U.K. rail strike
NZPA-Reuter London Millions of British commuters face a day of misery with a 24hour strike called on the national rail network and London’s public transport system, the biggest in the world. Britain’s first nationwide rail strike in seven years coincided with walkouts on London’s underground railway and buses, threatening traffic chaos on the capital’s already congested streets.
It was the first transport strike on such a scale in the capital since Britain’s general strike in 1926. “No trains, no tubes and no London buses,” said the “Daily Mirror,” “What’s it to be ... get up and go, or go back to bed?” As well as London, other big cities were expected to have long traffic delays on the roads.
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Press, 22 June 1989, Page 8
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