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Train operators will walk out on 15th and 17th september, as part of their dispute over pay and conditions. our transport correspondent katy austin is at kings cross station in london. what is the latest? if these both go ahead, members of the rmt union in roles ranging from train guards to signallers will have walked out on eight days within about three months, and the 15th of september also coincides with a large strike by train drivers in the aslef union at 12 operators, so it could potential...

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Action and what avante drivers are saying is we are just working to what we were put on the rotor today and we are saying no to any extra work and is one of their work are said to me they had been relying on goodwill to fill timetables for too long and now that goodwill has run out. its really important to see the wider picture. we saw drivers going on strike on saturday and on thursday, the following saturday, this saturday, we will see more at strike action up and down the country. lets look a...

August is women�*s month here. it�*s meant to be a time for celebration, but the reality is that many women here live in fear. now a look at some other stories making the news today. train companies affected by saturday�*s train driver strike have scaled down their timetables, with some operators running no services at all. nine train companies will be affected when 6,500 members from train drivers union aslef take action in a dispute over pay. some 115,000 royal mail workers are set to st...

Midnight, they wont be going because the rmt has instructed its members not to sign on for shifts between midnight and midnight, so there will be shortages of staff through the night and into tomorrow morning. that means operators of network rail can very possibly run fewer services than possible. there may be other things that also need sorting out overnight that wont get done, so the bottom line from all of this is tomorrow, we will see reduced timetables and possible disruption too. figs red...

There seems little prospect of avoiding the largest strike on the railways for a generation. i do railways for a generation. i do think it is _ railways for a generation. i do think it is important _ railways for a generation. i gr think it is important that we send out a message early this week that industrial action is likely to proceed in there for people should take sensible preparations now, because there is no point giving false hope if you like that these strikes can be avoided, i think a...

And somebody who worked here for the past few months is back james. it�*s been an incredible day we witnessed here all day long. how has it been for you here today? it�*s been good since the busiest day of our summer season so far and busiest day since coming back from the pandemic. tiara coming back from the pandemic. two ears, coming back from the pandemic. two years. nearly — coming back from the pandemic. two years, nearly three years? yes, two years— years, nearly three years? yes, ...

Says the government had kept the railways afloat during the pandemic but that "this level of subsidy simply cannot continue forever" and called the strikes "counter— productive". hes due to outline his plans for the future of railways in a speech later today. the disruption is already being felt. _ the disruption is already being felt. i— the disruption is already being felt, i was looking at the timetable next week— felt, i was looking at the timetable next week and you cannot buy tickets...

Potentially of train companies having — potentially of train companies having to run limited timetables on those _ having to run limited timetables on those days, so it may well mean even more _ those days, so it may well mean even more misery— those days, so it may well mean even more misery for passengers. remember the government has also promised to introduce _ the government has also promised to introduce legislation that would mean _ introduce legislation that would mean there would be ...

How are you? good, thank you. how are you? christina hasnt been so lucky. first, her localferry on south uist was cancelled for repairs, then the north uist boat crashed into the pier. cancellations, disruptions, timetables being changed and moved. theres no end in sight. how can this get fixed? its not going to be this year. its probably not going to be the next ten years. bad weather and more passengers are part of the problem but really, calmacjust needs new ferries, including the two being b...