RMT announces three-day strike on South Western Railway over train guard spat June 7, 2018 Further strike action will hit South Western Railway later this month as clashes with the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union show now signs of abating. The RMT has instructed members not to carry out their duties from the morning of Thursday 21 June to midnight on Saturday 23 June. The three-day strike has been [...]
The sour notes from the Sainsbury’s boss show that business must do better May 4, 2018 “We’re in the money.” Lyrics made famous by Ginger Rogers and 42nd Street, more recently appropriated by Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe in an unguarded off-mic moment at ITV. But whereas the musical focused on the travails of those trying to make it on Broadway in the depths of the Great Recession, for Coupe it came [...]
April DLR strike 2018: Date, time and what lines are affected during DLR strike hitting London Marathon April 5, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has warned of disruption to thousands of people, after the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union confirmed strike action coinciding with the London marathon will go ahead later this month. A four-day batch of strike action is set to hit the DLR later this month, after talks failed to resolve a [...]
March London strike: Date, time and what lines are affected during 48-hour DLR strike with Bank and Canary Wharf to be exceptionally busy March 26, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has warned a 48-hour DLR strike this week is set to cause wider disruption for London travel with a number of Tube lines and stations expected to be affected as a result of the walkout. Here’s what you need to know about what’s affected and when. Read more: TfL warns of [...]
Southern Rail strike latest: Clapham, Guildford, Watford, Brighton and Hove all hit by Britain’s longest-running industrial dispute March 12, 2018 Southern Rail commuters have been hit with yet another strike this morning, as transport union RMT marks Britain’s longest-running industrial dispute. Londoners travelling between Clapham Junction and Watford Junction will be affected by a reduced service running at peak times only today, while those commuting between Guildford and central London will face “a very limited [...]
Belmond Andean Explorer review and prices: All aboard one of the highest train routes in the world January 24, 2018 South America’s first luxury sleeper train traverses Peru’s high Andes along one of the highest train routes in the world. Lizzie Pook packs her altitude sickness tablets and checks in. It’s 2am and there’s a loud, metallic clank outside my train cabin. I’d be alarmed, but I already know what it is: oxygen tanks. The [...]
Train drivers’ union Aslef says the RMT is blocking a four-day working week for Tube drivers January 17, 2018 Unions are divided over the prospect of a four-day working week for Tube drivers, with Aslef saying the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has blocked the proposals. A trial agreed with London Underground had previously been held on the Jubilee Line for six months of four-day rosters, and train drivers’ union Aslef said many [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan says it is vital government devolves more commuter routes to TfL after GTR franchise slammed as worst on rail network January 10, 2018 Sadiq Khan today said it was “vital” the government devolves more commuter routes to Transport for London (TfL) to tackle the “terrible services inflicted on London rail passengers”. His comments were in response to a new National Audit Office report, which found passengers on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise suffered the worst [...]
Southern rail franchise faces spending watchdog criticism for giving passengers “worst service” on Britain’s rail network January 10, 2018 The huge Southern rail franchise has been criticised by parliament’s spending watchdog as failing to deliver value for money, with passengers experiencing the worst service performance on the national rail network. Major disruption to the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise has resulted in the assessment given in a National Audit Office report out [...]
What you need to know about this week’s mass rail strikes across South Western Railway, Southern and Greater Anglia January 8, 2018 Commuters may still be smarting from the rail fare rise that greeted them at the start of the year, but there's more misery on the way in the form of a series of strikes next week. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has announced 24-hour walkouts across Northern, Merseyrail, Greater Anglia, Southern, South Western [...]