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We need an end to strikes sooner not later, warns railways boss
Evening Standard
|January 04, 2023
'We can't take our customers for granted…... so both sides will have to give way'
THE boss of one of London’s busiest commuter railways has warned that a solution to the train strikes has to be found “sooner rather than later” and that the industry cannot take passengers for granted. Steve White, managing director of South eastern, said he had been inundated with messages from passengers complaining that they were unable to get to work due to five consecutive days of action by the RMT and Aslef unions this week.
Southeastern carries about 10 million passengers a month in and out of Charing Cross, London Bridge and Cannon Street but today was only able to run a limited service for the second successive day, with last trains leaving London by 6pm.
Tomorrow’s action by Aslef is likely to bring virtually the entire network to a standstill. Southeastern, Thameslink and Southern are among the firms to say that no trains will run.
This story is from the January 04, 2023 edition of Evening Standard.
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