And rail bosses say today s services will be thinner than usual. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more on this. the first day of rail strikes may be over but the problems are not. today is a just 2a hour breather before more strikes planned for tomorrow and saturday. while the full rail network is technically operational today, it s far from a normal day on the tracks. trains are in the wrong place, staff are starting later than usual, and trains that usually leave depots at 3am didn t begin to move until five. that means 6000 of today s usual services will not even leave the sidings. so it s more headaches for passengers with plenty already feeling frustrated. it took me, like, four hours to get to here. it s an absolute joke, mate, you know what i mean? there are further problems for bus passengers across yorkshire as the arriva bus strike continues, leaving even fewer public transport options. i think they deserve it but can
Year. it is forecast to peak. train services across the uk face further disruption after yesterday s strike action despite no walk outs taking place today. talks between network rail and the rmt union are taking place, but tomorrow s strike is likely to go ahead anyway and rail bosses say today s services will be thinner than usual. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more. the first day of rail strikes may be over but the problems are not. today is a just 24 hour breather before more strikes planned for tomorrow and saturday. while the full rail network is technically operational today, it s far from a normal day on the tracks. trains are in the wrong place, staff are starting later than usual, and trains that usually leave depots at 3am didn t begin to move until five. that means 6000 of today s usual services will not even leave the sidings.
Taking place today. talks between network rail and the rmt union will take place later this morning, but tomorrow s strike is likely to go ahead anyway and rail bosses say today s services will be thinner than usual. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more. the first day of rail strikes may be over but the problems are not. today is a just 24 hour breather before more strikes planned for tomorrow and saturday. while the full rail network is technically operational today, it s far from a normal day on the tracks. trains are in the wrong place, staff are starting later than usual, and trains that usually leave depots at 3am didn t begin to move until five. that means 6,000 of today s usual services will not even leave the sidings. so it s more headaches for passengers with plenty already feeling frustrated. it took me, like, four hours to get to here. it s an absolute joke, mate, you know what i mean? there are further problems for bus passengers across yorkshire a
Today at six. the biggest rail strike in a generation disruption everywhere, no services at all to parts of the uk. stuck in the sidings instead of moving millions of passengers there s sympathy for railworkers, but frustration too. my daughter s doing her gcses. i ve got to get her to and from school, so it s a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it s not fair for all the commuters. some 40,000 rail workers have walked out their union accuses the government of getting in the way of a deal. the government could have made a move to settle this dispute, and instead they re escalating it. the lies that they re telling about railway workers and the railway industry are outrageous. we need to get ready to stay the course, to stay the course, because these reforms,
Today at six. the biggest rail strike in a generation disruption everywhere, no services at all to parts of the uk. stuck in the sidings instead of moving millions of passengers there s sympathy for railworkers, but frustration too. my daughter s doing her gcses. i ve got to get her to and from school, so it s a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it s not fair for all the commuters. some 40,000 rail workers have walked out their union accuses the government of getting in the way of a deal. the government could have made a move to settle this dispute, and instead they re escalating it. the lies that they re telling about railway workers and the railway industry are outrageous. we need to get ready to stay the course, to stay the course, because these reforms,