RMT boss Mick Lynch today warned he ‘won’t hesitate’ to plunge Britain into more strike chaos, as the train network ground to halt for a third time this week.
Rail bosses admitted fears ahead of today’s action that the shutdown will cause mayhem at major events and at seaside hotspots across the weekend.
Industry sources said there is a ‘nervousness’ that people with long-standing plans, such as those with tickets for performances by the likes of Ed Sheeran and the Rolling Stones, will ignore advice to ‘only travel by train if necessary’.
Just a fifth of services are running run and half of lines are closed as 40,000 workers hit the picket lines once more in another day of disruption.
More than 90 per cent of office workers in London stayed at home on the first day of strikes which mitigated the fallout at stations. But a bumper weekend of gigs and sport is expected to cause more chaos today.
Mr Lynch said this morning he has not ruled out further strike action this summer, and said…
