Train services are returning to normal today after almost a week of industrial action, while RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has told transport secretary Grant Shapps to ‘tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job, which is to settle this dispute’. Mick Lynch was on a picket line at
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Talks continue, but third strike is set for tomorrow
Second national rail walkout after new talks fail
Network Rail invites RMT to fresh consultation talks
Most disruptive rail strike for more than 40 years has started
Last ditch talks fail to avert rail strikes
Shapps says rail strikes are ‘incredible act of self-harm’
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has spoken out against the impending rail strikes during a visit to Hornsey depot in north London. The depot is run by Siemens, and used to maintain the large fleets of Siemens units which run on Govia Thameslink Railway. Mr Shapps has declined to hold direct talks with
Train operators publish detailed strike plans
Many train operators have published advice to their passengers over the past 24 hours about next week’s rail strikes, and some have provided detailed timetables for strike days. The RMT has called three 24-hour strikes on 21, 22 and 23 June, which will affect nearly all train operators. The disruption will
RMT calls for resolution to dispute before rail strikes
The RMT has called for a face-to-face meeting with transport secretary Grant Shapps and chancellor Rishi Sunak before rail strikes start next week. The railways will be disrupted for three days when workers from Network Rail and 13 train operating companies take to picket lines in their dispute over pay and









