Train strikes

It comes days after the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) rejected train operators' "best and final" 9pc pay rise. Mark Harper, the Transport ...

National Rail staff are also planning to strike on March 16. These are: There are 14 train companies which will be affected by the staff walkouts, and it is expected that these will be the same ones which have been hit by earlier walkouts. The RMT says it represents around 40,000 workers across National Rail and the 14 train operators, meaning major swathes of the train network will grind to a halt. Disruption is also expected to come from a planned overtime ban by National Rail workers who are members of the RMT. The RMT announced this afternoon that rail workers at 14 train operators are due to stage four days of walkouts:

The RMT union has called for a wave of 'sustained and targeted' industrial action over coming months.

However, its stubborn refusal to do so will now mean more strike action across the railway network and a very disruptive overtime ban. Therefore, our members will now take sustained and targeted industrial action over the next few months. - South Western Railway - Northern Trains - c2c - LNER

The RMT union has announced more national strikes and wider action across Britain's railways in March and April after rejecting pay offers from train ...

Each walkout will last 24 hours and are expected to cause severe disruption to travel on the strike days, while also affecting journeys on the days before and after. But which rail companies are affected, what are the dates and will National Express coaches and Train strikes in March and April: Which rail companies are striking, what are the dates and will National Express coaches and Eurostar be affected too?

Find out if there are train strikes on March 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th 2023 as the industrial action continues.

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It follows the union rejecting a 'dreadful' pay offer from Network Rail – with further negotiations due to be held to try and resolve the dispute.

[Network Rail](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/all-about/network-rail), branding the proposal “unsafe, unhealthy for our members and unworkable”. Mr Lynch added: "Ministers cannot continue to sit on their hands hoping this dispute will go away as our members are fully prepared to fight tooth and nail for a negotiated settlement in the months ahead." So far, ministers have resisted negotiating over pay with public sector bodies, such as the health service, despite the surging cost of living and sky-high inflation. All more strikes will do is damage the rail industry even further and drive more passengers away.” “Therefore, our members will now take sustained and targeted industrial action over the next few months. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members would walk out on March 16, 18 and 20, and April 1, at 14 train companies.

RMT workers across 14 train operators will walk out for a total of five days in March and April. The strike days are Thursday March 16, Saturday March 18, ...

On January 9, Finn Brennan, Aslef district organiser for London, told the Evening Standard: ‘TfL and the government are due to announce the details of their pension proposal by the end of this month. The March and April action will be UK-wide. The RMT confirmed there will be at least a further six months of strikes across the National Rail and the tube in 2023 following a ballot: 94 percent of its members voted to continue industrial action over pay and pensions. Therefore, our members will now take sustained and targeted industrial action over the next few months. Our members have been very clear that they will not stand passively by while the income they expect in retirement is drastically slashed.’ Not only is the offer a real-terms pay cut, with inflation running north of 10 percent, but it came with so many conditions attached that it was clearly unacceptable.’ The strike days are Thursday March 16, Saturday March 18, Thursday March 30 and Saturday April 1. Eurostar will assess how future strikes will affect its timetable when they are announced. As a large number of RMT members work for London Underground, these strikes could very well affect TfL services. In the past, it has run a reduced timetable, with passengers being able to transfer tickets if their train was cancelled. On February 10, Mick Lynch said strikes would continue for ‘as long as it takes’, adding that extending strikes to November could be ‘a possibility’. The train services that will be affected during the March and April strikes haven’t been announced yet.

Members of the Rail, Martine and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on March 16, 18 and 30, and April 1, at 14 train operators. The union's members at Network ...

All more strikes will do is damage the rail industry even further and drive more passengers away.” Railway ReadsFrom the history of steam through to 21st century rail transport news, we have titles that cater for all rail enthusiasts. “The vital changes will not go away because the RMT refuses to engage with them. After many months of extensive talks and meeting key demands on DOO (driver only operation), pay and job security, the leadership have now reneged on that position and say they do not accept any reforms. “Passengers want this dispute to end. “The RMT leadership’s decision not to put the deal out to a referendum means that thousands of their lowest paid members have been denied a chance to have a say on an offer which would give them a pay increase of over 13%.