The National Rail Enquiries website stopped working today as commuters tried to discover what services are still running, with many being shown a message stating: “500 Internal Server Error”. Chiltern Railways, which runs services in and out of London Marylebone, has also apologised after its website also crashed.
It comes as the UK's current railway strike has caused widespread misery for millions of travellers across the country as 80 per cent of trains have been cancelled and road traffic has spiked. Only a fifth of trains are operating today (June 21) and half of all lines are closed.
Around 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail, alongside 13 train operators, walked out in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and workplace conditions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging the public to "stay the course".
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