Rail strikes in October to target Conservative conference

Train operators are understood to have been notified of two 24-hour walkouts on 1 and 5 October

Disruption to rail services across Britain will resume after the Queen's funeral, with drivers at 12 train operating companies staging further coordinated strikes at the start of October.

Operators are understood to have been notified of two 24-hour walkouts on 1 and 5 October, which would affect services across the country and bring rail chaos at the beginning and end of the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.