get it over the line soon. ben king, bbc news. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is at bradford s forster square station. a slow start today with plenty of trains in the wrong place, little preparation able to be done overnight to the rolling stock across the uk. there have been reductions and cancellations that i have seen today crossing the pennines, lots of them last minute for some of those passengers. people can complete theirjourneys but often it takes longer, potentially costing a bit more if they go by a different route. this line between leeds and bradford forster square has been running on time today to the relief of customers i have talked to today who depend on it as a regular commuter line, but they re bracing themselves for further strikes tomorrow and the impact it will have. talks are continuing in london at the moment between unions, rail bosses and the government in the background.
get round the table and get the trains running? mr speaker, we are making sure that we are doing everything we can to prevent these strikes. as he knows, it is up to the railway companies to negotiate. that is theirjob. we have spent £16 billion looking after the railways, mr speaker. merseyrail struck a 7% pay deal with a different union today and network rail said a deal with the rmt was close yesterday. travellers will be hoping they can get it over the line soon. ben king, bbc news. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is at the bradford forster square station and has more from there. fit, forster square station and has more from there- from there. a slow start today with [en of from there. a slow start today with plenty of trains from there. a slow start today with plenty of trains in from there. a slow start today with plenty of trains in the from there. a slow start today with plenty of trains in the wrong - from there. a slow start today with plenty of tra
can complete theirjourneys but often it takes longer, potentially costing a bit more if they go by a different route. this line between leeds and bradford forster square has been running on time today to the relief of customers i have talked to today who depend on it as a regular commuter line but they brace themselves for further strikes tomorrow and the impact it will have. talks are continuing in london at the moment between unions, rail bosses and the government in the background. everyone here, although we are a long way away is depending on the result of that, whether it s the staff at the station waiting to hear what happens to their wages and their working conditions, or indeed their working conditions, or indeed the passengers, waiting to hear if further strikes go ahead tomorrow. the impact of tomorrow s strike will go ahead whatever happens in today s talks. but potentially if we get a deal today, saturday s strike may be able to be averted. we deal today, saturday s strike