Strikes and engineering works threaten to disrupt UK rail travel over Christmas

RMT poised to announce industrial action while track, signal and bridge repairs scheduled for festive season

Rail passengers can expect more disruption next month with one union poised to announce more strike dates on Tuesday and Network Rail revealing it will carry out 300 engineering projects around Christmas.

The RMT said train operating companies and Network Rail had failed to come up with promised written offers at the end of a fortnight of talks after the union suspended strikes scheduled for the beginning of November.