Today marks the beginning of a set of nationwide train strikes that will see around 40,000 railway workers walk out in what is being called the 'biggest rail strike in modern history.'
Services will be severely disrupted and in some cases non-existent today as well as on Thursday and Saturday when further industrial action is set to take place. The action has been called and voted for by members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Workers Union, with staff from Network Rail and 13 train firms to walk out.
Today, on the first day of the strike, London Underground RMT workers will also walk out in a separate dispute over pensions and job losses, taking the total number of staff - along those from with Network Rail and the train companies - to more than 50,000.
