Rail passengers have been urged not to travel on Christmas Eve due to strikes, making getting home for Christmas much trickier for potentially millions of people.
Network Rail has warned that services on December 24 will be severely impacted by a RMT union rail strike.
It advised passengers to travel only if "absolutely necessary" or consider travel on another day.
The strike action begins at 6pm on Christmas Eve, so travelling by rail earlier in the day may be possible.
For those working until late on the day before Christmas and without access to a car, getting home before the big day may prove very difficult.
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The strike by RMT members working for Network Rail - who are calling for a “negotiated settlement” rather than the 5% pay rise offered to them this year - will continue until 6am on 27 December.
RMT alleges a 50% cut in scheduled maintenance tasks was also outlined by Network Rail in this recent offer, as well as a 30% rise in unsociable hours - something Network Rail denies.
Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail said: "I am so sorry that our passengers are having to bear the brunt of the RMT's needless strike when a fair offer is on the table."
The RMT has announced further strikes for 3 and 4 January and 6 and 7 January, which may make returning from love one's homes post-Christmas difficult.
Disruption will continue for the rest of the month because of an overtime ban by RMT members at 14 train operators.
A 48-hour strike by bus drivers in London on Saturday added to travel disruptions.
Mr Lynch is maintaining that the union continues to receive strong support from the public.
He said: "It's better we are talking than not, so the rail minister convened a meeting on Thursday with the RMT representatives along Network Rail and the train operators.
"We exchanged some ideas and some possibilities, there was no negotiations at that, nothing arising tangible out of that.
"But what he did having heard that as the facilitator, as they describe themselves and the people that ultimately own the purse strings, is he invited us and requested that we get together and hold further talks going forward and we'll do that in the next period if the companies want to get engaged in it."
