The ongoing rail strikes are set to cause a headache for Christmas partygoers this evening.
Workers are continuing their 48-hour strike over pay, jobs and working conditions after talks between the leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), train company employers and Rail Minister Huw Merriman failed to make a breakthrough.
Workers for the key companies running services in Greater Manchester - Northern, TransPennine Express and Avanti West Coast - are among the thousands to have walked out in recent days.