Train strike

Last-minute talks to take place, but passengers are advised to avoid travel as services wind down.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: It's insulting to ask them to take yet another real-terms pay cut when rail companies took £500 million in profits during the pandemic," she said. - Who? The RMT union's members include everyone from guards and catering staff to signallers and track maintenance workers. Are you having to make alternative travel arrangements? The strike begins at 00:01 BST on Tuesday. This is up to your individual employer or school, check with them. How are the rail strikes affecting you? Will you miss an important event? but we have to get on with reform, and that helps us deliver the next phase of giving people a pay rise." He called on the government to "loosen the shackles" of employers to allow a deal to be struck, but Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said negotiations should be between unions and employers. Millions of people will face travel "misery" as the biggest rail strike in 30 years causes disruption to services in England, Scotland and Wales, a minister has warned. Mr Clarke also ruled out the direct involvement of government ministers in the talks and said the railway would have to "financially sustain itself".

This week's walkouts by 40,000 rail workers is set to cause long tailbacks on Britain's roads. File photo dated 29/04/22 of traffic on the M42 south of ...

“The school run will probably get worse. Deputy general secretary for the TUC Paul Nowak called for Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to “step up to the plate and take some responsibility” to help avert the strikes. The M74, M8 and A9 in Scotland are among the roads due to face a surge in traffic, as well as the M4, A55, A5, and A483 in Wales , according to the AA.

Drivers are being warned to expect a surge in traffic as train passengers switch to road transport during the rail strikes throughout this week. Members of the ...

Island Line services will not be affected by the industrial action. There will also be a “very limited service” on Wednesday and Friday. The industrial action will have a “considerable impact on the number of trains” that run on strike days. Most stations and routes will be closed on strike days, and a “severely reduced service” will operate elsewhere. There will be a “significant reduction in available services” on strike days. Passengers are urged “not to travel” between Tuesday and Sunday as services will be suspended “on most routes” during strike days, and there will be a “significant impact” on non-strike days. A “severely limited service” will run between 7.15am and 6.30pm on strike days, and only on some routes. Services will be suspended on “most routes” on strike days due to “extremely limited availability of staff”. The DLR will not be part of the strikes, but will be affected and running reduced services. Will the DLR and Overground be affected by the Tube and rail strikes? On the national rail strike days of Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June, the central section of the Elizabeth line will be fully open and running. Also on Thursday 23 June and Saturday 25 June, there will be also no service from Queen’s Park to Harrow & Wealdstone on the Bakerloo line and on the Richmond and Wimbledon branches of the District line services will only operate between 07:30 and 18:30.

Over 50,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail (NR) and 13 train operators will strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, ...

or risk a potential dispute” in hospitals. Strikes stop our customers choosing rail and they might never return." It's insulting to ask them to take yet another real-terms pay cut when rail companies took £500 million in profits during the pandemic. This is resolvable." He went on to say while the firm recognises the cost of living has risen it does want to give workers an increase but the union "must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers". "There is room for compromise. "Of course, it is a reality that if we can't get these railways modernised, if we can't get the kind of efficiency that will mean that they can work on behalf of the travelling public, then of course it is jeopardising the future of the railway itself," he told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the RMT had been "gunning" for industrial action for weeks and accused it of "punishing" millions of "innocent people" who will be affected by the strikes. He said: "Joint action by our members and other rail unions will bring every single train to a halt." "Instead of threatening to do a P&O on these workers and rip up their rights, ministers should be getting people around the table to help agree a fair deal." However, not every train operator or service will be affected – and the rail companies and Network Rail are working on a contingency plan to keep some parts of the rail network working. "We have to fight this because we haven't had any pay rises, we are faced with thousands of job cuts and they want to rip up our terms and conditions in a form of hire and re-hire that is internal to the railway," he told Sky News's Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme.

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has said it will “intensify” its strike campaign if members don't get an agreeable deal.

We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. Andrew Haines, chief executive, said last week: “There are two weeks until the first strike is planned. National Rail has updated its journey planner for the strike days. - Norwich – 4pm - Bristol – 4.30pm - Sheffield – 4pm - Liverpool – 3.47pm - Norwich – 4.30pm - Bristol – 4.33pm - Sheffield – 3.31pm - Liverpool – 3.31pm - Manchester – 2.56pm

Travel across the UK is set to be disrupted for much of this week as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union launches the biggest strike to hit the ...

