Losing track ? The Frome train strikes this week

By Susie Watkins

5th Dec 2023 | Local News

Frome rail way station December 4: Photo Frome Nub News
Frome rail way station December 4: Photo Frome Nub News

Train strikes are rolling at the moment, which means that different companies are on different days. So for Frome train users the following dates are going to impact travel:

Tomorrow (December 6) SWR drivers are on strike and then on Thursday (December 7) it is GWR drivers - so those are the two companies which serve Frome station.

Many of the affected operators are expected to run no services at all on strike days and travelling on the day before or after strike days might also be affected.

ASLEF drivers are also not taking on any overtime.

Mick Whelan, ASLEF's general secretary, said: 'We are going on strike again not to inconvenience passengers, but to express our disgust at the intransigence of this government, and the bad faith shown by the private companies which employ us. 

'It is clear that the Tory government does not want to resolve this dispute. We haven't had a meeting with Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, since December 2022. We haven't had a meeting with Huw Merriman, the Rail Minister, since January this year. And we haven't heard from the employers, the private sector train operating companies for whom we work, since April. "

     

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