RMT

Passengers have been urged to check before travel on Thursday and are being told to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary, with most affected operators ...

Intercity routes operated by LNER will be severely reduced, with last trains departing in the early afternoon, while Avanti, GWR and East Midlands will run hourly intercity services. Train operators said they would “pull out all the stops” with contingency staff to keep as much running as possible. Disruption could persist early on Friday, while a second strike will take place on Saturday.

The RMT trade union's planned strike action by its members at Network Rail as well as an overtime ban over the coming weeks have been suspended.

David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “ScotRail services will operate as normal on Thursday, 16 March, following the suspension of planned strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. Planned strike action by RMT members of 14 other train operators on Thursday, March 16, as well as on Saturday, March 18, Thursday, March 30, and Saturday, April 1- is still scheduled to take place but will not have any impact on ScotRail services. THE Borders Railway service will operate as normal tomorrow (Thursday March 16 2023), following the suspension of planned strike action by RMT members of Network Rail.

Will I get a refund on my train ticket because of the rail strike disruption? GWR said those who have purchased a ticket on strike days can claim a full refund ...

Tickets for March 30 and April 1 can be used on the day before or up to and including April 4. Tickets for tomorrow and March 18 can be used on the day before or up to and including March 21. GWR has warned that tomorrow and on March 18, an extremely reduced service will operate on a limited number of routes, and parts of the network will have the train no service at all.

A TRAIN operator in North Yorkshire has warned of the 'severe disruption' that this week's strikes are set to bring.

TPE has urged those travelling on strike days to checks their journey carefully and allows plenty of extra time as any trains that do run will be very busy, and further disruption is possible. For those that have to travel on strike days, TPE will be running a reduced timetable on three routes, Huddersfield - York, Manchester Airport - Preston, and Sheffield - Cleethorpes. Kathryn O’Brien, customer service and operations director for TransPennine Express, said: “This upcoming strike action by RMT will once again have a big impact on rail customers right across our network, and we will only be able to operate a small number of trains across certain routes.” TPE has said it will only operate a handful of services on each date and is urging customers to avoid travel unless their journey is essential. There will also be disruption either side of the strike days due to overnight walk outs by staff. During the strikes services will be disrupted, and Malton train station will be closed.

In a letter to the mayor, RMT leader Mick Lynch asked him to protect pensions, passenger safety and to halt job cuts on the London Underground.

We take any concerns about safety extremely seriously and the Mayor is working with TfL to understand the RMT’s claims.” "In January, I wrote to you raising my serious concerns about the safety consequences of these cuts. Advertisement [Over 10,000 RMT members will be taking strike action across the Tube on Wednesday (March 15)](/news/traffic-and-travel/tube-strike-rmt-union-aslef-24-walkout-budget-day-4045875) shutting down the London Underground.

Tube union, RMT wrote to Sadiq Khan today, urging him to reverse the managed decline of London Underground, to protect pensions, passenger safety and to ...

"As you are aware RMT is campaigning for the restoration of TfL operational funding. "Similarly, the threat to our members’ pensions remains live, in spite of the fact that both you and TfL know there is no need for the reforms being demanded. "In January, I wrote to you raising my serious concerns about the safety consequences of these cuts.

Train operators said their rail workers are set to walk out for two days this week in the latest round of industrial action by the RMT union.

In addition to the action on March 16 and 18, there are further RMT strikes planned for 30 March and 1 April. If you have a ticket for the day industrial action is taking place, you can use the ticket for travel on specified alternative days (excludes London Underground). Strike action by RMT union members are set to take place on March 16, 18, 30 and April 1. Please download the [industrial action by RMT union workers](https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-announces-4-weeks-of-industrial-action/) against their employers over pay and work conditions. Four train companies said they will run on reduced timetables as rail workers are walking out on Thursday (March 16) and Saturday (March 18), impacting hundreds of journeys in and out of the city.