We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing.” The union insists that a pay rise should reflect current inflation rates and the higher cost of living. We therefore urge passengers to plan their journeys carefully and find alternative ways to travel during the strike period where possible.” Staff lose pay, the industry loses vital revenue making it harder to afford pay increases, and passengers and businesses are disrupted. Ultimately the government will decide what can be offered. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Every worker in Britain deserves a pay rise that reflects the cost-of-living crises. Mr Shapps has said calls to involve government in the strike negotiations are a “stunt”, calling the action “a huge act of self-harm” and accusing the union of “gunning for this strike”. Meanwhile, the Opposition has accused the government of wanting the strikes to go ahead to “stoke divisions”, and “pouring petrol on the fire” by refusing to intervene. “Instead of striking, we need the RMT leadership to work with us to secure a deal that is fair to our staff, fair to our passengers and fair to taxpayers,” he has said. “It has to be re-stated that the source of these disputes is the decision by the Tory government to cut £4bn of funding from our transport systems - £2bn from national rail and £2bn from Transport for London. Travel across the UK is set to be disrupted for much of this week as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union launches the biggest strike to hit the British rail network in 30 years.

Members of RMT at Network Rail and 13 train operators will strike on June 21, 23 and 25 with Tube workers also striking on June 21 to coincide with the ...

The median pay for rail workers is above the median pay for all employees in the UK, which in 2021 was £25,971 last year. Rail transport operatives, who include the signallers and drivers' assistants, have a median salary of £48,750. Rail construction and maintenance operatives, who lay and repair the tracks, have a median salary of £34,998. The four categories include rail travel assistants, rail construction and maintenance operatives, rail transport operatives and train and tram drivers. In the same June 15 debate, Mr Shapps said: "The median salary for the rail sector is £44,000, which is significantly above the median salary in the country." While the debate has covered the salary of the train drivers, the strike is over pay for rail workers in all other roles across the country.

The biggest train strike on the UK's rail network looks set to go ahead, affecting journeys on LNER, CrossCountry, Northern, Transpennine and more.

National Rail says: "While we cannot fund taxi or hotel bills, if you decide to travel during a strike period and your chosen train is affected, you may be able to use your ticket on another train company or by an alternative route. National Rail says: "If you choose to travel and your service has been cancelled due to RMT strike action, you may be able to use your Advance, Off-Peak or Anytime ticket on a different train company or route. Yes, if your train is affected by the strike, you will be allowed, within reason, to use your ticket on an alternative route to get to your final destination. Yes, if disruption to your journey meets the "Delay Repay" threshold, you will be entitled to compensation. The strike dates are Tuesday June 21, Thursday June 23 and Saturday June 25. The RMT's assistant general secretary, John Leach, told Radio 4 that union members are “determined” to see the strike through if negotiations with Network Rail and train companies fail.

RAILWAY workers are striking this week after pay negotiations between union bosses and train operators turned sour. Members of the RMT union are walking out ...

About 40,000 workers are taking part in strike action on June 21, 23 and 25, but how much do they actually earn? Services on the days before and after the strike are also going to be impacted and passengers should check if their train is cancelled before travelling. While the average salary for care workers and home care workers is £16,502.

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Or you can call National Rail on 03457 48 49 50 – lines are open 24 hours a day. It is thought that only 20 per cent of services are expected to run on strike days. “I don’t believe the workers are anywhere near as militant as their unions who are leading them up the garden path. One part of the negotiation is over pay. They are gunning for this strike. - c2c

Scotland and Wales are expected to be especially hard hit during the industrial action, as most railway lines will be closed. | ITV National News.

