A train strike is set to bring disruption to services on the London Euston route within days.
Travel on the UK railways has been a sticky affair this summer, marred by back-to-back heatwaves bringing issues like melting tracks, signal faults and reduced timetables, while the Tube has dealt with its own strikes.
Now passengers have been told to prepare for disruption on the London Northwestern Railway on the West Coast Main Line routes because of a strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The walkout will result in fewer trains being run on LNR’s routes between Euston, Birmingham and Crewe.
Some sections will have no trains, the train company warned and urged people to check their trip on the journey planner.
On Friday, no trains will run after 7pm, and several routes will wrap up earlier than usual. The final London Euston to Crewe departure will be at 3.46pm.
On Saturday, trains will start later than usual, and the following routes will have just one train per hour, and the services that run are likely to be busy.
Meanwhile, the Marston Vale Line linking Bedford and Bletchley, and the Stafford-Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent will have no service on Friday and Saturday.
Although the strike finishes on Saturday night, some knock-on disruption is expected on Sunday morning because of displaced trains, LNR said.
Roster clerks and duty train crew managers are set to walk out as part of an ongoing row over rest day working payments.
The issue has been brewing for months, sparking strike action on the West Midlands Railway, the parent company of LNR, in May.
TSSA union has called the strike on West Midlands Trains after a row over rest day working payments.