The RMT Union has announced a further day of strike action in October in the ongoing fight over jobs, pay and working conditions.
Railway workers will now walk out on the 1st and 8th October, affecting Network Rail and 15 train operating companies.
Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT Union, says that new Transport Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, had met with the union but no new offers had been tabled.
The strike action will affect Network Rail and Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, London North Eastern Railway, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, Northern, SouthEastern, South Western Railway, Transpennine Express, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Trains and Govia Thamesink Railway (including Gatwick Express).
Earlier this week, ASLEF and the RMT Unions announced strike action already taking place in October.
Mick Lynch said: “”We welcome this more positive approach from the government to engage with us as a first step to finding a suitable settlement.
“However, as no new offer has been tabled, our members have no choice but to continue this strike action.
“We will continue to negotiate in good faith, but the employers and government need to understand our industrial campaign will continue for as long as it takes,” he said.
A Rail Delivery Spokesperson said: “This strike will hit sports fans, friends and families planning to meet up and the RMT members themselves who have already lost, at the very least, many hundreds of pounds due to industrial action since June.
“Rather than staging more counterproductive action that will further alienate the very customers we need to secure the long-term future of the industry, the RMT leadership should commit to serious reform. That is how we can improve services and deliver a fair deal for our people, passengers and for taxpayers.”
