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Disruption across England as train drivers strike

Disruption across England as train drivers strike

LONDON: Railway commuters across England faced travel misery on Friday as train drivers staged their second stoppage over pay this week, the latest in a wave of UK industrial action.Millions of people were forced to make alternative travel plans or work from home as the majority of train companies on the country’s fragmented network said they were running no services.Central London railway stations such as Euston were nearly deserted, with rail hubs elsewhere in England also emptied.Following a strike on Wednesday, members of ASLEF and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out again in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.Wednesday was the biggest single day of UK industrial action in more than a decade, as half a million workers, including teachers and Border Force staff, also staged strikes.Public-sector staff across the UK economy are at loggerheads with the government as they demand big pay rises to cope with decades-high inflation -- currently running at ne

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