RMT

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch in Wigan last month to address a public meeting about planned ticket office closures

Consultation on planned controversial ticket office closures was a 'sham'

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch visited Wigan to address a public meeting about planned ticket office closures

Rail union boss addresses packed meeting about ticket office closures

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch speaks at a meeting at Wigan Central earlier this year

RMT leader to speak about proposed mass closure of rail ticket offices in Wigan

Strikes during July are expected to disrupt a number of services.

More rail strikes next week - customers advised of very limited services

RMT leafleting passengers over the closure of ticket offices, including the one at North Western in Wigan.

Day of action at Wigan's main station over planned ticket office closures

Secretary-General of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) Mick Lynch said 20,000 rail workers have voted to strike for three days in July. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

RMT announces 3 days of rail strike action in July

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 31: A group of rail workers stand on a picket line outside Euston rail station as a new round of strikes by train drivers begins on May 31, 2023 in London, England. Today's strike comes after the train drivers union, ASLEF, rejected a pay rise offer of 4 percent a year over two years from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Travel provider issues urgent warning as train strikes continue

ASLEF is one of the rail unions whose members will walk out next week

Train operator warns Wigan passengers to brace themselves for disruption

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

Strike action will severely disrupt train services this weekend, Avanti West Coast has warned

Avanti West Coast issues travel advice ahead of strike action

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

RMT members back further rail strike action

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

May and June train strikes - dates, companies and options

Rail strikes: RMT plan train strike for day of Eurovision after rejecting Rail Delivery Group’s offer

RMT announce strike action on day of Eurovision after rejecting offer

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023
This month will see strikes from several unions including RMT and PCS, with disruptions to civil service, rail service and more - here are all the strike dates planned in April

The RMT has been staging strike action at Network Rail since last July (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Train strikes: RMT suspends strikes planned for March 30 and April 1

Speeches were given during the meeting at Little Fifteen

Impassioned speeches by trade union leaders as members gather in Wigan

Northern Regional Director Chris Jackson

Train operator urges Wigan passengers to check timetables ahead of more strikes

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

When are the train strikes taking place this month?

Northern have advised people not to travel on specific dates

Northern issues advice ahead of strikes

February train strikes: When are rail workers striking and how will it impact the North East? (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

RMT train strikes suspended following new pay offer

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

The rail strikes taking place this week

Rail strikes: Passengers warned travel only if “absolutely necessary”

Solidarity picket line with striking workers at Arrow XL on Martland Mill Lane in Wigan.

Arrow XL workers enter week 10 of strike action
Over 100 strikers and their supporters turned out at a picket line outside Wigan-based home delivery specialist ArrowXL.

Image shows a Northern train at station as they issue a Do Not Travel warning for the first week of 2023

DO NOT TRAVEL: Stark warning for Northern rail customers

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

The Aslef Union has announced another walkout date in January. Credit: Getty Images

Train drivers union Aslef announce fresh day of strike action in 2023

The RMT says it expects the four days of pre-Christmas strikes to have a significant impact on Eurostar services from London St Pancras (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Eurostar cancel Boxing Day trips to Europe due to RMT strike action

The RMT union is pressing ahead with strikes (Photo: Getty Images)

Train strikes: How to get refunds for tickets affected by RMT strike

RMT confirm Christmas strike action on Christmas and Boxing Day

The PCS are timing its road workers’ strikes with the RMT. Credit: Getty

Road workers are set to strike in lead up to Christmas- here’s when

Mick Lynch, Leader of RMT Union

RMT union chief Mick Lynch says he’s ‘not the Grinch’

Northern train

Wigan train strikes axed as new talks are held

Northern have advised people not to travel on specific dates

Train strikes set to cause havoc

easyJet to cancel 200 flights between Italy this weekend

RMT union member, Steve Shaw.

Rail workers and union members in Wigan take further strike action

Northern have advised customers not to travel by rail on October 1 and 5

Further rail strikes set to disrupt travel in Wigan

Avanti West Coast will be operating limited services

Train firm warns Wigan customers to only make necessary journeys during strike

The picket line outside Wigan Wallgate last month

Trade union RMT will hold meeting in Wigan to provide update on railway dispute

Thousands of postal workers to strike over pay dispute

Lisa Nandy

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy backs striking railway workers

Picketers outside Wallgate station

Disruption to services as rail strikes return to Wigan

Trade unionists protest in Wigan town centre. Picture by Sue Vickers

Trade unions stage Wigan town centre rally in opposition to Government policies

Northern Trains is urging people not to use its services next week

Train operator urges Wigan travellers not to use its services next week

Trade union members from Network Rail and train operating companies will take part in the ballot

Wigan railway workers to be balloted for strike action over pay

The cleaning staff work on Avanti West Coast trains

Cleaners on Wigan trains to begin 48-hour strike in pay dispute

The staff involve clean Avanti West Coat trains

'Hero' cleaners working on Wigan trains plan two 48-hour strikes over pay

Campaigners at last month's demonstration

NHS staff to march from Wigan Infirmary to town centre as they call for a pay ri...

A Northern train

Minister says Northern rail franchise could collapse within months and decision ...

Rail staff back union negotiators in discussions over guards with operator runni...

News story

Rail strikes off amid new pay offer

News story

Rail talks back on