Rail strike timetables could be cut in some areas under minimum service levels

Service levels may be reduced in some places during industrial action to enable more stations to be opened elsewhere, according to a proposal.

Parts of Britain could see rail strike timetables cut under Government plans to introduce a new law on minimum service levels (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)

Parts of Britain could see rail strike timetables cut under Government plans to introduce a new law on minimum service levels.

Service levels during industrial action may be reduced in some locations to enable more stations to be opened elsewhere, according to a Department for Transport (DfT) proposal.

Around half of lines have been closed during national strikes by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), meaning much of Cornwall, Dorset, northern England, Scotland and Wales have repeatedly been cut off from the network.