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Rail strikes planned for July and August

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South Western Railways Train (image courtesy of Wikipedia)

South Western Railway (SWR) have advised passengers that the RMT union intends to hold six 24-hour strikes and one 48-hour strike over the coming weeks.

The strike action is planned on the following dates:

  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Thursday 26 July 2018
  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Saturday 28 July 2018
  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Tuesday 31 July 2018
  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Saturday 4 August 2018
  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Saturday 11 August 2018
  • 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Saturday 18 August 2018
  • 0001 Hours on Friday 31 August 2018 and 2359 Hours on Saturday 1 September 2018

SWR said “We will do everything we can to minimise the effect of these strikes.