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Train strikes: Tell us what you think and how they will affect your businesses

Only a fifth of services running on strike days

Tens of thousands of workers will be taking part in three days of strike action on the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ rail network(Image: Getty Images)

This week's train strikes are set to cause travel chaos across Britain's rail network - and we want to know what business owners and managers feel about the dispute.

Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at 13 train operators and at Network Rail walked out on Tuesday and Thursday this week and are also set to walk out on Saturday. It's the biggest such dispute on the railway network for a generation and will see the number of services slashed,.

On strike days just one in five trains will be running - primarily on main lines - while disruption is also very likely on non-strike days.

Network Rail said the amount of people using its stations on Tuesday, the first day of this week’s strikes, was 12-18% of normal, and there was a similar situation on Thursday.

On Thursday, Boris Johnson branded the strikes a “terrible idea”.

The Prime Minister said: “I just think it is important to remember that these strikes are unnecessary. I think people should get around the table and sort it out.”

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More talks aimed at ending the dispute were held on Thursday but no resolution was reached.