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Train services are being hit by more strike action this week.
Workers who are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will strike on Friday, while train drivers who are members of Aslef will walk out on Saturday.
Here is a breakdown of each operator's plan for strike days:
Avanti West Coast
Friday: One train per hour will run in each direction between London Euston and each of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Preston, with a limited service to and from Glasgow.
There will be no services to or from North Wales, Shrewsbury, Blackpool, Stoke-on-Trent or Edinburgh, while Macclesfield station will be closed.
The first train of the day from Euston will depart at about 8am, and the last will leave shortly after 5pm.
Saturday: No trains.
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Friday: No major impact but 12-carriage trains will not stop at Limehouse, east London.
Saturday: Usual timetable.
Caledonian Sleeper
Friday: All services will be operating via the East Coast Main Line due to engineering works.
Services will not be calling at Motherwell, Carlisle, Preston, Crewe or Watford.
Saturday: The Caledonian Sleeper does not operate on Saturday nights.
Chiltern Railways
Friday: Services will be limited to one train per hour from about 8am until 10pm in both directions between London Marylebone and each of Banbury, Oxford and Aylesbury via High Wycombe; and between Amersham and Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
No trains will run between Banbury and each of Birmingham and Stourbridge Junction, or between Hatton and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Saturday: No trains.
CrossCountry
Friday: A limited service will operate. No trains will run between Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central or Nottingham.
Saturday: No trains.
East Midlands Railway
Friday: Services will run between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
They will be limited to just one train per hour in each direction between London St Pancras and each of Nottingham, Derby and Corby, as well as a handful of regional routes such as between Leicester and Lincoln.
Saturday: No trains.
Elizabeth line
Friday: The Elizabeth line is not involved in the industrial dispute with the RMT but there will be some alterations to its services.
These include no trains between Maidenhead and Reading before 7am or after 7pm, and no trains between Brentwood and Shenfield from 11.30pm.
No Elizabeth line trains will serve the National Rail platforms at Paddington before 7am and after 7pm on Friday. These trains will start and terminate at Ealing Broadway. No change to trains which serve the Elizabeth line platforms.
Saturday: Usual timetable apart from no Elizabeth line trains will serve the National Rail platforms at Paddington before 7am.
Gatwick Express
Friday: No trains but Southern and Thameslink will serve Gatwick Airport until early afternoon.
Saturday: No trains.
Grand Central
Friday: Grand Central is not involved in the industrial dispute with the RMT but there will be minor alterations to its services.
Saturday: Strike action will not affect services on Saturday, but there will be an amended timetable due to planned work.
Great Northern
Friday: A limited service will run and only between 7am and 7pm. There will be no trains between Ely and King's Lynn.
Saturday: No trains.
Great Western Railway
Friday: A limited service will run and only between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
The only open routes will be between: London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads; London Paddington and Didcot; London Paddington and Cardiff; London Paddington and Plymouth; Gloucester and Swindon;
