More than 40,000 employees at Network Rail and 13 other UK train operators have gone on strike amid a row over pay, conditions, and job security. The industrial action – the largest rail strike in 30 years – has been organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union on behalf of its members and is taking place across the UK on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday but has effectively wiped out the network for the week.
In Wales the strikes have led to many train cancellations with only a handful of services still running. Although staff at Transport for Wales are not striking services across the country have been significantly affected by the industrial action as signalling and other infrastructure work is managed by Network Rail. Some Welsh stations will see a complete halt to all services with none running from them on any of the designated strike days. We're bringing our readers the latest updates on the rail strikes in Wales throughout the week. To read the latest updates go here.
Major train stations including Swansea, Bridgend, Carmarthen, Llanelli, Aberystwyth, Holyhead, and Llandudno will have no services at all while there will only be limited services from Cardiff, Newport, Pontypridd, and stations on the Valley lines to Merthyr, Aberdare, and Treherbert. Many train stations in England and Scotland have also been affected.
