Everything you need to know about the planned walkouts taking place across the UK this week, and which services will be affected.
are continuing again across the country after negotiations failed to resolve the ongoing row over workers’ pay, jobs and conditions.
The action comes in response to thousands of jobs being cut across the rail networks and workers facing below-inflation pay rises, and it is expected to disrupt vital transport services for the coming days.How will rail services be impacted by the strikes? Travellers have been told that trains will only operate between 7.30am and 6.30pm on both strike days. The services affected include Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Eastern, South Western Railway, Avanti West Coast, Gatwick Express, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Trains.
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