A month of strikes: in April, drivers will stop thousands of trains in the UK
The UK will host indefinite national rail strikes. According to the Aslef trade union, railroad workers intend to stop thousands of trains across the country on April 5, 6, and 8.
It is noted that the purpose of the protest is to increase the salaries of workers in this sector and to stop the work of 14 railway companies in England, which are controlled by the British government and represented by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). This was reported by Yahoo News.
The scheme of the strike by drivers belonging to the Aslef union will look like this:
April 5 - Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains and CrossCountry will strike
The goal is to cause maximum disruption on key intercity lines, as well as in the Midlands suburban traffic. There is a risk of all flights being canceled.
April 6 - Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine will strike
This strike is aimed at rail passengers in the north and west of England, as well as the football program of the day, which will affect Newcastle fans traveling to the Fulham match in London.
It is known that Chiltern, Northern and TransPennine trains are likely to cancel all flights, while GWR and LNER will operate on their main lines from 7 am to 7 pm in the normal mode.
April 8 - C2C, Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern, Gatwick Express and South Western Railway will strike
The protests will hit London especially hard, where almost all subways were stopped due to picketing by Aslef members.
It is known that C2C, Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Thameslink and South-Eastern are likely to cancel all flights. Greater Anglia will run from London Liverpool Street to Stansted, Southend, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich airports and back, Southern will operate between London Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport, and South Western Railways will run between London Waterloo, Woking and Guildford, and probably other suburban routes.
Earlier, TravelWise reported when to expect a new wave of strikes in Europe.