UK: New year rail strikes to pile on misery days after fares rise

Workers at six train operating companies – Southern, South Western Railway, Greater Anglia, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and the Isle of Wight’s Island Line – will walk out 8 January. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at at the same companies, except Southern, will stage two further walkouts on 10 and 12 January.

Read the full article on the Guardian UK.