Travelling on the UK's rail network around Christmas can be frustrating, with engineering works between Christmas and New Year likely to leave passengers stranded or with journey times that take considerably longer. This December, rail travellers will likely have to contend with strike action across the network after the RMT union rejected an initial offer by The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies.
This means that the latest round of strikes by union members across 14 train firms and Network Rail will begin in eight days. National walkouts are due to take place for four 48-hour periods over the end of 2022 and the start of 2023: December 13-14, December 16-17, January 3-4 and January 6-7.
In addition, RMT union strikes have now been scheduled over the Christmas period from 6 pm on December 24 until December 27.
