Nationwide strike action by rail workers will affect services to and from Honiton later this week. 

Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will strike on 20 and 22 July. 

South Western Railway (SWR) will run a severely reduced service and there no trains will run through Honiton. 

Services from London Waterloo will terminate at Salisbury and there will be no replacement buses.

Services will run on other lines but there will be far fewer trains than usual and they will only run between 7am and 7pm. 

On Friday 21 July, passengers can expect trains to start later than usual and be very busy. There will also be a ban on overtime from members of ASLEF, the train driver's union. This may affect services as well.

On Sunday 23, SWR is expecting to run a largely normal service save a few expected cancellations due to the previous strikes. 

Stuart Meek, Chief Operating Officer at South Western Railway, commented: "We're sorry that customers will again face disruption due to industrial action by the ASLEF union and strike action by the RMT union.

"On days of strike action by the RMT union we are sorry to ask that customers should only travel if absolutely necessary."

Further strikes will take place on July 29 but the timetable has not been announced yet. It is likely to be similar to the timetable in place on July 20 and 22. 

Passengers are urged to avoid travel on strike days and to plan their journey here.