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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

EXPLAINED: Trains strikes southeastern boss warns solution needed sooner rather than later | Vintage Vibes

Passengers board a GWR train at Paddington Station on January 3

(Picture: REUTERS)

The boss of one of London’s busiest commuter railways has warned that a solution to the rail strikes has to be found “sooner rather than later” and that the industry cannot take passengers for granted.

Steve White, managing director of Southeastern, said he had been inundated with tweets and emails from passengers complaining that they were unable to get to work due to five consecutive days of action by the RMT and Aslef unions this week.

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