More rail strike talks planned

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Around 450 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in Scotland are due to stage two 24-hour walkouts next week in a row over staffing rosters and transfers.

RMT officials and Network Rail managers held eight hours of talks at the conciliation service Acas in Glasgow.

But they will reconvene on Monday after no resolution was reached.

Strike action remains scheduled to take place from noon on October 7, and again from noon on October 9, while a ban on overtime and rest-day working is set to start from Tuesday.

David Simpson, Network Rail route director, Scotland, said: "Following a day of negotiations hosted by Acas, talks will reconvene on Monday morning.

"In the meantime, we have requested that the strike is suspended in order to spare passengers the prospect of four days of severe service disruption.

"Network Rail is disappointed that the RMT has refused this request."

Ian Macintyre, RMT regional organiser for Scotland and Northern Ireland, said there had been progress.

He said: "The talks were quite meaningful and we are still working on a number of issues that will get us out of the impasse we are in. We went in with a positive attitude and we hope to continue the talks because of the progress that has been made today."