Railway officials feel there is no end in sight to the train strike as commuters are set to face the biggest hike in fares in more than a decade from Sunday.
Despite cancellations at the highest level since records began, most rents are set to increase by 5.9 percent next week.
Commuters are also bracing for a new round of strike with 40,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) on 16 March, after weeks of rolling overtime bans affecting Network Rail .
Aslef and RMT members on the picket line in February. RMT is running out again on 16 March
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Talks between the RMT and the employers broke down after the union rejected the latest wage offers and made a fresh demand that any wage hike be unconditional. The minister and railway officials are troubled by this move and