The UK's train services continue to be disrupted due to the knock-on effects of Tuesday’s strike.ScotRail has warned over 'significant disruption' on Wednesday due to the reopening of Network Rail signal boxes at different times throughout the day.
This follows day one of strike action by Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members, meaning services will start later than normal.
The joint action caused travel chaos across the UK, with journeys taking longer and roads packed with traffic as people switched to cars or buses to get to work.The chaos will continue on Wednesday, with only 60% of trains running, mainly due to a delay to the start of services as signallers and control room staff are not doing overnight shifts.Here's everything you need to know about the rail service on Wednesday...Only around 60% of the 20,000 normal weekday services will be able to operate.Walkouts by signallers and control room staff who would usually have worked overnight from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning meant trains left depots later than normal, delaying the start of services.Between around 3am and 4am.Between around 5am and 6am.The process of taking trains out of depots only began when signallers on daytime shifts started work at 6am-6.30am.It was expected to take up to four hours in some locations.In London, services will increase quickly as trains do not have to travel long distances from depots to stations.It will take several hours in remote locations.Network Rail said that “even during the day the service will stay thinner” than usual and some operators will wind down services slightly earlier than normal.It will be a similar picture to Tuesday.Around 20% of services will run and just half of lines will be open, and
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