Rail strikes: Transport secretary and unions haven’t met this entire year September 12, 2023 Rail strikes continue to frustrate commuters but ministers are still refusing to step in to the middle of the dispute
Trainline results: Can bumper European bookings help weather UK strikes? September 11, 2023 Trainline investors will be looking ahead with anticipation to Thursday’s trading update, to see whether the ticketing business can continue this year's stellar performance.
Rail strikes bring more misery to Brits on back-to-London Saturday September 2, 2023 Rail passengers faced more travel misery on Saturday because of continuing industrial action by train drivers and other workers in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at 14 train operating companies launched a 24-hour strike, while drivers in the Aslef union were banning overtime. Services [...]
Which rail workers are striking this weekend and how will it affect you? September 1, 2023 Workers across more than a dozen train companies are set to walk out this weekend, with major London hubs likes Euston and Waterloo set to be left empty. Swathes of the UK will have no train services running on Friday, amid the latest round of major coordinated transport strikes. Members of train drivers’ union Aslef [...]
UK transport is reliable, minister insists, despite flight disruption and rail strikes August 29, 2023 Transport Secretary Mark Harper has insisted the UK has a reliable transport network, despite yesterday's “network-wide” failure of the country's Air Traffic Control (ATC) system and ongoing rail strikes.
RMT rail union boss Mick Lynch sets out ‘road map’ as services hit by fresh strikes August 26, 2023 The biggest rail workers’ union has suggested a “road map” to a negotiated settlement in the deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has written to the Rail Delivery Group saying the two sides needed to navigate a way through the row. The move was made as 20,000 [...]
Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival-goers brace for rail strike disruption August 25, 2023 Rail passengers will face fresh travel disruption on Saturday because of another strike in the deadlocked dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Around 20,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at 14 train operators will walk out, crippling services across England. The latest stoppage in the row, now in its second year, [...]
Gatwick bank holiday strikes OFF: Brits breathe sigh of relief as disruption averted August 24, 2023 London Gatwick Airport passengers are no longer facing disruption over the August bank holiday, after workers accepted a last-gasp pay deal. The Unite Union threatened strike action on this weekend, on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James, who operate passenger assistance contracts. But following the improved offer both have [...]
Fivefold jump in freight train cancellations threatens to derail firms’ green logistics plans August 23, 2023 A fivefold increase in the number of freight train cancellations threatens undermining a number of firms’ recent decisions to start transporting goods by rail in a bid to reduce their carbon footprints. Freight cancellations between the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23 rose from 2,492 to 12,708, according to data from a Freedom of Information request [...]
Fresh train strikes and overtime ban to cause more rail havoc on 1 and 2 September August 18, 2023 Train drivers are to stage a fresh strike in the long-running dispute over pay, threatening more travel chaos for passengers. Members of Aslef will walk out on September 1 and will ban overtime on September 2, the same day as a strike by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT). Aslef said its strike will [...]