Strike action continues to disrupt key services across Britain as unions continue to fight for better pay and conditions for their members amid the cost of living crisis.
Yet more rail walkouts on the way, while junior doctors will embark on another three-day strike.
It means vital services will once again be affected across London in June – and there is the chance more Tube strikes could be announced to compound the issue.
When are the train strikes?
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will strike on Friday 2 June. This action will involve 20,000 catering, station staff and train managers working for 14 companies, affecting train services throughout the country.
Train drivers represented by Aslef will walk out again on Saturday 3 June – the day Manchester City and Manchester United meet at Wembley for the FA Cup final.
Both strikes will be nationwide, and will therefore affect services to and from London.
The following operators will be affected:
- Avanti West Coast
- c2c (2 June only)
- Chiltern Railways
- CrossCountry
- East Midlands Railway
- Gatwick Express
- Great Northern
- GWR
- Greater Anglia (including Stansted Express)
- Heathrow Express
- LNER
- London Northwestern Railway
- Northern
- South Western Railway
- Southeastern
- Southern
- Thameslink
- TransPennine Express
- West Midlands Railway
National Rail said passengers are “warned to expect significant disruption as it is likely to result in little or no services across large areas of the network” on strike days, adding: “Services are also likely to be disrupted and start later on the day immediately following a strike day.”
If you are planning to travel you can check your journey using the National Rail journey planner.
Find full information on how each operator will be affected by the strikes here.
When are the junior doctor strikes?
Junior doctors in England will hold a fresh 72-hour strike in June in the ongoing dispute with the Government over pay. The action will begin at 7am on Wednesday 14 June and last until 7am on Saturday 17 June.
This is the third wave of junior doctor strikes this year, with the last walkout taking place in April.
About 40,000 junior doctors walked out during that last round of action, forcing about 200,000 appointments, including operations, to be cancelled.
The NHS can expect similar levels of disruption from the upcoming strike. Hospitals across the country, including in London, will be affected.
Will there be any Tube strikes?
RMT members who work on the London Underground are in dispute with Transport for London (TfL) over jobs, cuts, and attacks on pensions and working conditions.
The union has extended its mandate for strike action on the London Underground for six months after the result of its ballot last week, with 96 per cent of respondents choosing to continue walkouts.
This means the RMT is likely to announce dates for fresh Tube strikes in the near future.
RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, said: “I congratulate every single one of our London Underground members for giving us continued industrial leverage at the negotiating table.
“TfL cannot continue to simply wish this dispute away and the government, which has drastically cut the funding to London transport budgets, shares a great deal of responsibility for this continuing impasse.
“London Underground workers want a negotiated settlement and are quite prepared to take more strike action over the next six months to make that a reality.”
