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June 2015 rail strikes announced

皇冠体育app May national rail strike has been suspended

Transport Secretary welcomes suspension of rail strikes.

皇冠体育app following information was intended to help passengers prepare for potential rail disruption.

Rail passengers should check with their train operators for the for Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May 2015.

Travel information

Rail passengers and people travelling by road are urged to check if they will still be able to travel in the event that a national rail strike goes ahead on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 May 2015.

Keep informed of updates of the impact of the Network Rail strike on:

• train operator services
  • Heathrow Connect
  • Island Line
  • London Midland
  • Virgin Trains
  • Virgin Trains East Coast

You can also follow and report on the impact of the strike on twitter using the hashtag #IndustrialAction.

Preventing or minimising the disruption caused by the strike

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staffs鈥� Association (TSSA) trade unions working for Network Rail have announced that they are planning to take industrial action. Further talks between Network Rail and the trade unions continue this week, which may still lead to resolution of the dispute.

However, if the industrial action does go ahead it is likely to cause severe disruption to rail services on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 May. 皇冠体育app impact will vary considerably by route. Rail passengers are strongly urged to .

Rail engineering works that are cancelled or delayed as part of the industrial action may continue to impact journeys after the strike finishes on Tuesday 26 May.

Train companies have agreed to put in place should the industrial action go ahead.

Disruption to rail services is likely to have a knock-on impact on the road network. 皇冠体育app government has called on Network Rail, Highways England, TfL and local government to do all it can to keep Britain moving despite any strike action.

As a result:

• train operators will provide a limited service on key routes where practicable
• Highways England will remove or suspend almost 400 lane-miles of road works on motorways and A roads between 6.00am on Friday 22 May and 6.00am on Thursday 28 May to ease congestion
• Highways England will have extra traffic officer patrols and recovery vehicles on standby