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| Passengers on Northern rail services are facing further travel misery on Tuesday with a fresh strike in a long-running dispute over guards on trains. | Passengers on Northern rail services are facing further travel misery on Tuesday with a fresh strike in a long-running dispute over guards on trains. |
| Members of the RMT union are staging a 24-hour walkout, with further stoppages planned for Thursday and Saturday. | Members of the RMT union are staging a 24-hour walkout, with further stoppages planned for Thursday and Saturday. |
| Northern said it would run as many services as possible between 7am and 7pm but warned that it would run fewer services during the strikes. | Northern said it would run as many services as possible between 7am and 7pm but warned that it would run fewer services during the strikes. |
| Northern trains operator asked for timetable changes to be delayed | |
| Northern’s regional director for its western region, Sharon Keith, said: “On each day of the strike action we will be running fewer services and expect those services we do operate to be extremely busy. | Northern’s regional director for its western region, Sharon Keith, said: “On each day of the strike action we will be running fewer services and expect those services we do operate to be extremely busy. |
| “It is, therefore, vital that anyone thinking of travelling with Northern on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday plans their journey carefully.” | “It is, therefore, vital that anyone thinking of travelling with Northern on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday plans their journey carefully.” |
| The walkout is expected to bring further travel misery for passengers who have faced weeks of disruption, including hundreds of cancelled services, after the introduction of a new timetable caused chaos across the network. | The walkout is expected to bring further travel misery for passengers who have faced weeks of disruption, including hundreds of cancelled services, after the introduction of a new timetable caused chaos across the network. |
| As the strike began on Tuesday morning, passengers complained of overcrowded trains and insufficient rail replacement buses for rush hour services across the north of England. | As the strike began on Tuesday morning, passengers complained of overcrowded trains and insufficient rail replacement buses for rush hour services across the north of England. |
| About 20 passenger left at Poulton le fylde can't fit on rail replacement bus @northernassist same old same old. #keeptheguard just sort it out. Nobody apart from your management and finances wants this #northernfail | About 20 passenger left at Poulton le fylde can't fit on rail replacement bus @northernassist same old same old. #keeptheguard just sort it out. Nobody apart from your management and finances wants this #northernfail |
| Meanwhile, Northern workers mounted picket lines outside stations as RMT said they continued to receive the backing of the public. | Meanwhile, Northern workers mounted picket lines outside stations as RMT said they continued to receive the backing of the public. |
| The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “It’s another day and another rail scandal under [the transport secretary] Chris Grayling. | The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “It’s another day and another rail scandal under [the transport secretary] Chris Grayling. |
| “Instead of propping up a foreign-owned company in its fight against British workers, Chris Grayling should be allowing meaningful discussions to take place which would allow passengers to keep a second member of staff on every train.” | “Instead of propping up a foreign-owned company in its fight against British workers, Chris Grayling should be allowing meaningful discussions to take place which would allow passengers to keep a second member of staff on every train.” |
| A Department for Transport spokesman said: “This dispute is not about jobs or safety. Guards have been guaranteed their jobs and the independent rail regulator has ruled that driver-controlled trains, which have been used in this country for 30 years, are safe. | A Department for Transport spokesman said: “This dispute is not about jobs or safety. Guards have been guaranteed their jobs and the independent rail regulator has ruled that driver-controlled trains, which have been used in this country for 30 years, are safe. |
| “We urge the union to abandon these strikes, work with the train operator and make passengers’ services their number one priority.” | “We urge the union to abandon these strikes, work with the train operator and make passengers’ services their number one priority.” |
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