ANOTHER set of rail strikes will take place this weekend and into next week, which will significantly reduce the number of trains able to run.

Industrial action will take place on Saturday, November, 5, Monday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 9.

This means that services will be severely disrupted from Saturday, November 5 up to and including Wednesday, November 9. 

On strike days train services will be severely disrupted and some parts of the Great Western Railway network will have no service at all.

West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway will be running limited services from November 5 - 10.

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Train services on the days following the industrial action will also be disrupted.

Where trains are able to run, they are expected to be extremely busy and GWR has said that they will not able to provide bus replacement services. 

Passengers are advised to find alternative ways to travel on these days. GWR advise that people only travel by train if it is absolutely necessary.

Customers who have already purchased tickets for strike days can claim a full refund or amend their ticket; those who travel and are delayed may be entitled to delay repay compensation if they are delayed by 15 minutes or more.

Season ticket holders can apply for compensation through the delay repay scheme.

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To help customers, tickets will be valid for travel on alternative days as follows:

Tickets for travel on November 5, 6, and 7 are valid for travel on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 November.

Tickets for travel on November 9 are valid for travel on 8, 9, 10 and 11 November.

GWR has said that they will operate as many trains as possible during the strike action. 

If you hold a return ticket, you can claim a refund of your unused full fare, even if only one leg of your journey is affected.

The RMT, TSSA and Unite trades unions have announced industrial action at Network Rail and a number of train operators, including GWR.