The Wellington train strike on November 16 resulted in many people taking to their cars to commute into Wellington from Lower Hutt. Traffic was crawling along the Eastern end of the Petone Esplanade.

There will be no train services on the Wellington network on Friday as the Rail and Maritime Transport Union takes further strike action.

Metlink is advising commuters to make alternative travel arrangements, with all services on its lines being affected from 2am on Friday until normal services resume at 5am on Saturday.

It follows a day of strike action on November 16, impacting about 30,000 commuters as there were no bus replacements either.

KEVIN STENT/STUFF Friday's 24-hour train strike follows the Rail and Maritime Transport Union action on November 16, which saw signs on State Highway 1 along the Wellington motorway warning of expected delays.

Transdev said on Wednesday night that there would be no trains or bus replacements either on Friday.

Friday 1 December there will be no train services due to a full day strike https://t.co/UGBcF6cxCd — Metlink Wellington (@metlinkwgtn) November 29, 2017

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ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF NZTA is encouraging Wellington commuters to plan their journeys, be patient and allow extra travel time during Friday’s rail strike.

Transdev people and culture manager David Gould said the strike was taking place despite ongoing negotiations between the two parties, including a scheduled meeting for Thursday.

"With the assistance of a mediator we have met with the RMTU twice for negotiations since November 16 and have agreed a scheduled meeting for November 30 to continue negotiations.

"We are disappointed that passengers will be impacted again unnecessarily.

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Commuters will have to change their mode of transport into Wellington again due to further strike action from train drivers. This follows the strike held earlier this month.

"At our negotiations sessions on November 21 and 27, we really felt that some progress was made, and we do not understand why the RMTU have chosen further strike action."

The union said its first industrial action was in response to defending members' terms and conditions of employment with Transdev Wellington and Hyundai Rotem on Wellington's passenger rail network.

It was the first industrial action of longer than two hours since 1994.

Earlier this month, union general secretary Wayne Butson said it had been trying to negotiate with the companies since May.

There will be NO Metlink trains running Fri 1st Dec from 2am. Normal services will resume 5am Sat.



This is due to a strike by members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union.



There will be NO bus replacements. Usual bus services will be running as normal. pic.twitter.com/mycYSiQeWQ — Metlink Wellington (@metlinkwgtn) November 29, 2017

The NZ Transport Agency is encouraging commuters to plan ahead of the Friday morning rush-hour, and to be prepared for delays.

"Commuters who usually use train services are more likely to use their cars instead, and that's going to put increased pressure on the roads in and out of Wellington," regional transport systems manager Mark Owen said.

"We will be making additional resources available for our traffic management teams and services, as well as taking steps to minimise any impacts that our current roadworks projects could have on traffic flows."

The rail strike will begin at 2am on Friday and will last until 11:59pm that evening, before normal services resume on Saturday.