Industrial action is going on at Network Rail and 14 train companies, with only around one in five trains expected to run today and services starting later and finishing earlier.
The RMT has rejected a pay offer from train companies of 4% last year and 4% this year, saying a"host of unacceptable changes" were included such as the widespread expansion of driver-only operation on train services.
By September this year, that figure will be in excess of £400m, all of which can be turned into shareholder dividends, said the union. "It's outrageous that the interests of workers, passengers and the taxpaying public are all sacrificed to the greed of a handful of private transport companies who are being guaranteed profits when they can't run a railway even when we're not on strike."The latest strikes are part of a long-running pay dispute between rail staff and the train operating companies, that has caused widespread disruption to services across the UK.
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