July 9, while others will strike on Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11.

West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services, serving Birmingham New Street and beyond, will be affected.

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A reduced service will be in place on Friday and Saturday – the day of England’s quarter-final against Norway.

Some routes will have no service on Friday, with no trains running after 7pm and the final West Midlands Railway services departing from 5pm.

On Saturday, a limited timetable will be in operation and some routes will again have no service. Trains will start later, with the first West Midlands Railway services of the day running from 7am.

A class 730 West Midlands Railway train

A class 730 West Midlands Railway train

West Midlands Railway full list of changes Friday and Saturday

Cross City Line ( Lichfield Trent Valley – Redditch / Bromsgrove via Birmingham New Street) – two trains per hour

Wolverhampton – Walsall via Birmingham New Street – one train per hour

Rugeley Trent Valley – Birmingham International via Birmingham New Street – one train per hour

Train times will be available in Journey Planners ahead of the strike days.

No trains will run on any other WMR route , including:

  • All routes via Birmingham Snow Hill;

  • Nuneaton to Leamington Spa;

  • Birmingham New Street to Hereford;

  • Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury.

Some disruption to services is expected on the morning of Sunday, July 12 due to the displacement of trains.

There will also be a limited service on London Northwestern Railway on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11.

Again, a limited timetable will be in operation on Friday and some routes will have no service.

No trains will run after 7pm, with the final LNR services of the day departing by 5.30pm.

On Saturday, a limited timetable will be in operation, and some routes will have no service.

As per West Midlands Railway, trains will start later than usual, with the first LNR services of the day starting from 7am.

Routes with a limited service on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11 are:

A side-on view of a London Northwestern Railway train

A side-on view of a London Northwestern Railway train

London Northwestern Railway full list of changes Friday and Saturday

  • Birmingham – Liverpool – one train per hour ;

  • London Euston – Crewe – one train per hour;

  • Birmingham – London Euston via Northampton – one train per hour ;

  • Milton Keynes – London Euston – one train per hour ;

  • Watford Junction – St Albans Abbey – one train per hour

Train times will be available in Journey Planners ahead of the strike days.

No trains will run on any other LNR route, including between Stafford and Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent and the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley.

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The TSSA said the dispute was over rest day working payments.

It said: “The walkouts are a result of West Midlands Trains and the Department for Transport ‘repeatedly failing to fulfil their assurance that an improved rest day working agreement – giving TSSA members parity with other unions – would be secured’.

“This is the second round of strikes in the dispute after similar action was taken in May this year. TSSA balloted over 100 members across these roles for the relevant industrial action.”

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TSSA General Secretary Maryam Eslamdoust said: “These strikes will go ahead as planned because our members have not been given parity with those in other unions – a perfectly reasonable demand.

“As things stand we face an intolerable situation. Our reps at West Midlands Trains have consulted the membership and they remain determined to proceed with their legitimate action.

“The last round of industrial action caused a significant impact to services and the same will happen this time around. Of course, as ever our union only takes strike action as a last resort, so we hope our demands can be met in the coming days to avoid any more disruption.”

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Jonny Wiseman, customer experience director for WMR and LNR, said: “We are disappointed TSSA has called further unnecessary strike action which is set to cause significant disruption for our customers.

“We are working hard to reach a resolution to this dispute and urge TSSA to continue talks. We are sorry for the inconvenience this will cause our customers and are doing everything we can to minimise the impact as much as possible.

“If the strike action does go ahead, we will be running a significantly reduced timetable on both dates. Customers are advised to check before they travel by visiting journey planners and our website.”