Rail travel around Great Britain will be severely disrupted again this weekend after the second 24-hour strike in three days started on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands of members of the RMT union working as train staff at 14 operators are on strike in the long-running dispute over pay and jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Passengers have been urged to check before travel, with some operators advising to attempt to travel by train only if absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just under 50% of train services are expected to run in total, but with wide disparities in regions and operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With signallers not on strike, trains operated by transport authorities in Scotland and Wales and within London and Merseyside are running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But some routes around England will be closed entirely, with all three nations of Great Britain affected by severely reduced cross-border services, particularly on LNER, and on Avanti to north Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other long-distance operators, including Avanti, GWR and East Midlands, will run hourly intercity services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CrossCountry, TransPennine, West Midlands, Northern and Chiltern will all cut trains back significantly from normal routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some networks in the south are expected to be badly hit, with most stations on SouthEastern closed, and South Western and Southern affected by engineering works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only C2C and parts of Greater Anglia are expected to remain largely unaffected by the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the railway, disruption could persist early on Sunday. The industry body, the Rail Delivery Group, has urged passengers to check before they travel for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 14 train companies where staff are striking are: Avanti West Coast; C2C; Chiltern; CrossCountry; East Midlands Railway; GTR (Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern); Great Western Railway; Greater Anglia; LNER; West Midlands, including London Northwestern Railway; Northern; South Western Railway; Southeastern; and TransPennine Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further strikes are scheduled by RMT train staff for 30 March and 1 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The industry has urged the RMT to call off further strikes and put the 9% pay offer made by train operators to its members for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Network Rail is not currently facing strikes, with RMT members voting in a referendum on a pay offer, and the result due from Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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