A month of rail disruption has begun, with workers walking out in the first of a wave of 48-hour strikes.
Services across the nation will be impacted, including Merseyrail and routes connecting Liverpool to the rest of the country. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are pressing ahead with two 48-hour strikes at Network Rail, Avanti, Northern, and most other rail companies.
Trains are only running from 7.30am to 6.30pm today (December 13) and tomorrow (December 14), with further walk-outs planned later this week on Friday, December 16 and Saturday, December 17. Industrial action is also planned for Saturday, December 24 through to Tuesday, December 27, and further dates in January.