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| Rail travellers face week of strikes on Tube and train | Rail travellers face week of strikes on Tube and train |
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| Rail travellers across England are facing a week of disruption with strike action due to take place on the Tube, as well as at four train companies. | Rail travellers across England are facing a week of disruption with strike action due to take place on the Tube, as well as at four train companies. |
| RMT union members at Southern, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and Greater Anglia plan to stage a walkout on Tuesday 3 and Thursday 5 October. | RMT union members at Southern, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and Greater Anglia plan to stage a walkout on Tuesday 3 and Thursday 5 October. |
| Underground drivers belonging to the union Aslef are due to strike on Thursday. | Underground drivers belonging to the union Aslef are due to strike on Thursday. |
| The London Overground and DLR will be unaffected. | The London Overground and DLR will be unaffected. |
| The Tube strike is about a pay deal agreed between drivers and transport bosses in 2015. Aslef, which represents the majority of Tube drivers, says bosses have failed on a commitment to give its members the opportunity to work a four-day week and reduce the number of weekend shifts. | The Tube strike is about a pay deal agreed between drivers and transport bosses in 2015. Aslef, which represents the majority of Tube drivers, says bosses have failed on a commitment to give its members the opportunity to work a four-day week and reduce the number of weekend shifts. |
| But London Underground says a recent trial of new shift patterns has only just finished and the results are yet to be analysed. | But London Underground says a recent trial of new shift patterns has only just finished and the results are yet to be analysed. |
| Transport for London says it is putting more buses on key routes during the strike but urged people to walk if possible as services "will be exceptionally busy". | Transport for London says it is putting more buses on key routes during the strike but urged people to walk if possible as services "will be exceptionally busy". |
| The train company strikes are part of a dispute over driver-only-operated trains, which it says would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses. | The train company strikes are part of a dispute over driver-only-operated trains, which it says would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses. |
| Greater Anglia is planning to run a full service on the strike days, and Southern said it would attempt to run a normal service on most of its routes. | Greater Anglia is planning to run a full service on the strike days, and Southern said it would attempt to run a normal service on most of its routes. |
| Arriva Rail North plans to run about 1,200 services across the north, 46% of its normal timetable, on both days between 07:00 BST and 19:00 BST. | Arriva Rail North plans to run about 1,200 services across the north, 46% of its normal timetable, on both days between 07:00 BST and 19:00 BST. |
| Most Merseyrail services will run between 07:00 and 19:00, with a break during the middle of the day, and some stations will be closed. | Most Merseyrail services will run between 07:00 and 19:00, with a break during the middle of the day, and some stations will be closed. |