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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Thomas Kingsley and Zoe Tidman

Train strikes – live: Ministers ‘pouring petrol on fire’ over dispute, Starmer says

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Deserted railway stations across the UK resemble the “darkest days of Covid”, Network Rail’s chief executive has said amid the biggest rail strikes in three decades.

Speaking from the concourse at Waterloo station on Tuesday morning, Andrew Haines said the major London transport hub was like a “wasteland”.

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