UK train drivers' union calls strikes on six lines next month

Rail passengers in several areas of England face more disruption next month when the RMT drivers' union takes strike action on six lines in a long-running dispute over the role of guards.RMT members on Northern, Merseyrail, Greater Anglia, South Western Railways and the Isle of Wight Island Line have been instructed not to work on Jan. 8, 10 and 12.The RMT says DOO is dangerous and based on financial motivations whereas train companies say it is the practice on other lines and has been deemed sa