More train strikes have been announced for September 15 and September 25, but which services will they impact?
Train driver members of the union Aslef are due to walk out on September 15 due to a dispute over pay. If the strikes goes ahead, it will trigger cancellations across Great Britain.
Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, LNER, and TransPennine Express will all be impacted, as well as Chiltern Railways, Greater Anglia, London Overground, Northern, Southeastern and West Midlands Trains.
Earlier this week it was also announced that TSSA union members at nine train companies will take part in a 24-hour strike starting at midday on 26 September.
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Staff at nine train operating companies (TOCs) as well as Network Rail (NR) will walkout from midday on Monday 26 until midday Tuesday 27 September.
Avanti West Coast, c2c, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, LNER, Southeastern, and National Rail will all be affected by these strikes.
TSSA union leader Manuel Cortes said: “The dead hand of Grant Shapps is sadly stopping DfT train operating companies from making a revised, meaningful offer.
“Frankly, he either sits across the negotiating table with our union or gets out of the way to allow railway bosses to freely negotiate with us, as they have done in the past.
“The reason for the current impasse lies squarely at Shapps’ door and passengers are paying a high price for his incompetence and intransigence.
"I welcome the fact that negotiations are ongoing with Network Rail and the gap towards a resolution is narrowing. Time will tell whether a deal can be done to avert our next strike.
"I will be standing on our picket line in Liverpool and will be encouraging fellow delegates and Labour MPs to do likewise, so they can rightly show they stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those fighting the Tories’ cost of living crisis."
Speaking about the September 15 strikes, Mick Whelan, ASLEF’s general secretary, said "We regret that, once again, passengers are going to be inconvenienced, because we don’t want to go on strike – withdrawing our labour, although a fundamental human right, is always a last resort for a trade union – but the train companies have forced our hand.
"They want train drivers to take a real terms pay cut – to work just as hard this year as last, but for 10% less.
"Because inflation is now in double figures and heading higher – much higher, according to some forecasts – and yet the train companies have offered us nothing.
"And this for train drivers who kept Britain moving – key workers and goods around the country – throughout the pandemic and who have not had an increase in salary since 2019."
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