different train operating companies around the country. the tssa union is also striking at ava nti west coast. meanwhile, the drivers union aslef has announced another strike this saturday. there are more rmt strikes planned for the 18th and 20th of august and it may not end there there have been threats of further strike dates later in the year if the dispute isn t resolved. the transport secretary grant shapps believes more legislation is needed to curb the power of the unions. what you ve got is one union, the rmt on strike today, a different union, the aslef, on strike in three days time and because they are colluding between themselves to set these strike dates, they are causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now, i don t think they should be able to go around doing that. we don t allow flying pickets but we are allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there is permanent chaos on the railways.
austin. tell us how it is looking. good morning, yes. inside king s cross station, people are turning up and hoping to get on a train, but they are turning up to see a special notice on the departure board saying there are no trains here until about midday, there has been serious disruption over the past couple of days and there were no trains running from king s cross up to leeds and york yesterday, but there was also a fire that happened next to the tracks and spread across the tracks between here in london and peterborough and there is still repair work ongoing and that means no trains from here this morning. it is not the only place where there is ongoing disruption, there has also been a lot of delays, cancellations out of london euston this morning and avanti west coast out of london euston this morning and ava nti west coast says out of london euston this morning and avanti west coast says that still major disruption across its network, following a lot of incidents with the over