Yesterday it was confirmed that rail workers are planning on going on strike once again later this month.
Network Rail staff will walk out on the company amid an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.
It comes after the RMT rejected a new offer from Network Rail, which was described by union bosses as ‘paltry’.
The 24-hour strike is expected to cause another day of chaos on the rails in Scotland and across the rest of the UK.
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Here is everything we know about the strikes so far.
Why are rail workers going on strike again?
RMT members and Network Rail workers voted to take 24-hours of strike action amid a dispute over job security, pay and working conditions.
Network Rail offered employees a four per cent pay rise in the first year, followed by a further ‘possible’ rise of four per cent the following year.
However, the offer was rejected as RMT members claimed there were no ‘guarantees’ over job losses.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “The offer from Network Rail represents a real terms pay cut for our members and the paltry sum is conditional on RMT members agreeing to drastic changes in their working lives.
"We have made progress on compulsory redundancies. But Network Rail are still seeking to make our members poorer when we have won in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators.
"The train operating companies (TOCs) remain stubborn and are refusing to make any new offer which deals with job security and pay.
"Strike action is the only course open to us to make both the rail industry and government understand that this dispute will continue for as long as it takes, until we get a negotiated settlement.
"The public who will be inconvenienced by our strike action need to understand that it is the government's shackling of Network Rail and the TOCs that means the rail network will be shut down for 24 hours.
"We remain open for further talks.”
Proposed date of strike action
Network Rail members will strike from 2am on Wednesday July 27 for 24 hours.
Members and employees with train operating companies will also take action from 00.01am until 11.59pm on July 27.
Services expected to be impacted
Rail services are expected to grind to a halt in most parts of the country - similar to how they were following the three days of RMT strikes last month.
During the strikes in June, ScotRail operated just five services in the central belt until 6.30pm on the affected days.
Services across the rest of the country were cancelled.
ScotRail has said that it is “still assessing” the impact of the proposed strike action from the RMT, but they admitted that it is “likely" that services will face similar levels of disruption.
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