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Saturday, 25 June 2022

BBC News

• Rail strike: Five train lines run in Wales amid walkoutThere will be no trains west of Cardiff nor north of Merthyr Tydfil on Saturday.
• Major rail route reopens after lorry crashes onto tracks in East LothianThe lorry crashed on to the East Coast Main Line between Wallyford and Prestonpans in East Lothian.
• Rail strikes: Travel disruptions continue after talks to stop third walkout failPeople are told to make only necessary journeys, with one in five services running on Saturday.
• Network Rail strike: Scotland likely to see more 24-hour walkoutsThe RMT's Mick Lynch says if negotiations continue to fail, Saturday's 24-hour strike may not be the last.
• Rail strikes: Travellers hit by third day of disruptionPeople are advised to only travel by train if necessary, with just a fifth of services running.

Financial Times

• No one is in charge of Britain's chaotic railwaysSince the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism
• Third rail strike to cripple services across Britain as talks fail to reach dealTransport secretary accuses RMT union of 'damaging lives of everyday hardworking people'
• Rail strikes across Britain: FT readers share their viewsCommenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK's potential 'summer of discontent'

The Guardian

• London Underground workers vote for more strike actionMore than 90% of RMT members who voted back further stoppages in dispute over pensions and job cutsLondon Underground staff in the RMT union have voted to continue with strikes in a dispute over pensions and job cuts, potentially adding to disruption in a summer of industrial action on the transport network.More than 90% of the union’s members on the tube who voted, on a 53% turnout, backed further walkouts, as the RMT leadership continued to talk with Network Rail and train operating companies to resolve the national rail standoff. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Rail strikes continue in Scotland for third planned day amid week of disruptionRMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said more strikes can be expected if a settlement is not reached with Network Rail and the UK's rail operators.
• Train strikes - live: Weekend travel mayhem as 80% of rail services closeRMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operators walk out over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions

The Telegraph

• Train strike timetables: All the closed routes and partial services today

Times Online

• Dig out HS2 activists beaneath Bluebell Woods, pleads Swampy [Subscription]Britain’s best-known environmental activist has teamed up with his long-running nemesis to urge the authorities to “dig out” HS2 protesters who have spent a record 46 days underground.

City AM

• Far from over: New rail strike alert amid fears of weekend travel chaosA fresh alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many are reluctant to abandon leisure trips planned for Saturday despite another rail strike taking place. Only a fifth of services will run and half of lines will be closed as 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network [...] The post Far from over: New rail strike alert amid fears of weekend travel chaos appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Rail strikes DON'T bring the modern world to a haltThe Transport Secretary said the RMT union, which is holding its third strike today, was not achieving the impact it had hoped for. But he warned that the industrial action was still hurting small businesses.
• Train strikes; Now London Underground and Greater Anglia workers threaten summer industrial actionMembers of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union have taken strike action on the London Underground in recent weeks, including a 24-hour walkout on Tuesday.

The Mirror

• Rail chaos continues as workers stage third 24-hour strike in a week todayPassengers have been told to only travel if necessary with strikes leaving half of train lines shut and as little as a fifth of rail services running on Saturday
• All train routes affected by rail strike today and when walkouts will endUnion railway employees are striking for the third time in a week today (June 25) over pay, work conditions and job threat disputes in action set to cripple services nationwide once again

Sky News

• Third day of rail strikes set to cause weekend disruption - with no trains running in some popular seaside townsThousands of people with weekend plans will face disruption as rail workers strike for the third day this week.

Belfast Telegraph

• Rail strikes continue in Scotland for third planned day amid week of disruptionA third planned 24-hour rail strike will go ahead today after a week of major disruption to Scotland's train network.

Liverpool Echo

• 'Scared' strikers struggling to pay bills 'can't afford not to strike'"Everybody is hurting. There are people over there now who are experiencing real poverty"

Northern Echo

• East Coast Mainline between Edinburgh and Newcastle reopens after lorry crashA MAJOR rail route in the North East has reopened nearly 24 hours after a lorry struck the east coast mainline in East Lothian on Thursday.

The York Press

• "We need fewer rail jobs as workers stay at home" - letter
• Where and when trains are running in North Yorkshire and from York todayHere are details of where and when trains are running today in the York area during the third rail strike.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Only travel if necessary say rail bosses as third day of strikes beginsThe main operator of express trains in the West Midlands is urging people to avoid using the railways for unnecessary journeys as the rail strike enters its third day today.

Cambridge News

• Train strikes live: Latest updates as rail workers go on strike for third dayRMT members are holding the latest day of industrial action

Reading Evening Post

• Lost Reading trams that were pulled by horses and were town's first public transport network The trams ran every 20 minutes

Other Regional Press

• Oxford councillors on why they joined the rail strikeThis week the largest rail strike in a generation took place, with Oxford city councillors joining striking transport workers on the picket line.
• Fresh rail strike warning issued ahead of weekend travel chaosThere is a fear that people will not cancel their weekend plans despite the industrial action

Other News Sources

• New rail strike alert over fears of weekend travel chaosA FRESH alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many have not cancelled plans this weekend despite strike action.