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It is estimated that the average railway worker loses £180 per day during walkouts.

The Mail has learnt that around a fifth (4,000) of RMT members who work for Network Rail defied the strike and turned up for work - double the number that did when strikes first began in June.

As rail workers strike, the influential role of Mick Lynch has become a matter of national interest.

A Dorset MP has accused unions of using railway employees as political pawns as he slammed train strikes which are set to hit Christmas travellers…

The first day of Mick Lynchs wave of crippling Christmas rail strikes today sent Britain back to the darkest days of the coronavirus lockdown, with usually packed city centres deserted.

Industry insiders say union officials are encouraging workers to clock on for overtime shifts shortly after strikes to recoup lost pay.

MPs question transport secretary about reports government stipulation may have scuppered rail deal

The transport secretary has declined to commit to government plans to establish a new rail-infrastructure operator called Great British Railways (GBR).

The Trades Union Congress shelled out nearly £7,000 for MPs to meet Spanish union chiefs and government officials in Madrid.

A Lyme Regis resident said she was "astonished" after enquiring to her Dorset MP about sewage levels in the sea - only to be chased up by…