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Rail strikes: RMT boss Mick Lynch hoping for 'compromise' in next week as fresh talks open

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A union boss has raised hopes that future rail strikes in Scotland could be averted as he suggested a deal in the dispute over pay could be reached "in the next week or so".The general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) Mick Lynch offered an olive branch as his members began a 48-hour walkout over pay and conditions.ScotRail has warned passengers to only commute if necessary as Network Rail workers hit the picket line for the second time this week.

The dispute does not involve the nationalised firm but it will have a major impact on its services.Network Rail employees who are in safety-critical roles such as signallers and maintenance staff will be on strike.Talks between Lynch and the UK Government's Rail Minister Huw Merriman failed to make a breakthrough but the RMT boss remains confident.He said: "We know that the public will be upset and even angry about the disruption.

Some of that anger should be put towards the Government and the companies, we believe."But the disruption for people on the strike days that are actually happening at Christmas will be minimal.

The railway shuts down on Christmas Eve in any case to do engineering works, so there aren't scheduled trains on Christmas Day, nor on Boxing Day, and the railway curtails its activities early on Christmas Eve.

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