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Advisers are advised not to travel by train during next week’s strikes, as it was revealed that half of the lines will be closed with only one-fifth of the services in operation.
Tens of thousands of workers will march across the UK on June 21, 23 and 25, paralyzing the national rail network.
The London Underground is also facing a major disruption with 10,000 more members of the RMT union leaving on 21 June.
Transport for London has issued a similar advice not to travel on the tube network next Tuesday.
The national rail schedule from June 20 to June 26 is still being finalized, but the number of services is expected to be about 4,500 compared to the usual 20,000, Network Rail said.
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But the outage is also likely to hit days without a strike next week, when only about 60 percent of normal services will operate.
Southeastern and TransPennine are among the railway operators asking passengers to “only travel by train if necessary”. Northern has asked people not to “travel” on trains between Tuesday and Sunday.
The full scale of the impact of the strikes was revealed on Wednesday with Network Rail announcing that there would be no passenger services at locations such as Penzance in Cornwall, Bournemouth in Dorset, Swansea in South Wales, Holyhead in the North from Wales, Chester to Cheshire and Blackpool. , Lancashire.
There will also be no passenger trains running north from Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Open lines include the main line of the west coast of London to Scotland via places such as Birmingham and Manchester.
The number of passenger services during the strike days is expected to be limited to about 4,500, compared to the usual 20,000.
Network Rail, Maritime and Transport union members and 13 train operators are due to strike for three days next week in similar disputes over wages, jobs and pensions.
Lines will only be open between 7.30am and 6.30pm, meaning services will start later and end earlier than usual.
Passengers “are required to travel” are asked to “plan ahead” to make sure they can complete their trips within that window, Network Rail said.
The last services from London to Scotland will leave in the early afternoon.
Steve Montgomery, chair of the Rail Delivery Group, said: “These strikes will affect millions of people who use the train every day, including key workers, students with exams, and those who cannot home, summer vacationers and important attendees.business and leisure events.
“Working with Network Rail, our plan is to keep as many services running as possible, but a major disruption will be inevitable and some parts of the network will be out of service, so passengers should plan their trips carefully and check their train schedules “.
Train strikes sparked a heated dispute in the Commons on Wednesday when Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer clashed with questions from the prime minister.
Mr. Johnson gave the first blow, when asked about the cost of living crisis, rounding off Sir Keir saying: “What would be useful to support the UK economy right now would be for the Labor Party leader to end with his sphinx … like the silence over the approaching RMT strikes.
Sir Keir replied: “He is in government. He could do something to stop the strikes. But he has not raised a finger.
“I do not want the strikes to go on, but he does. He wants the country to stop being able to feed off the division. “
However, the Labor leader stopped directly criticizing the Railway, Maritime and Transport union for the strikes scheduled for next week.
Johnson accused Labor of being “on the side” of the RMT strikers, adding: “We are on the side of the traveling public.”