Rail strikes: Passengers told not to travel by rail as disruption hits

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Rail strikes: Passengers told not to travel by rail as disruption hits
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Passengers in the capital are facing another day of strikes

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He said: "As the strikes mean that the last train to Euston will depart five minutes before kick-off, I will now not be going to this match."Last season, there were only two away matches I missed all season, Burnley and Wolves."Kristiana Zunde said she has had to travel a day early to London after her train was cancelled

Ms Zunde, who is blind, told the BBC: "When I get the train, I much prefer it. I can book assistance in advance, they meet me in the train station and help me get on the right train. He told the BBC: "I came back from Vancouver into London on Thursday and there was no train leaving King's Cross so I had to stay in a hotel on Thursday night. On Friday morning I had no tubes. So I managed to get one of the last two seats on a coach back to my village."It's that, or sleeping on Heathrow Airport floor, which I am not doing."

Dan Panes from the RDG also told the BBC the aim was to get "conversation rather than confrontation".RMT general secretary Mick Lynch rejected suggestions striking rail workers would agree to the current offer on the tableStaff at Network Rail took action on Thursday with rail strikes, while TfL said the Tube strikes on Friday resulted in usage of the underground being 90% down on the same day last week, with 98,345 entrances and exits on the London Underground network up until 10AM.

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