Workers from four different rail companies in the UK are to stage two 24-hour strikes in continuing disputes over the role of guards and driver-only trains, BBC reports.
Members of the RMT union at Southern, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and Greater Anglia will walk out on October 3 and 5.
The walk-outs will coincide with the closure of Liverpool Lime Street station for major refurbishment.
Between September 30 and October 22, Network Rail will embark on a major project to overhaul the station, helping cater for a predicted doubling of peak-time passengers by 2043.
No trains will enter or leave Lime Street mainline station for nine days, and many will be diverted.
