• Train trips are anticipated to begin later on Tuesday.
• 70% of services will be running.
• On January 3 and 4, as well as on January 6 and 7, rail strikes will resume.

Train trips are anticipated to begin later on Tuesday as a result of the most recent round of rail employees’ strikes.

At 06:00 GMT, RMT union members who work for Network Rail completed their most recent walkout over pay and conditions.

Due to the later start, many trains won’t start running until at least 9:00 and, in some locations, as late as noon.

70% of services, according to Network Rail, will be running, although it has advised customers to check with train companies about their travel schedules.

A representative for Network Rail said, “Staff are returning to work therefore it is [a] lot later start-up for passenger services.”

In order to avoid showing up at a station and finding no trains there, passengers should actually verify before they travel.

While warning that there could be some disruptions throughout the day, ScotRail stated that it hopes to resume some services at around 7:15.

Due to signal boxes opening at different times as a result of industrial action, services will begin on some routes across the nation later than usual, according to ScotRail.

Thousands of RMT members have been striking for salary and working conditions at 14 train companies, including Network Rail, which runs and maintains the rail system.

It occurs at the same time as broader labour unrest affecting a number of industries, including nurses, ambulance drivers, and Border Force employees at six of the largest airports in the UK.

At a time when the pace of price increases, or inflation, is running at a 40-year high, workers are striking over pay.

On January 3 and 4, as well as on January 6 and 7, rail strikes will resume.

An overtime embargo imposed by RMT members at 14 train companies is currently in effect and is set to last until 2 January.

In the next days, Network Rail anticipates that service levels will rise to 90%.

However, it anticipates that if the upcoming round of strikes starts in early January, this will fall to 20% of regular services.

RMT national secretary Mick Lynch said: “The union is still prepared to negotiate a settlement to this disagreement.

However, “our industrial campaign will continue into the new year, if necessary, until the government provides the rail industry a mandate to come to a negotiated settlement on job security, wages, and conditions of work.”

Network Rail’s spokesman said: “We will always try to sit around a table because talking and negotiating are the only ways we can settle any labour disagreement.

Since all the cards we have to play are currently on the table, it’s unclear where we can proceed.

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