This month’s round of industrial action starts on Saturday and continues into next week.

Just 20% of the country’s services are expected to run on strike days, according to The Rail Delivery Group, with travel likely to only be available between 7.30am and 6.30pm.

Revised timetables are still being drawn up, but here’s what we know so far.

Train workers who belong to the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will walk out on Saturday 5, Monday 7, and Wednesday 9 November.

That action cover drivers, signallers and other employees from 14 different rail companies, including Network Rail, Great Western Railway, Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway.

Engineers, control centre, ticket office, gate staff and other operational and support roles belonging to Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) will join the RMT on these dates.

However, TSSA members who work for Network Rail pulled out of the action earlier this week, in an effort ‘to facilitate the progress of ongoing constructive, intensive and detailed discussions’.

The union said it hoped these talks would lead to Network Rail ‘improving’ its offer.

It added: ‘Be in no doubt – if Network Rail fail to make sufficient progress to resolve this dispute, we will not hesitate to call further industrial action to protect our brilliant members.’

But TSSA workers at other companies will still take part in the strikes.

A separate Tube walkout is planned for next Thursday, November 10, for London Underground Workers who are part of the RMT.

Industrial action was originally planned for today, but it was postponed out of respect for Royal British Legion’s London Poppy Day appeal.

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