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• How to claim train fares back if you’re affected by ‘UK’s biggest rail strike’ Rail strikes will start next week (Picture: Getty Images / EPA)It has been confirmed the biggest rail strike in moden history is set to take place next week. Last-ditch talks with the Rail, Transport and Maritime Union (RMT) failed to resolve a bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions. As a result, more than 40,000 staff at Network Rail and 13 train operators are expected to walk out. Industrial action is set to take place on June 21, June 23…
• Kings assistant Marco Sturm named Ontario Reign head coach The Kings have named Marco Sturm as head coach of the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League, the team announced Friday. The position had been vacated after John Wroblewski took a leave of absence before tendering his resignation after last season and assuming control of the U.S. women’s national team. The rest of the coaching staff for the Kings’ top minor-league affiliate – Chris Hajt, Craig Johnson, Matt Millar and Brad Schuler – is expected to remain in place…
• Half of Glastonbury trains cancelled because of rail strikes (Picture: PA)More than half of the trains due to serve the Glastonbury Festival have been cancelled because of rail strikes. Tens of thousands of revellers will be forced to find alternative routes to the site in Pilton, Somerset. Great Western Railway (GWR) is operating just five services from London Paddington to Castle Cary on Thursday, with a total of 24 between Wednesday and Friday. Before the industrial action was announced, 51 trains were expected to run on the route over…
• Rail strikes to definitely go ahead next week after last-ditch talks fail Thousands of rail workers will go on strike next week (Picture: Getty)Final talks to stop next week’s rail strikes have collapsed, paving the way for transport chaos across the country. The Rail, Transport and Maritime Union (RMT) said discussions failed to resolve a bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions. As a result, more than 40,000 staff at Network Rail and 13 train operators are expected to walk out. General secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘Despite the best efforts of our…
• Rail strike: Which trains are still running during the action? Will any trains be running during the three days of rail strikes? (Picture: Getty)Train workers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are striking over three days this week. In a dispute over frozen pay, as the cost of living has increased, workers are taking industrial action on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday – which will, as a consequence, cause chaos for many who rely on the rail. If you’re without a car, and you have no choice but to…
• Is there a rail strike today? Find out if trains are running RMT members joined by Equity on the picket line on Tuesday, June 21 (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)UK commuters are in for a rough time – as a dispute between train workers in the RMT union and rail bosses over fair pay and job losses has resulted in strike action. Talks are ongoing, but nothing has been resolved yet, so more rail disruption is en route. And as speculation begins about strike action in other industries (including teachers and Royal…
• Chaos, confusion and compassion: what commuters, tourists and Glastonbury festival-goers think of the rail strike Long queues formed for the bus outside Victoria Station this morning (Picture: Daniel Binns)There was a mix of sympathy and scorn among travellers at central London’s busiest train station this morning as the UK’s biggest rail strike in a generation got underway. Early in the day, at first it almost seemed like a new lockdown had suddenly been introduced. The usually bustling concourse, lively bus stops and crammed pavements were instead eerily quiet – except for a handful of tabard-wearing…
• 24 hours to avoid travel chaos: Last-ditch talks ‘could stop rail strikes’ Last-gasp talks are not expected to stop the strikes – but a it ‘is resolvable’ (Picture: PA/EPA)Crunch meetings today could still avert rail strikes which are set to throw the UK into transport chaos, an industry leader has said. Further discussions are set to take place before a mass walkout tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday – though trains are expected to be disrupted for the whole week with a special timetables coming in this evening.   Ministers have been blasted for…
• Man kayaks down river to work and it’s a genius way to beat the rail strikes What train strikes? (Picture: William Lailey/Caters News) What train strikes? (Picture: William Lailey/Caters News)Commuters have been plunged into transport hell this week, with the biggest rail strikes the UK has seen in three decades – but one man in Wales has had zero problems getting to work. George Bullard, 33, has beaten the walk-outs by continuing his normal method of kayaking down a river to his office. Every morning, he paddles down the River Lugg for half an hour to…
• Rail strikes ‘could last until Christmas’ if pay talks fail The RMT has vowed to keep up the pressure with the biggest rail strike in modern history looming (Picture: PA/EPA)Strikes on Britain’s rail network could last until Christmas if talks with the government fail to produce a breakthrough. The RMT has vowed to continue with disruptive industrial action ahead of the biggest railways walkout in years. Entire lines will be closed tomorrow when Network Rail staff are joined by workers from 13 different operators on strike. Emergency timetables are in…