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Train disruptions continue as railway workers hold 48-hour weekend strike

Network Rail and 14 train operators will run on a limited services as a result of the industrial action

Manchester Evening News

Rail strike continues as passengers face latest wave of disruption

Trains will start later than usual on Saturday and will finish earlier, while some parts of the country have no services

Evening Standard

Transport for Wales agrees pay deal with rail unions

The news comes as the rail unions continue to be embroiled in a dispute with other train operators

Birmingham Post

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Fresh strike causes more misery for rail passengers as bitter dispute continues

Talks between the leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), train company employers and Rail Minister Huw Merriman on Thursday failed.

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Mick Lynch hoping for 'compromise' in the next week as new talks open

The RMT chief urged rail firms to 'come towards us a little bit' in softer language as new talks open. But a 48-hour strike today has gone ahead - crippling services

Daily Mirror

NHS strikes – live: Government must boost pay offer for nurses, ex-Tory chair urges

Around 70,000 appointments and surgeries will be lost in walkout

The Independent UK

Mick Lynch: Scottish nationalist MPs 'closer' to strikers than Keir Starmer

RAIL union boss Mick Lynch has said SNP MPs are “closer" to the RMT's position than Labour as he criticised Keir Starmer’s apparent…

The National (Scotland)

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Rishi Sunak snubs Mick Lynch offer to meet to solve rail dispute - strikes dates IN FULL

And instead the PM upped the bitter war of words against the union as his aides accused RMT of “holding Christmas hostage with more damaging strikes”

Daily Mirror

Rail unions look to next contract talks as Biden signs agreement - Roll Call

As President Biden signed a resolution imposing a rail labor contract agreement Friday, unions were strategizing for the next contract.

Roll Call

Mick Lynch: Government has shown ‘lack of urgency’ in dealing with rail strike

The RMT union leader said the Government’s failure to act was astonishing given that fresh strikes are due to start in a fortnight.

The Independent UK

Rail union alleges 'selective lockout' of Pacific National train drivers as Fair Work Commission unable to bring parties to an agreement

Few coal trains to run from tomorrow unless Pacific National and rail union reach agreement

Newcastle Herald

Number of Interrail tickets sold hits record high this year as train travel surges in popularity

Twice as many tickets were sold this year as in 2019

The Independent UK

Rail passengers in Britain face disruption despite strike cancellation

Move came too late to reinstate services on Saturday, and they will remain ‘extremely limited’

The Guardian - UK

Fury as Northern Powerhouse Rail plan looks likely to be downsized again

‘There wasn’t really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the Pennines,’ says Grant Shapps

The Independent UK

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Rail passengers warned of 'significantly reduced' timetable due to strike action

RAIL passengers faced fresh travel misery on Saturday because of a strike which hit services on some of the busiest routes in the country.

Daily Mirror

RMT announces three days of strikes after Network Rail 'U-turns' on pay offer

Network Rail bosses reneged on their promises of an improved pay offer and sought to impose job cuts, more unsocial hours and changes to rosters, Rail union RMT claims

The Independent UK

More than half of London-Edinburgh travellers now going by train instead of plane

New low-cost trains have helped travellers switch from domestic flights to rail travel

The Guardian - UK

Rail unions say government plans to limit strikes will ‘enrage’ members

Kwasi Kwarteng announces moves that oblige unions to ensure trains run ahead of sustained industrial action

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'Effective standstill': Railway workers to walk out in fresh strike action

RAIL union RMT has announced that railway workers will walkout across the country on October 8 in the ongoing fight over jobs, pay and working…

The Independent UK

New train strike announced for next month as 40,000 rail workers to walk out

Three walkouts now planned for 1, 5 and 8 of October

The Conversation

Railroads and unions reach deal to avert devastating strike, keeping America's trains and the economy on track – for now

Most Americans may not appreciate the central role that private railroads play in supporting the U.S. economy and their everyday lives. Recent fears of a railroad strike may have changed that.

The Independent UK

Staff shortage and heavy rain blight weekend train journeys

The National Rail Awards 2022, scheduled for 15 September, have been postponed due to strikes by Aslef and RMT

The Independent UK

Rail to Refuge founder hopes to expand scheme to ferries and buses

Southeastern rail worker Darren O’Brien is behind the scheme, which enables domestic abuse victims to access free train tickets to safe havens.

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet bets the house on a public relations war over NSW rail industrial action

The NSW government is hoping that frustrations over disruptions will turn sentiment against the rail union

The National (Scotland)

Next rail workers' strike to take place over Labour conference weekend

RAIL workers are to stage a fresh 24-hour strike next month in an escalation of the national dispute over pay, job security and conditions.

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