Train Drivers Mount Picket Lines Outside Railway Stations as Strikes Continue

Train drivers mounted picket lines outside railway stations on Saturday as strikes continued in a long-running pay dispute. Aslef said the 22-month-long row had cost the industry £2 billion, much more than it would have cost to resolve the conflict. Rail passengers suffered more travel disruption when six operators were hit by strikes. Some areas of the country will have no services all day on Saturday. Chiltern, TransPennine Express, and Northern will not run any trains, while there will be reduced services on Great Western Railway, LNER, and Heathrow Express. LNER said it plans to run 35 services between London, Edinburgh, and West Yorkshire, while no Heathrow Express trains will run before 7.25 a.m. or after 7 p.m....