Train strike tomorrow

Nationwide strikes by the RMT Union are set to cause commuter chaos on Wednesday, July 27 with services also impacted on Thursday.

A very limited service will run on July 27, with just five departures each departing from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport throughout the day. There will also be one train per hour running between King's Cross and Cambridge, with two per hour for journeys from King's Cross to Peterborough, Welywn Garden City and Stevenage via Hertford North. On July 27, travellers are warned to expect severe disruption, with only 44 out of 180 stations open and no rail replacement bus services in operation. This will also be the case for journeys from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges. On July 27, two trains per hour will run between London Victoria and Brighton; London Bridge and Brighton; London Bridge and Gatwick Airport; and between London Bridge and Three Bridges. A limited service will run on July 27 between 7.30am and 6.00pm, with one train per hour between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch; one train per hour between Lichfield Trent Valley and Bromsgrove each way, while from 5.00pm, departures from Lichfield Trent Valley will only run as far as Birmingham New Street. 12 trains will run every hour from Paddington to Abbey Wood before that number drops to six after 5pm. As a result, all services scheduled on Wednesday 27 July are cancelled. On July 28, no services will run before 7.00am and there will be no service at all on July 30. ScotRail will run a very limited service on July 27 between 7.30am and 6.30pm, with two trains per hour between Edinburgh and Glasgow via Falkirk High; two trains per hour between Edinburgh and Bathgate; two per hour between Glasgow and Hamilton/Larkhall; and two per hour for Glasgow-Lanark. There will be four trains an hour in both directions between London Waterloo and Woking, and four per hour between London Waterloo and Windsor, also running in both directions. A limited service will only run between Crewe - Birmingham New Street and London Euston - Birmingham New Street between 7:30am and 6:30pm.

When and where are the next train strikes? Travel chaos is already blighting the UK ahead of a planned nationwide rail strike tomorrow.

Staff on the Island Line are not among those who are striking. An investment of this substantial sum must be based on the best evidence and the best value for money. "It can't be accepted anymore, that people just have to accept that inflation is out of control. If this is the case, Network Rail has confirmed you will also be able to claim a refund or change your journey time free of charge. Those we spoke to from the cities of Leeds and Bradford, in particular, do not recognise that the finalised plans meet either the promises they believe were made or the prime minister’s stated aims. “If you have purchased an Advance, Off-Peak or Anytime ticket and choose not to travel, you will be eligible for a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket,” it explains on its website. If not, we risk passengers turning their backs on the railway for good.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The boards showed the first train to London Euston station was not due to leave until 8.50am, and there were only a handful of passengers waiting on the main concourse. Rail passengers in Wales have very few options for travel on Wednesday due to the strike by members of the RMT union working as signallers for Network Rail. The only services are in the Cardiff area, with Transport for Wales running trains to Aberdare, Newport, Treherbert and Merthyr Tydfil, and a Great Western Railway link with London. The first departure between the Welsh and English capitals is due to arrive at London Paddington station at 9.40am. "Some of the lowest-paid workers are on strike today in the rail industry, safety critical workers, workers who make sure our railways get people to work and do so safely. Even if your train isn’t cancelled, you may decide not to travel on a strike day due to the risk of disruption.

Britain's train operators have released plans for how their services will be altered during Wednesday's rail strike.

Only two trains per hour will operate between Edinburgh and London King’s Cross, and one per hour between Leeds and London King’s Cross, in both directions. – Thameslink Just two trains per hour will run between the cities via Falkirk High and one per hour via Shotts, in each direction. This includes just four trains per hour between London Waterloo and both Windsor and Woking, and two per hour between London Waterloo and both Basingstoke and Southampton, in each direction. – Southern Just three trains will run in each direction between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh, with two others doing part of the route. A limited service will run to and from Birmingham New Street and both Crewe and London Euston. Just one train per hour will run in each direction between London St Pancras and each of Corby, Nottingham and Sheffield; between Derby and both Matlock and Nottingham; and between Nottingham and both Leicester and Sheffield. Trains will only run between Doncaster and London King’s Cross, with five in each direction. Just three trains in each direction will run between London King’s Cross and both Northallerton and Wakefield Kirkgate. These will consist of two trains per hour in each direction between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness via Laindon, and the same frequency between London Fenchurch Street and Pitsea via Rainham. A limited service of around a quarter of the normal timetable will operate, with one train per hour in both directions between London Euston and each of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Preston.