Stations quiet on final day of strike... for now

AS the biggest rail strikes in 30 years entered their third day yesterday, around 80 per cent of services were cut, and the country's train stations resemble ghost towns.

- NICOLE WOOTTON-CANE

Manchester Piccadilly was different.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is in a dispute over jobs, pay, and conditions. Yesterday morning, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said "there's a long way to go yet" in negotiations.

He said the union will continue to engage in a "constructive dialogue," but warned that they must be careful over what they called progress.