“There is room for compromise. This is resolvable.” Oncology services are under a particular breaking point at the moment due to a catch-up from lockdown and difficulty recruiting, etc. "It is a lever open to us. He added: "I think it is inappropriate. Buses will be jam-packed as replacement services run to help commuters. The RMT union says it has a "mandate" for six months of industrial action, with rail bosses now preparing for a war of "attrition", according to The Telegraph. The TUC is calling on the Westminster government to adopt a positive role in the dispute, saying it was “inflaming tensions” with comments such as threatening to “revoke” workers’ legal rights. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail (NR) and 13 train operators will strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with only around one in five trains running and disruption to services on days following the action. "If this is not forthcoming, then we will proceed to an indicative ballot in the autumn term with a formal ballot for strike action to follow if that is the recommendation of NEU members. The Mirror reports that on Friday he said: “Apparently it’s not in my powers as the TUC President to call a general strike – I might try and debate that with people. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said the threat of a "general strike" (public sector-wide action which has not been seen in the UK for 96 years) must be taken "very clearly and calmly".

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On 16 June, they took to Twitter to confirm that due to the strike they would be running a reduced timetable between 21 to 25 of June. Eurostar has some options available to passengers due to travel during the rail strike. Will Eurostar be affected by the rail strike? The train strike will last for three days, on the 21, 23 and 25 June. Here’s everything you need to know about how the rail strike in the UK will impact Eurostar. Travellers in the UK are bracing themselves for the biggest rail strike in 30 years.

A trade union leader has warned of more walkouts this summer as rail workers prepare to hold a three-day strike that will bring Britain's train networks to ...

The list of public sector workers threatening strike action is lengthening. As a crisis on Britain’s rail networks unfolds, teachers and doctors are also “threatening to walk out alongside rail workers” if the government “fails to meet their demands for a pay rise”, said The Times. The union “appears to be asking for pay rises of 7%”, said Sky News political correspondent Rob Powell, “while the offer on the table” from Network Rail “seems to be in the region of 2-3%”.

Senior RMT official criticises government for being 'nowhere to be seen' in dispute as millions prepare for rail disruption.

In the current landscape of inflation at 9, bordering 10%, it is not a sustainable expectation that inflation can be matched in pay offers. Inflation is at its highest level for 40 years and Britain’s return to the economic landscape of the 1970s/1980s will take a step forward this week with the biggest national railstrike for a generation. He said his members had the “grit and determination” for a long dispute if necessary. The spokesperson declined to give a direct denial, saying: “As a function of my role, I don’t comment on what the prime minister did before he was prime minister.” But he did point out that the story had been denied by Carrie Johnson, and by political aides in No 10. We’d ... like the government to rise to the occasion. The government has been seeking to reduce public support for the rail unions by stressing that train drivers are well paid. He said this was an issue for the industry to resolve with trade unions. The denial came during a set of curious exchanges about a story saying that he wanted to make her his chief of staff when he was foreign secretary that was published, and then mysteriously dropped, by the Times on Friday night. But it is not expected that this will need to happen in this case. Andrew Bailey was effectively reprimanded by Downing Street when he said this earlier in the year, but this morning Simon Clarke, chief secretary to the Treasury, delivered what was effectively the same message. He said his members had the “grit and determination” for a long dispute if necessary. We’d ... like the government to rise to the occasion.

Success for the RMT would make it harder for the government to make the case for pay restraint elsewhere.

RAIL strikes will plunge the nation into chaos from tomorrow as union workers walk out over pay and pensions.

There will also be a “very limited service” on Wednesday and Friday. Most stations and routes will be closed on strike days, and a “severely reduced service” will operate elsewhere. There will be a “significant reduction in available services” on strike days. The industrial action will have a “considerable impact on the number of trains” that run on strike days. A “severely limited service” will run between 7.15am and 6.30pm on strike days, and only on some routes. Passengers are urged “not to travel” between Tuesday and Sunday as services will be suspended “on most routes” during strike days, and there will be a “significant impact” on non-strike days. There will be a “significant impact” on services. On Thursday and Saturday, there will be a reduced service. There will also be a reduced service on London Overground and the new Elizabeth line. On strike days it will run a “limited service”. A “very limited service” will operate on some routes to and from London Liverpool Street for part of the day. Services will be suspended on “most routes” on strike days due to “extremely limited availability of staff”.

