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| Southern rail 'full service' to resume next week | |
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| Southern rail is to restore a "full train service" from Tuesday after a union suspended industrial action, the rail firm has said. | Southern rail is to restore a "full train service" from Tuesday after a union suspended industrial action, the rail firm has said. |
| The train drivers' union Aslef had been due to strike for three days next week but has called off the walkouts. | The train drivers' union Aslef had been due to strike for three days next week but has called off the walkouts. |
| Southern said rosters had already been issued and it could not run a full timetable until 24 January. | |
| The announcement was made ahead of fresh negotiations taking place on Wednesday between Aslef and Southern. | |
| Aslef's strike days had been planned for 24, 25 and 27 January but the union suspended the action if the company agreed to "engage in intensive talks". | |
| The RMT also requested to join the talks, but for now its separate action for Monday is still on. | |
| Neither union has yet commented on Southern's latest announcement. | |
| 'Futile action' | |
| Passenger services director Angie Doll said there would still be disruption next Monday. | |
| But she said: "Due to the changes we've now fully rolled out, we're now able to run more services on more routes serving more passengers and ultimately we'll have fewer cancellations and delays." | |
| She said an extra 200 trains would run next Monday - the same day as a conductors' strike by the RMT union. | |
| "The RMT should now recognise that their industrial action is wholly futile. | |
| "They should stop the strikes, get back round the table with us and move forward together with us, delivering a better railway for our passengers." |