Train rail strikes

Coordinated strikes to cripple transport network with major transport hubs in Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland left without rail links.

Although the action will be held on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the misery for commuters is expected to last the entire week because signallers and controllers will not work overnight on strike days. "Working with Network Rail, our plan is to keep as many services running as possible, but significant disruption will be inevitable and some parts of the network will not have a service, so passengers should plan their journeys carefully and check their train times." "We will keep talking to try and find a compromise that could avert this hugely damaging strike but make no mistake, the level of service we will be able to offer will be significantly compromised and passengers need to take that into account and to plan ahead and only travel if it's really necessary to do so." "There is a history of resistance to change due to technology, but we cannot hold back the tide," said Mr Haines. As a result, the network will only offer 12,000 to 14,000 services on the non-strike days due to the knock-on effects of the action. The last services from London to Scotland will leave in the early afternoon on the strikes days: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Only a fifth of train services are due to run during next week's strike action.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: More than 40,000 RMT union members from Network Rail and 13 train firms plan to walk out. "It's just stressful. "Both my parents work. However, with trains running for shorter hours on strike days, final departures will be much earlier than usual. The rail industry is under pressure to save money due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic and Network Rail has said it wants to modernise working practices. My mum is a doctor so she's got to be in [work] really early," she said. The RMT has called for a meeting with the transport secretary and chancellor, saying it had become clear that the Treasury was "calling the shots and not allowing rail employers to reach a negotiated settlement". For example, the last train from Manchester to London will leave at 14:47 and the last from Norwich to London at 16:00, with the last train from London to Edinburgh at 15:00. "Make no mistake, the level of service we will be able to offer will be significantly compromised and passengers need to take that into account and to plan ahead and only travel if it's really necessary to do so," he said. "If I was to book a coach, it would cost a lot more - plus increase the travel time; two-and-a-half hours on the train becomes five to six hours on a coach," she told the BBC. "And there's no way we'd get to the concert in time." The timetable from 20 June to 26 June is still being finalised, but the number of services is expected to be around 4,500 compared with 20,000 normally, Network Rail said.

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will open for trains.

At one train operator, GTR, backing was too low to pass the threshold for a strike. This represents 63 per cent of the workforce balloted, numbering more than 25,000 workers. Even on lines that are running, not every station will be open. - London Liverpool Street to Stansted airport and Cambridge - London King's Cross to Cambridge and Ely - London to Gatwick airport and Brighton

The network-wide strike action by the RMT union on June 21, 23 and 25 will “severely limit” the number of services operating for passengers and freight – on top ...

- Glasgow – Lanark: two trains per hour - Edinburgh – Bathgate: two trains per hour - Edinburgh – Glasgow via Falkirk High: two trains per hour