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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham and Joanna Partridge

Rail strikes: more talks this week to avert shutdown in Britain

A GWR train crosses the Windsor viaduct from Slough to Windsor.
Rail workers belonging to the RMT union are planning walkouts on 21, 23 and 25 June. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

More talks will be held this week between unions and rail industry leaders in an attempt to avoid a week of national strikes that will shut down much of Britain’s rail network in late June.

Passengers whose journeys were affected would receive refunds for tickets they had bought, the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, pledged.

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