Rail services to be disrupted as workers hold latest strikes in row over role of guards
Workers on Arriva Rail North (Northern) will stage a 24-hour walk-out on Saturday, October 13 and 20 in a dispute over the introduction of driver-only operation on their services.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out following the failure of talks and Northern said services will be operating a reduced timetable on both days.
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Hide AdNorthern said it expected to run around 30 per cent of its services and advised customers to plan their journeys '˜carefully'.
Liam Sumpter, Regional Director at Northern, said: "On Saturday, as a result of RMT strike action, we will only be able to run a very limited service, with most trains to and from Manchester starting after 8am and finishing before 7pm.
"Those services we are able to run will be extremely busy and I am calling on our customers to plan their travel carefully and, where possible, to seek alternative means of travel to and from Manchester.'