Britain’s rail passengers are braced for a summer of chaos with thousands of workers set to walk out in what is expected to be the biggest strike to hit the network in 30 years as the post-Covid drop in travel adds to pressure on the industry to cut costs and axe jobs.
A ballot of more than 40,000 rail workers returned what the RMT union described as the “biggest endorsement” for industrial action since privatisation in the mid-1990s after it announced the result late Tuesday night.
Staff at state-owned infrastructure manager Network Rail and 13 train operators voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Network Rail has warned of widespread disruption if signallers walk out for longer than a 72-hour period.
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