Industrial action will take place on the two consecutive Saturdays, including during the August Bank Holiday weekend with passengers facing yet more disruption
Around 20,000 RMT members will strike on August 26 and September 2 in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
Targeting the Bank Holiday weekend and the first Saturday of next month, 14 train operators will walk out the union has announced. Passengers are facing yet more disruption after the latest industrial action was announced as the long-running battle continues to rage.
It comes after “no improved or revised offer from the Rail Delivery Group”, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said. “The reason for this is the government has not allowed them a fresh mandate on which discussions could be held,” he explained.
“Our members and our union will continue fighting until we can reach a negotiated and just settlement.” The train operating companies affected are by the strike action include Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Greater Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway and c2c.