Half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed during next week’s strikes, Network Rail said. It said no passenger services will serve locations such as Penzance in Cornwall, Bournemouth in Dorset, Swansea in South Wales, Holyhead in North Wales, Chester in Cheshire and Blackpool, Lancashire.
There will also be no passenger trains running north from Glasgow or Edinburgh. Open lines include the West Coast Main Line from London to Scotland via locations such as Birmingham and Manchester.
The strike days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday next week. The number of passenger services on those days is expected to be limited to around 4,500 compared with 20,000 normally.
