Transport Secretary Mark Harper says the RMT union should be "off the picket line and around a negotiating table" to resolve the long running dispute over pay and conditions.
His comments come as the latest national rail strike is underway with 40,000 RMT members staging another 48-hour walkout.
Report by Czubalam.
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