Passengers on the Weymouth-Waterloo line are warned there will be reduced service tomorrow due to a strike by the RMT union.

The rail operator said plans to deliver more than half of its normal Saturday services.

Services will run from Weymouth and Dorchester South direct to Bournemouth, Southampton and London but there will be fewer trains than normal.

An amended timetable can be seen at www.southwesternrailway.com

A South Western Railway spokesman said: “It is extremely disappointing that the RMT has yet again chosen to needlessly inconvenience our customers, and its own members, across our network.

“We are committed to resolving this dispute and earlier this week met with the RMT at Acas, reiterating our proposed framework agreement which centres around how we can better keep our customers moving during times of disruption."

“Despite the RMT agreeing to a similar deal with another train operator just a few weeks ago, the union has failed to explain to us, their members or our customers why such a deal is not acceptable on our network.

“We will continue to do everything we can to minimise disruption to passengers while the RMT persists with these unnecessary strikes.”

The RMT has further strikes planned on Friday, August 31 to Sunday, September 2 (72-hour strike) plus Saturday, September 8 and Saturday, September 15.