Merseyside train staff to walkout again next month
RMT holding strikes on 3rd and 5th of October
Last updated 19th Sep 2017
Fresh walkouts by Merseyrail and Arriva North staff have been called for next month
Members of the RMT Union will walkout on October 3rd and 5th for 24 hours in their ongoing dispute over the introduction of driver only trains on the network
The strikes will come during the closure of Lime Street Station - which will be shut for 23 days from September 30th for a major project to overhaul the station
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "Merseyrail have repeatedly kicked all conciliatory approaches by RMT negotiators back in our faces and made it crystal clear that all that they are interested in is the union signing a surrender document which gives them a free hand to rip apart the safety culture on the railway."
"It is that cynical and hostile stance from Merseyrail which has left us with no option but press ahead with a further two days of strike action.
No trains will enter or leave Lime Street mainline station for nine days, and many will be diverted.
Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, Merseyrail's managing director, said: "We are busy trying to build a better city region with an improved railway."
"The RMT seem to be doing everything in their power to destroy this work. Don't they want Liverpool to succeed?'