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Fresh strike action has been announced as a dispute between pay and working conditions between train companies and union members continue - Here are all the dates you need to know.

Network Rail workers are poised to stage fresh strikes in a bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions, that threatens fresh disruption to services. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), will walk out over disagreements on November 3, 5, and 7. In separate disputes, RMT members on…

Workers are trying to work out exactly what happened after the train came crashing down into a river earlier this week

The non-passenger service fell from a railway bridge into the river below closing the line from Newcastle to Carlisle entirely

RMT will continue with its strike action with trains, buses, and Tube lines also affected.

The incident means no trains can run in either direction between Carlisle and Newcastle.

RMT calls Rail Delivery Group 'unreasonable' - rail body insists it wants to work with union

Rail workers at 14 train companies will strike on November 3 and 5 in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions, the RMT union announced.

Action on November 3 and 5 will coincide with strikes by RMT members

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Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan today said that laws imposing minimum service standards during strikes would be introduced