Second day of motion set to carry disruption throughout Britain’s rail community
Rachel Corridor
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Community Rail and 13 prepare operators are staging their second strike of the week right now after no deal on pay and situations was reached in tense talks earlier within the week.
Solely round one in 5 trains will run and primarily on major strains through the day, making journey onerous for a lot of passengers throughout the UK. Community Rail has mentioned that rail companies right now will “look very similar to they did on Tuesday”, beginning later within the morning and ending early within the night, round 6.30pm. Passengers have been requested to “solely journey by prepare if obligatory”.
Members of the drivers’ union Aslef on Better Anglia trains will strike on Thursday in a separate dispute over pay. The corporate, which can be affected by the RMT strike, suggested passengers to journey provided that it was obligatory.
In the meantime, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Affiliation (TSSA) has introduced that its members at Merseyrail have accepted a 7.1% pay provide.
I’ll be retaining you up to date right now with all the important thing occasions within the UK strikes. Please do get in contact at rachel.corridor@theguardian.com when you’ve noticed something we’ve missed.
Good Morning Britain’s Nitya Gracianna Rajan has tweeted that Newport’s major transport hub noticed an increase in passenger numbers on Tuesday in contrast with the earlier week, and is placing on extra double decker buses alongside regional commuter routes consequently.
#RailStrikes day 2: the largest transport hub in Newport, Wales noticed an increase in passenger numbers on Tuesday, in comparison with final week. Extra double decker buses have been supplied alongside regional commuter routes in anticipation of demand throughout rush hour this morning. https://t.co/LJithbjldj
— Nitya Gracianna Rajan (@NityaGRajan) June 23, 2022
Second day of motion set to carry disruption throughout Britain’s rail community
Rachel Corridor
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Community Rail and 13 prepare operators are staging their second strike of the week right now after no deal on pay and situations was reached in tense talks earlier within the week.
Solely round one in 5 trains will run and primarily on major strains through the day, making journey onerous for a lot of passengers throughout the UK. Community Rail has mentioned that rail companies right now will “look very similar to they did on Tuesday”, beginning later within the morning and ending early within the night, round 6.30pm. Passengers have been requested to “solely journey by prepare if obligatory”.
Members of the drivers’ union Aslef on Better Anglia trains will strike on Thursday in a separate dispute over pay. The corporate, which can be affected by the RMT strike, suggested passengers to journey provided that it was obligatory.
In the meantime, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Affiliation (TSSA) has introduced that its members at Merseyrail have accepted a 7.1% pay provide.
I’ll be retaining you up to date right now with all the important thing occasions within the UK strikes. Please do get in contact at rachel.corridor@theguardian.com when you’ve noticed something we’ve missed.
Gwyn Topham
The Guardian’s Gwyn Topham has the total report on how final night time’s talks performed out, the failure of which has led to right now’s second day of strikes.
The top of the RMT hit out on the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, for “wrecking negotiations” within the dispute over pay, working situations and proposed “modernisation” plans to chop prices after the pandemic, he writes.
Shapps mentioned the RMT declare was “a complete lie”, whereas Community Rail claimed the union had walked away from talks.
