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Trains canceled in UK as unions stage 2nd 24-hour walkout

Workers and members of the RMT (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) union hold up banners and placards as they pose for photographs whilst standing in the rain on a picket line outside King's Cross station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Workers and members of the RMT (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) union stand in the rain on a picket line outside King's Cross station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union accused the government of "wrecking" Wednesday's talks and said the 24-hour walkout by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff would go ahead as planned. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Workers and members of the RMT (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) union stand on a picket line outside Paddington train station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Passengers with camping equipment walk to board a train to go to the Glastonbury music festival at Paddington railway station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Passengers with camping equipment wait to be allowed to board a train to go to the Glastonbury music festival at Paddington railway station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. Britain faces the second of three national railway strikes Thursday after new negotiations between union and employers ended in deadlock. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Passengers with camping equipment walk to board a train to go to the Glastonbury music festival at Paddington railway station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. Britain faces the second of three national railway strikes Thursday after new negotiations between union and employers ended in deadlock. . (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Passengers with camping equipment board a train to go to the Glastonbury music festival at Paddington railway station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. Britain faces the second of three national railway strikes Thursday after new negotiations between union and employers ended in deadlock. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) A strike sign is displayed by an entrance at Waterloo train station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) A quieter than normal Waterloo train station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. Britain faces the second of three national railway strikes Thursday after new negotiations between union and employers ended in deadlock. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) People look at departure screens at Waterloo train station, in London, during a railway workers strike, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. Britain faces the second of three national railway strikes Thursday after new negotiations between union and employers ended in deadlock. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Festival goers walk through the campsite at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Thousands of people are returning to England's Glastonbury Festival as the five-day music and performing arts event reopened Wednesday for the first time in three years after being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt) Festival goers walk through the campsite at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Thousands of people are returning to England's Glastonbury Festival as the five-day music and performing arts event reopened Wednesday for the first time in three years after being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt) A quiet Paddington Station in London, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, in London, England, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Ashlee Ruggels/PA via AP) Closed gates at Charing Cross Station, central London, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, in London, England, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (James Manning/PA via AP) Passengers at Edinburgh Waverley station, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP) Few passengers walk at Waterloo East station as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union along with London Underground workers in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, in London, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP) Empty platforms at Newcastle station, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, in Newcastle, England, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)