Sentence examples for fare strike from inspiring English sources

FGW attracted unwanted headlines in January when passengers in the Bristol and Bath area staged a fare strike in protest at overcrowding caused by the operator mishandling the introduction of a new timetable and the transfer of a train depot.

In 2008, the company faced a fare strike by some passengers over claims of high prices, overcrowding and unreliable trains.

The fare strike didn't take place, but it's obvious what would've happened.

During the last round of industrial action on the Underground in 2014, there were some proposals for a "fare strike" to build public sympathy for the unions.

Last week's "fare strike" on the New York City subway won't be the last time Occupy turns its attention to mass transit.

The MTA, the NYPD and the FBI are all on the hunt for the masked bandits who chained open a few subway entrances last week and declared a fare strike -- but Hanley said they should be looking to Wall Street instead.

Such fare strikes the new program director at the Siena Center, Sister Honora Nolty, as "kind of fringy".

Carmine's first location opened in 1990 on Broadway near 91st Street, and its medium-budget fare struck a responsive chord during a lingering recession.

The fares strike against the worst performing train company, First Great Western, looked on the face of it like a bit of a damp squib.

Fares strikes are jolly good at attracting publicity and forcing train companies onto the defensive.

SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D1 Side-Impact Crash Results In tests of how passenger cars fare when struck in the side by sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, 10 of 13 midsize cars received the lowest of four possible ratings.