Southern rail chaos continues: Talks to solve dispute between rail firm and union end with no deal December 15, 2016 Talks aimed at resolving Southern rail strikes have ended without agreement. A 24-hour strike, following a 48-hour one held by Aslef union earlier in the week, will go ahead tomorrow. Nick Brown, chief operating officer of GTR, Southern's parent, said: "We're deeply disappointed, as our passengers will be, that Aslef has been unable to accept our [...]
Paddy Power has the odds on which group will call a strike next December 15, 2016 After Southern rail strikes left commuters stranded, Post Office workers threatened branch closures before Christmas, cabin crew at British Airways voted for industrial action and even Argos drivers announced a disruptive strike before talking it out with their bosses, Paddy Power has now offered the odds on which group will strike next. "Glorious post-Brexit Britain is doing its best [...]
Southern rail debacle: The strikes aren’t on tomorrow but that doesn’t mean the trains will be running December 14, 2016 Southern rail commuters hoping to get to work tomorrow may need to take another day off and have been warned the network will be rife with reductions and cancellations. The Govia-owned firm has admitted some striking staff may not be able to get to work tomorrow because industrial action doesn't actually finish until midnight tonight. This will have a [...]
Prime Minister brands Southern rail strikes “appalling” and says Corbyn could tell Aslef to call them off December 14, 2016 The Prime Minister has branded the Southern rail train strike "appalling", while suggesting Jeremy Corbyn could have a role to play in resolving the dispute. Southern passengers are facing a second day of strike chaos as talks are underway between the rail firm and drivers' union Aslef at the conciliation service Acas, to try and [...]
RMT says its boss has been banned from today’s Southern rail mediation talks (Southern says he wasn’t invited) December 14, 2016 You know those conciliation talks arranged for today to broker an end to some of the misery suffered by Southern rail passengers? Well, there's already a slight issue, at least according to the Rail, Maritime, Transport (RMT) union. The RMT boss has been barred from taking part in mediation talks that are going on in an effort to [...]
Here’s how one MP thinks strikes like the Southern rail ones can be avoided in the future December 14, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has been mulling over a range of measures to stop the Southern rail crisis being repeated in the future. And Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South, thinks he just might have the answer. Or at least part of it. The MP has laid out proposals for three major changes to legislation he [...]
Southern Rail strikes: Everything you need to know December 14, 2016 A second round of strike action in as many weeks is has entered its second day bringing continued misery to commuters on Southern Rail this week. The industrial action will started on Tuesday, with more planned for Friday and travellers have been warned of disruption throughout the entire week. Here's everything you need to know about travelling [...]
The worst days and routes to travel over Christmas and how to avoid them December 14, 2016 Everyone knows journeys can take a bit longer over the festive period, but there are some times you really don’t want to hit the road. Transportation analytics firm INRIX has found that some trips on major routes will take around four times as long over Christmas compared to other times of the year and the busiest days [...]
Southern rail strike chaos: Acas talks get underway in bid to bring an end to industrial action December 14, 2016 Commuters are hoping talks today will lead to the cancellation of another train drivers' strike on Southern rail services scheduled for Friday. A 48-hour walkout over driver only operated trains continues to cause havoc as it entered the second day of no services. Talks are being held this morning between the rail company and train drivers' union [...]
City Tube station Mansion House closed this morning amid Southern strike chaos December 14, 2016 Mansion House Tube station in the City is closed this morning due to an absence of staff, affecting District and Circle Line services. https://twitter.com/districtline/status/808823708018212864 Meanwhile, Temple station is also shut for the same reason. https://twitter.com/districtline/status/808823525607874560 The Tube disruption follows yesterday's chaos at a number of the capital's busiest stations, and comes as the latest round [...]