Next week Britain will be hit with its biggest national rail strikes in more than 30 years.
Considerable disruption is expected, with festival goers, GCSE students and holidaymakers among millions whose plans risk being scuppered - made worse by soaring petrol prices.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are walking out because of disputes over pay,
But now, with changing passenger habits and increased working from home, ticket sales are still lower than pre-pandemic levels and a more long-term solution needs to be found.Network Rail said there would be no compulsory redundancies and is looking for its staff to "multitask", but the RMT is not convinced.The RMT strikes will happen on June 21, 23 and 25, but a special timetable will be in place from June 20 to June 26.
It will also cause chaos for students needing to get to school for exams, commuters who are not able to work from home, and anyone else needing to travel who is not able to use another method.Network Rail, the public body of the Department for Transport, released details of its amended timetable on Wednesday revealing that around half of Britain's rail lines will be closed completely due to the strikes.
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