Reduced rail services between strike days in Devon and Cornwall

On Wednesday, main line and branch line services are operating in Cornwall and Devon

After a day of major disruption many rail services are now operating in Cornwall and Devon.

Industrial action meant services were heavily impacted on Tuesday, with further strikes scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.

On Wednesday, train services started after 07:00 BST.

In Devon and Cornwall, the Axminster-to-Exeter line was the only one where limited or no trains had been expected, Great Western Railway said.

However, South Western Railway said it had run a late start Sunday service between the two stations on Wednesday and will be running the same service on Friday.

Talks between the RMT union and Network Rail are continuing in an attempt to resolve the national dispute over pay and working conditions.

Dan Panes, from GWR, told the BBC about 30% of services had been running on Tuesday.

He said: "I think people were listening to the advice they had been given to only travel if absolutely necessary and that helped to make space for those people who really needed to travel."

Mr Panes said the operator was running "about 50% to 60%" of its services on Wednesday, depending where on the network customers were.

Lily Renshaw and Eli Griffin travelled from Par to Truro

Regular train passengers Eli Griffin and Lily Renshaw said services were the "same as normal" as they travelled through Cornwall earlier.

Mr Griffin added that because no services are running on Saturday, he needs to set off four hours earlier than anticipated to make sure he gets to a gig in London.

"[But] I stand for what they stand for - I do think they need to be paid for," he said.

"It is affecting us, but in the bigger picture, it's doing a better thing."

Jess Hyde had to travel a day earlier to avoid missing a concert

Jess Hyde had previously planned to travel to London on Thursday, but had to pay extra to travel a day early and pay for an extra night in a hotel.

"We've had our journey planned for over a year, as we planned to visit a concert each night of our six days in London," she said.

However, while the action has disrupted her journey, Miss Hyde believes the workers have every right to strike, in order to fight for better pay and conditions.