Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 9:48 AM
This week’s rail strikes will cost the industry around £110m, Network Rail calculates.
Network Rail spokesperson am city that the train operators would lose £20m for each day the RMT strikes while a strike by train drivers on Thursday would cost the industry around £30m.
Aslef and RMT rail unions went on strike this week in a long-running dispute over their salaries.
Network Rail workers and 14 others quit after recent payment offers were rejected. Aslef claimed that train drivers had not received an improvement offer in the last six months of negotiations.
Andrew Haines, Network Rail’s chief executive, stated in a statement the strike had caused “unnecessary suffering and pain for our railways, our workers and the country’s economy”.
Haines stated, “I am very sorry that passengers had to bear all the brunt of RMT’s pointless strikes when a fair offer was made and only a third turned it down.”
He said, “Two out of our three trade unions accepted and RMT must think again.”
Aslef declined comment on the possible cost of the strikes, while RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch previously stated that The government compensated the railway companies,exempting them from any liability for revenue losses arising out of the strikes
Network Rail and the rail delivery organization – which negotiates on behalf of train companies – were contacted for comment.
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