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| Network Rail: Only one in 10 trains will run next week should strike go ahead, leaked memo claims | Network Rail: Only one in 10 trains will run next week should strike go ahead, leaked memo claims |
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| A leaked document has revealed that Network Rail expects only one in 10 trains to run should next week’s strike go ahead. | A leaked document has revealed that Network Rail expects only one in 10 trains to run should next week’s strike go ahead. |
| The confidential document, seen by The Guardian, shows that Gatwick airport will be cut off – during a peak holiday week – and Scotland effectively isolated with no trains on the mainline between Newcastle and Edinburgh. | The confidential document, seen by The Guardian, shows that Gatwick airport will be cut off – during a peak holiday week – and Scotland effectively isolated with no trains on the mainline between Newcastle and Edinburgh. |
| A Network Rail spokesperson confirmed to The Independent that the figures were “broadly right” but declined to comment further. | A Network Rail spokesperson confirmed to The Independent that the figures were “broadly right” but declined to comment further. |
| Alongside the chaos that the strike would bring to travellers, the documents allegedly shows that major businesses may suffer as a result of the strike scheduled to begin at 5pm on Monday. | Alongside the chaos that the strike would bring to travellers, the documents allegedly shows that major businesses may suffer as a result of the strike scheduled to begin at 5pm on Monday. |
| On Thursday TSSA, the smaller of the two unions who voted in favour of striking, pulled out of the action. The union tweeted the decision, claiming that an "improved offer" had suspended their action. | On Thursday TSSA, the smaller of the two unions who voted in favour of striking, pulled out of the action. The union tweeted the decision, claiming that an "improved offer" had suspended their action. |
| Breaking: TSSA strike action at @NetworkRail suspended after improved offer from employer #railstrike | Breaking: TSSA strike action at @NetworkRail suspended after improved offer from employer #railstrike |
| Mail services and freight links, as well as iron production at Tata Steelworks, would all be adversely affected as major business contracts shift from rail to road, the Guardian claims. | Mail services and freight links, as well as iron production at Tata Steelworks, would all be adversely affected as major business contracts shift from rail to road, the Guardian claims. |
| Passengers have been warned that many services will be affected, with CrossCountry Trains, Chiltern Railways, Arriva Trains Wales, First Great Western and ScotRail services all expected to be disrupted. | Passengers have been warned that many services will be affected, with CrossCountry Trains, Chiltern Railways, Arriva Trains Wales, First Great Western and ScotRail services all expected to be disrupted. |
| Earlier today Virgin Trains, which is one of the main operators on the busy north-south intercity link, said it would not be running services along the West Coast service line, also admitting that even if the strike were called off many of the services would still not run. | Earlier today Virgin Trains, which is one of the main operators on the busy north-south intercity link, said it would not be running services along the West Coast service line, also admitting that even if the strike were called off many of the services would still not run. |
| South West Trains, the biggest commuter network, has also said that it will not be running any services on Tuesday. | South West Trains, the biggest commuter network, has also said that it will not be running any services on Tuesday. |
| Network Rail intends to publish a full timetable on Sunday evening – the last moment the organisation hopes that strikes can be averted. | Network Rail intends to publish a full timetable on Sunday evening – the last moment the organisation hopes that strikes can be averted. |
| Public sector workers and members of the GMB union make their way through Brighton, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers and members of the GMB union make their way through Brighton, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers and members of the NUT union make their way through Brighton, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers march through Newcastle city centre as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers march through Newcastle city centre as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers march through Newcastle city centre as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers march through Newcastle city centre as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector worker Scott Clarke with six-year-old daughter Amber Clarke during a march through Newcastle city centre as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector worker and member of Unison Yvonne Green stands outside the Houses of Parliament in central London during the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Public sector workers and members of Unison gather outside the Houses of Parliament in central London as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Unison General secretary Dave Prentis (centre) joins public sector workers and members of Unison as they gather outside the Houses of Parliament in central London during the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Striking Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members stand outside the Houses of Parliament in central London | |
| Schools across England and Wales were facing closures and disruption as teachers joined other public sector workers for a national strike. In total, more than a million people were taking part in the one-day walkout. The action has been hailed as the biggest strike over pay to hit the Government since it came to power in 2010 | |
| Public sector workers outside Charles Thorpe Comprehensive school in Ryton, Gateshead, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts | |
| Late-night talks yesterday have entered their fourth day as rail and union bosses wrangling over long-running pay and job guarantees. | Late-night talks yesterday have entered their fourth day as rail and union bosses wrangling over long-running pay and job guarantees. |
| The document leak also highlights the importance of a legal challenge mounted by National Rail over the strike ballot result from TSSA union. | The document leak also highlights the importance of a legal challenge mounted by National Rail over the strike ballot result from TSSA union. |
| Although RMT members voted four to one (of a 60 per cent turnout) in favour of striking their colleagues in TSSA – who represents approximately 3,000 white-collar workers – chose to strike on a much narrower turnout. | Although RMT members voted four to one (of a 60 per cent turnout) in favour of striking their colleagues in TSSA – who represents approximately 3,000 white-collar workers – chose to strike on a much narrower turnout. |
| Network Rail hopes that if it manages to legally overturn the TSSA strike it will be able to run around half the normal service to Gatwick airport on Tuesday. | Network Rail hopes that if it manages to legally overturn the TSSA strike it will be able to run around half the normal service to Gatwick airport on Tuesday. |
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