PASSENGERS are being urged to only travel by train if “absolutely necessary” as rail workers strike today.

Nearly 100,000 staff are set to walk out as Rail, Maritime and Transport union workers employed by Network Rail and 14 rail operators take part in a one-day stoppage.

Network Rail said there will be a “very limited” timetable running between 7.30am and 6.30pm across the UK, and that some areas of the country will have no rail services at all.

Disruption is also expected tomorrow “due to the knock-on impact of industrial action on shift patterns”, Network Rail said.

The strike will also mean services start later and finish earlier than normal.

Here are the times of the last trains expected to run on Wednesday afternoon under the reduced services:

From London to:

Brighton – 5.50pm

Southampton – 5pm

Birmingham – 4.03pm

Bristol – 5.13pm

Leeds – 3.05pm

Liverpool – 2.56pm

Manchester – 3.40pm

Newcastle – 2.48pm

Norwich – 4.30pm

Nottingham – 4.31pm

Sheffield – 3.40pm

Edinburgh – 2pm

To London from:

Brighton – 5.40pm

Southampton – 4.59pm

Birmingham – 4.14pm

Bristol – 5pm

Leeds – 3.45pm

Liverpool – 3.56pm

Manchester – 3.27pm

Newcastle – 2.40pm

Norwich – 4pm

Nottingham – 4.16pm

Sheffield – 4pm

Edinburgh – 1.05pm