BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:25:00
The extent of the travel chaos that will be caused by next week's rail strikes has emerged. network rail says the three days of strikes will effectively mean six days of disruption. half of britain's railway lines will be closed, and places like penzance, bournemouth, swansea, holyhead, chester and blackpool won't have any passenger services at all. some 40,000 staff are due to walk out onjune 21st, 23rd and 25th in a row about pay, jobs and pensions. here's our business correspondent ben king. still no sign of a deal to avoid the strike. so today network rail has set out a plan for the limite...