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"My mum is a cancer survivor and because of the pandemic she couldn't leave her home to go anywhere." "It might not be one of the strike days but there will be a knock-on effect," he added. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Gavin Greaves, from Edinburgh, risks losing £800 if he cancels his planned holiday to Wales due to the strikes. "The operation is in central London so I have booked a taxi with one of those airport taxi firms... A strike will also take place across the London Underground on Tuesday. " Network Rail has urged passengers to only travel by train if necessary. "If I have to cancel the trip I would lose £800 in all." The 42-year-old was due to catch the train to Preston, Lancashire, to pick up a hire car on Friday - a non-strike day - but says his train has been cancelled. Graham Benton had been due to catch a train to London on Tuesday for a heart operation, but because of he strikes he will now have to pay £165 for a taxi to get there. "I'm going to have to hope we can get on some kind of train or get to Liverpool somehow by hook or by crook," he adds.

The strike involves thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators. Talks on Monday afternoon failed as ...

“Thousands of music fans will face a huge struggle to get to Glastonbury because of the disruption, which will add to road traffic at a time when we’re working hard to improve sustainability in the music industry.” It will halt services altogether in much of northern and southwest England, Wales and Scotland. The chief executive of UK Music has said the three days of rail strikes “risk misery” for hundreds of music fans who are “desperate” to get back to Glastonbury following the pandemic. The union said thousands of jobs were being cut across the rail network with no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. “The rail companies have now proposed pay rates that are massively under the relevant rates of inflation, coming on top of the pay freezes of the past few years. The strike involves thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators.

London Underground workers will also be on strike tomorrow. The RMT said the train operators have now made an offer and there is no further offer from Network ...

‘The RMT supports the campaign for a square deal for all working people in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, and our current campaign is a part of that more general campaign which means that public services have to be properly funded and all workers properly paid with good conditions.’ ‘We continue to talk to the RMT and urge them to work with us to find a solution that works for rail workers and taxpayers, and avoids causing further disruption for our passengers.’ ‘Striking does nothing to address the long-standing issues that we need to sort to make sure our railway, that the public use and treasure, is fit for the long term.’ ‘It is clear that the Tory Government, after slashing £4bn of funding from National Rail and Transport for London, has now actively prevented a settlement to this dispute. General secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘The RMT National Executive Committee has now found both sets of proposals to be unacceptable and it is now confirmed that the strike action scheduled this week will go ahead. A mass walk-out affecting train services across the UK will start tomorrow and also go ahead on Thursday and Saturday – but trains are expected to be disrupted for the whole week, however, with special timetables coming in from this evening.

Here is a breakdown of each operator's plan for strike days:

There will also be a “very limited service” on Wednesday and Friday. On Saturday, there will be limited trains between Radyr and Treherbert, Aberdare and Pontypridd, with replacement buses between Radyr and Cardiff Central. The industrial action will have a “considerable impact on the number of trains” that run on strike days. Most stations and routes will be closed on strike days, and a “severely reduced service” will operate elsewhere. There will be a “significant reduction in available services” on strike days. Passengers are urged “not to travel” between Tuesday and Sunday as services will be suspended “on most routes” during strike days, and there will be a “significant impact” on non-strike days. A “severely limited service” will run between 7.15am and 6.30pm on strike days, and only on some routes. There will be no train services and no rail replacement buses on strike days. Services on strike days will be “very limited”. There will be no service on strike days. Services will be “significantly affected” this week, with a half hourly timetable between 7.30am and 6.30pm on strike days. Services will be suspended on “most routes” on strike days due to “extremely limited availability of staff”.

Most of our interviewees said they anticipated being adversely affected by the disruption, but their sympathies were broadly with the transport workers.

I’m not in a union myself as I’m a business owner, but I’m impressed by the RMT and wish there were more unions with the power to organise in this way.” “I’m not unduly worried about it, I’m still on blood thinners, but it’s in the back of my mind.” I’m tired of services being cut to the bone, everything being done on the cheap and workers being told to simply work harder to fill the gaps.” I’m playing a gig on the 25th [June] and a lot of my band’s fans would normally travel by train. Anne says she will try to get the bus at 7am on Tuesday in order to get to work by 9am. Nobody wants to deny themselves a livelihood, [but] the only thing workers have to withdraw is their labour.”