ScotRail managers and officials from the RMT union will meet on Saturday for talks to try to avert strike action which could affect Christmas services.
On the railways, there are no Arriva Trains services available on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with only Saturday services running on weekdays until the new year.
Our customers can look forward to normal services over Christmas and to travel to be with family and friends.
In a speech to the Royal United Services Institute just before Christmas, Sir David spoke of Mali as being a major cause for concern along with Yemen.
She said that for many - particularly the Armed Forces, emergency services and hospital workers - Christmas was a time for serving others, and being away from loved ones.
Christmas Eve on the rail network saw services from London Paddington towards Exeter and the West of England terminating at Tiverton, with limited road transport continuing to Newton Abbot via Exeter St Davids.
No trains will be running on Christmas Day and there will be only limited services on Boxing Day.
They are likely to tweet from carol, crib and midnight services, before carrying on into Christmas morning when the highlights of the sermons at Canterbury Cathedral, York Minster and Durham Cathedral will be tweeted.
The protest group, the Chagos Island Community Association, said conditions had deteriorated over Christmas because of the cold and because the social services building where the group use facilities had been closed.
Ferry operators Serco NorthLink said there was a strong possibility of disruption and cancellations to Northern Isles services from Aberdeen in the run-up to Christmas because of the weather.
At the moment our children and teenagers are practising for a Christmas play, and on the 24 and 25th we will have services.
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It comes as the train operator, which published its emergency Christmas timetable on Monday, continues to run only 40% of services following the safety work sparked by the Hatfield crash.
He said such events were a reminder of the work of the emergency services, many of whom would not have a holiday over Christmas.
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