0njune 21st, london underground workers will also strike in a separate dispute, bringing that total closer to 50,000. it s in a dispute over pay, conditions and redundancies, with the proposed job cuts including workers who maintain tracks, signals and overhead lines among other things. services will be severely disrupted right across england, scotland and wales. 0ne senior rail source said only about 20% of trains are expected to run. they are urging people to make other arrangements. a special timetable will be published next week. any change to services will have a big impact on people trying to get to large scale events on those days, including glastonbury, the england v new zealand test match at headingley, and the british summertime festival in hyde park. potentially a week of huge disruption for many people. let s speak to railway operations
at the departures board, those are some of the services that use this station and many of those will be disrupted, when those strikes happen, if indeed they go ahead. the three strike dates planned for the 21st, the 23rd and the 25th ofjune. that s a tuesday, a thursday and a saturday. this strike would see more than 40,000 railway workers go out on strike for those three days. the dispute is about pay, conditions and redundancies. the proposed job cuts would affect workers, who maintain the tracks, the overhead lines and the signals. it would cause severe disruption across england, scotland and wales, one senior rail source saying that only 20%, one in five, services, would run and a special timetable will be published for that next week. so, if people do need to get around on those dates, the advice is make other plans but the special timetable will be out next week to help people
on the railway as possible if the strike goes ahead. katy austin, bbc news. ben boulos has this update from manchester piccadilly station. well, this is one of the busiest stations on the network. just take a look up there, at the departures board, those are some of the services that use this station and many of those will be disrupted, when those strikes happen, if indeed they go ahead. the three strike dates planned for the 21st, the 23rd and the 25th ofjune. that is tuesday, a thursday and saturday. this strike would see more than 40,000 railway workers go out on strike for those three days. the dispute is about to pay, conditions and redundancies. the proposed job cuts would affect workers, who maintain the tracks, the overhead lines and the signals. it would cause severe disruption across england, scotland and wales and one senior rail source saying that only 20%,
stay safe as well. jamie giving us some of the stay safe as well. jamie giving us some of the specific stay safe as well. jamie giving us some of the specific problems i stay safe as well. jamie giving us| some of the specific problems and let s work out how long it will take to get sorted. liam sumpter, network rail route director for scotland, joins us now. i can t ican t imagine i can t imagine what you are dealing with this morning. just talk us through how it is looking from your point of view. through how it is looking from your point of view- point of view. good morning. obviously point of view. good morning. obviously it s point of view. good morning. obviously it s a point of view. good morning. obviously it s a really - point of view. good morning. obviously it s a really tough i obviously it s a really tough evening and night for us last night and dudley hitters really hard and we have numerous book reports of trees on the tracks and also damage to the overhead li