Christmas shoppers and partygoers are facing a weekend of disruption to their festive plans as rail workers continue to take strike action.
Workers are continuing t heir 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.
Many trains will start later and finish earlier today while some parts of the country will have no service at all, potentially spelling misery for millions.
