Strike Action on Northern - Friday 28 April

Industrial Action Planned For 28 April

Northern services will be affected by planned strike action on Friday 28 April.

The RMT trade union has asked our conductors to strike despite reassurance that we are prepared to offer guarantees on jobs and pay for our conductors as we work to modernise your railway by 2020. These modernisation plans include significant investment in new trains, new services and more seats.

We have to make changes on this journey to modernisation and we want to involve everyone as we develop our plans, from our customers and communities, to employees and their trade unions.

We remain committed to ongoing talks with the RMT trade union and while the announcement of a third strike is extremely disappointing, we have robust contingency plans in place to keep you on the move where possible.

We expect to run more than 40 per cent of our normal timetable, and more than 300 additional rail replacement buses. All services are expected to be extremely busy, with industrial action taking place on the Friday before the bank holiday weekend and the first day of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle event, so please give yourself extra time to travel and consider whether your journey is necessary.

We apologise for any inconvenience this action may cause. To get the latest information on the strike and revised timetable information, please click here.

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