The Rail, Maritime and Transport union made the offer to Southern on the condition that the rail operator pulled back from its proposals. Southern services have been disrupted for weeks because of industrial action and a shortage of train crew. The company is cancelling 341 trains a day from next week as a temporary measure to make services more “resilient”. Officials told a… The RMT has told Southern that it is willing to suspend strike action providing that the company backs down on plans to have drivers rather than conductors close train doors Simon Dawson/Getty ImagesA rail union involved in a row over the role of conductors has offered to suspend industrial action for three months to try to break the deadlock.

Source: The Times July 08, 2016 00:00 UTC