SOUTH Western Railway has published service information for the latest RMT industrial action planned for this Saturday (November 24).

Around half of SWR’s normal Saturday services will run. Rail replacement services and ticket acceptance on other bus and rail networks have also been organised where possible.

Trains will run hourly, instead of twice hourly, on the Alton to Waterloo line serving Farnham. But twice-hourly services will be retained on the Portsmouth to Waterloo line serving Haslemere.

Fans attending the England Quilter International rugby match against Australia are advised to plan their travel in advance and allow extra time for journeys as services will be busier than usual.

There will be 12 South Western Railway trains per hour between Waterloo and Twickenham. There will be one train every hour to/from Windsor and two trains every hour to/from Reading via Ascot.

SWR is advising customers travelling to Twickenham from Reading or West of Reading to travel to Paddington (ticket acceptance is in place with Great Western Railway) and then use London Underground services to Waterloo.

A South Western Railway spokesperson said: “We have repeatedly guaranteed to roster a train guard on every single service we run. Our plans mean more guards, not fewer.

“It’s time for the RMT union to commit to resolving their dispute which only causes misery for customers.

“We will do everything we can to keep customers moving and reduce disruption whenever the RMT strikes.”

Speaking ahead of last Saturday’s strike action, union boss, RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "RMT members will be taking action again tomorrow on both Northern and South Western Railway in the continuing fight for safety, security and access on our trains while the train companies preside over a surge in violence and anti social behaviour across their services. The pigheaded refusal of both ARN and SWR to face up to their safety obligations is criminally irresponsible.

"It is a national scandal that while other train operators have been prepared to engage seriously with RMT on the crucial issue of a guaranteed second safety-critical member of staff on their services ARN and SWR have dragged their heels and made a mockery of the talks process to the point now where they refuse point blank to engage in any meaningful negotiations at all.

"It is crystal clear that the axing of guards is a cash-driven exercise aimed at shoring up profits on these rail franchises regardless of the public consequences. ?The political cheerleader of this whole dangerous and bankrupt policy, the specialist in failure Chris Grayling, is reported this morning to be on the point of doing a bunk raising the serious question of who is now at the controls of transport policy in Britain?

"It’s time for both these companies to get out of the bunker and start talking seriously and positively with the union on the issue of the guard guarantee instead of gambling with public safety as they pump up their shareholder returns.

"We thank the public for their continuing support and understanding that these disputes are all about safety and passenger service on Britain’s violent and dangerous railways."