Although the walkout involved only 2,000 conductors nationally, the rail firms were forced to cancel far more services than expected—with well over a 1,000 scheduled train journeys halted.

The rail companies looked on conductors as deadbeats, he said. “It’s divide and rule. In 1993, the difference between our pay and drivers’ pay was £3,000—now it’s £18,000.

But train conductor James Hallett, 47, insisted “I'm not a hero, I'm just a bloke”. He was checking tickets when he leapt into action after seeing a baby screaming and his parents panicking.

A train conductor has taken advantage of Google's Street View roll-out to tell his life story.

This is the moment a singing train conductor made the "brilliant start" to a bride-to-be's hen do. Fran Evans, from South Wales, captured the moment Transport for Wales train conductor, Chris ...