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Railways: Strikes

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 91816

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of railway strike days, broken down by year; and what is the first year for which such records are held.

Answered by Keir Mather

Published Office of Rail and Road data reports that there were 52 national strike days between April 2022 and March 2024.

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