Go-Ahead bidders add another £22m to their offer to give takeover of transport giant the final push Battle for Go-Ahead The bidders planning to buy transport operator Go-Ahead Group have upped their offer by more than £20m. Australian bus network Kinetic and Spanish transport firm Globalvia agreed to take over Go-Ahead in June for around £647m. But the consortium of investors raised their takeover bid by £22m to about £669m today despite not having any [...]
Rail network unable to cope with extreme heat as track hits 62C: ‘Just not built to withstand this temperature’ Heatwave impact The hottest railway track reached a scorching 62C on Monday, as the Transport Secretary admitted it will take decades to upgrade existing lines to be more resilient. Grant Shapps conceded the UK’s transport network cannot cope with the extreme heat, saying that the Victorian-era infrastructure “just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature”. On [...]
Rail union bosses who called for biggest train strike in 25 years take home £280,000 in pay and perks generous pay for 'red barons' With the transport unions having voted on the ‘biggest rail strike in 25 years’, it has been revealed that two Aslef trade union bosses had a combined total remuneration of £281,601 in 2021. Aslef’s general secretary, Mick Whelan, took home £151,371 in total remuneration in 2021. While Aslef’s Assistant General Secretary, Simon Weller, received £130,230 in the same year, the TaxPayers’ Alliance said [...]
Far from over: New rail strike alert amid fears of weekend travel chaos June 24, 2022 A fresh alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many are reluctant to abandon leisure trips planned for Saturday despite another rail strike taking place. Only a fifth of services will run and half of lines will be closed as 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network [...]
Rail misery deepens for millions of Brits as Britain locks down for second day June 22, 2022 Millions of Brits will again be hit by severe transport disruption across the country today by rail strikes as talks resume in a bid to resolve a bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Fewer than one in five trains ran yesterday after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on Network Rail [...]
UK locks down amid largest rail strike in 30 years – Millions face disruption – Retail footfall slumps June 21, 2022 Train and London tube passengers continue to face travel chaos due to the biggest strike by rail workers for a generation. Brits are urged to work and stay at home today, as road congestion is widely expected. Bolt crashed earlier this morning following a surge in both demand and prices, while the National Rail Enquiries [...]
Watch as the biggest rail strike in three decades brings Britain to a standstill June 21, 2022 The UK’s biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off earlier today as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across the economy in the coming months. Watch the full report.
Check your commute here: What is each train operator in Britain planning for today’s strikes? June 21, 2022 As rail workers are walking out today, Thursday and Saturday, disruption is expected to last every day this week until Sunday. All of UK’s train operators have released plans for how their services will be altered during this week’s rail strikes, so we have a breakdown of each operator’s plan for strike days, in alphabetical [...]
Train chaos: How will the rail and Tube strikes affect services across London and the UK today? June 21, 2022 Rail and Tube strikes are set to cripple services this week, causing travel chaos for passengers across the UK as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators are going on strike. Here is a quick rundown of what to expect today and this week. – When [...]
Get ready for the biggest transport disruption in decades as half of all Britain’s rail lines will close this coming week June 18, 2022 Network Rail said this week that more than half of all Britain’s rail lines will be closed during next week’s strikes. Network Rail said no passenger services will serve locations such as Penzance in Cornwall, Bournemouth in Dorset, Swansea in South Wales, Holyhead in North Wales, Chester in Cheshire and Blackpool, Lancashire. There will also [...]