finishing early. in a lot of cases it is about three, four or five o clock. there will be no real replacement buses to get your home. every time there is a strike, the advice is only travel if necessary but for those people for whom it is necessary to travel, as there are clear and easy way of knowing how they can get from a to b with a few services that are running? yes. they can get from a to b with a few services that are running?- services that are running? yes. we have been services that are running? yes. we have been seeing services that are running? yes. we have been seeing national- services that are running? yes. we have been seeing national rails - have been seeing national rails strike sincejune so the train operators are used to the sorts of timetable they can run. for example from london paddington to bath and bristol there are trains every hour. those are looking fairly reliable in terms of getting people where they need to be. worth seeing, today, although it s the b
where do you see particular problem areas being? where do you see particular problem areas being? we have a huge london terminal station, areas being? we have a huge london terminal station, london areas being? we have a huge london terminal station, london euston - terminal station, london euston closed completely, locked and barred. i can see a steady trickle of travellers, many who are foreign tourists unaware of the strike, turning up to get to the north midlands, scotland, they are unable to travel. london st pancras is fairly busy down the road, both with eurostar trains but also with east midlands railway which is running to leicester, derby and sheffield and nottingham. it is a very mixed picture across the country. in wales, the only services to cardiff, the valleys and newport. in scotland there is a fear number of trains running on the central belt and also a link to preston but that is not joining up with another line. wherever you are, people are being told remember s
train network grinds to a complete halt. only one in ten services are running a 50,000 workers staged a walk out in the biggest rail strike over pay and conditions. let us stick with that story. more than 50,000 rail workers are taking part in the biggest strike on the network in britain for decades. the action is part of a long running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. the red lines on this map are the only parts of the rail network where some trains will run, starting late and finishing very early. no trains are running between london and major cities including edinburgh, brighton and newcastle. joining me from london euston station is simon calder, travel editor for the independent. thank you forjoining us, we had a brief overview of parts of the country which are affected, but where do you see particular problem areas being? we
will be an impact on today s strike on tomorrow operations, especially in the morning. we have a train driver strike, in the morning. we have a train driverstrike, members in the morning. we have a train driver strike, members of the aslef union stop work on wednesday which will wipe out services on the avanti west coast and on the midland railway and many other operators. thursday and friday, there will be a test at the end page attention, members of the gwr will be going on strike. they gwr says our limited service will run. also members of unite will strike and by next saturday i expect we will be sitting down here again because there will be another rmt union strike. the effect on network rail signallers in particular, half the national network will be taken out immediately. this so the unions say