A mother from Wales says she faces a 180-mile drive to get her sons to their exams during the rail strike. Marta Kotlarek is also worried about children whose families don’t have cars to get them to school.
The biggest rail strike in 30 years is predicted to bring the rail network across the UK to a halt later this month as thousands of staff stage a walkout. Rail workers in England have voted to take part in three days of strikes which could mean massive disruption across the network for passengers.
Marta's sons Jacob, 15 and Michael, 18, are taking their GCSEs and A-levels and usually take the train from Flint to Ysgol Eirias. Now on top of the stress of the first summer exams in three years after Covid disruption pupils and teachers who travel by train are also contending with a rail strike. Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will strike on June 21, 23, and 25. Disruption can also be expected on June 22 and 24. Although no strikes are planned on those days. trains will not be in the correct positions due to the action taken on the days before.
