Grand call on trains

THE biggest rail union is seeking an urgent meeting with the Mayor of Liverpool to stop a strike on Grand National day.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Merseyrail are due to walk out for 24 hours on April 8 over driver-only trains.

General secretary Mick Cash has written to Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson.

He said: “I would like to know, as Mayor of Liverpool, what exactly you plan to do to assist in resolving this dispute.”

RMT members on Southern Railway and Arriva Trains North will also strike on April 8.