Rail unions accuse Tory ministers of 'sitting on their hands' as more strikes cancel trains
Union bosses have accused Tory ministers of "sitting on their hands" and failing to work constructively to bring an end to the latest wave of strikes across the UK's railways.
A ScotRail spokesperson said there would be only a very limited service across 12 routes in the central belt, Fife and the Borders.Trains that do run will start later and finish much earlier than usual, with services typically running between 7.30am and 6.30pm on the day of the strike. Lynch said he had received "radio silence" since mid-December as he accused UK Government ministers of "sitting on their hands".
“Passengers with tickets for between 3-7 January can use their ticket the day before the ticket date, or up to and including Tuesday January 10. “They have not offered our members a penny and these are people who have not had an increase since April 2019.
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