Travellers have been hit by train strikes galore in recent weeks, and August is set to bring more misery for rail passengers as the summer of discontent shows no signs of abating.
In the last week of July, both the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) pressed ahead with industrial action.
The union workforce’s decision brought huge UK train routes to a near standstill, with a much reduced service or none at all in the worst-hit cases.
