SOME train services will finish as early as lunchtime during next week’s strikes on Britain’s train network. It comes after rail bosses unveiled a new map of misery showing how only hal…
While Heathrow trains could be axed next Tuesday due to the separate Tube strike.
Lines will only be open between 7.30am and 6.30pm, meaning services will start later and finish earlier than usual. And the number of passenger services on those days is expected to be limited to around 4,500 compared with 20,000 normally. Only around 12,000 to 14,000 services will be able to run on the days following the strikes - those being next Wednesday, Friday and Sunday - because signallers and control staff will not work overnight shifts that begin on the strike dates.The strike comes after Network Rail and train operating companies are putting staff onThere have been many talks between the union and organisation to secure a pay proposal or a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, but they have all been unsuccessful.
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