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The long-running rail dispute over jobs, pay and conditions continues to spark industrial action.

Aslef general secretary says dispute will continue until government intervenes

Thousands of commuters at London Euston station watched the screens nervously as they tried to make their way home this evening ahead of tomorrows rail strikes.

Around 50,000 runners and tens of thousands more spectators will be hit as yesterdays industrial action carries over into this morning.

Unions have threatened to cause travel woe at one of the busiest times of the year if its long-running dispute with train operators, Network Rail and the Government drags into December.

Members of four trade unions have walked out for 24 hours.

Trains in Britain have all but ground to a halt coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets

The Government has been urged to intervene in the bitter dispute as continuing industrial action leads to huge disruption.

Rail workers are striking outside Reading Station today due to an ongoing pay dispute.

24-hour strikes could cause the worst rail disruption of the year so far, with some areas of the country having no services all day.