Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 91816

Railways: Strikes

Tabled: 17 November 2025

Answered: 20 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Laurence Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of railway strike days, broken down by year; and what is the first year for which such records are held.

Answer

Keir Mather

Published Office of Rail and Road data reports that there were 52 national strike days between April 2022 and March 2024.