Calendar of walkouts from Royal Mail, Border Force to rail for December and January

Rail strikes

Across December and January, there will be both regional and national rail strikes. Nearly every train line will be impacted in some way.

The strikes are by RMT members at Network Rail and by train drivers represented by Aslef. They will affect 15 train operators.

These are: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, London North Eastern Railway, Northern Trains, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railway (depot drivers only), SWR Island Line, TransPennine Express, and West Midlands Trains.

RMT members will walk out on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and Tuesday, December 27. They will also strike on January 3, 4, 6 and 7, while Aslef members will walk out on January 5.

Taking into account scheduled engineering works and further regional strike action between Christmas and New Year, some lines will be largely out of service for the best part of a month from the middle of December. Rail passengers have been warned that services on Christmas Eve could end at lunchtime.