Southern rail strike next week reduced to three days

Train drivers on Britain's Southern rail commuter network have cut a planned six-day strike on one of London's main commuter networks next week to three days, the ASLEF union said on Wednesday. Strikes will now take place on January 10, 11 and 13 after ASLEF reduced the walkout which was due to last from January 9 to 14, the latest action in a long-running dispute over whose role it should be to open and close train doors. Southern train services connect Brighton and Gatwick Airport to London, a