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Aslef set to announce ScotRail ballot results

After seven weeks of rail misery, passengers in Scotland are set to discover if services cut by the newly nationalised train operator amid a pay dispute will be restored. On Monday the Aslef drivers’ union will announce if its members at ScotRail, ...

11 Jul 2022 at 03:45

Worst year on record for train cancellations

Industrial disputes, severe weather and coronavirus-related staff sickness caused the worst year for train reliability in Britain since records began. Analysis of Office of Rail and Road data by the PA news agency shows the cancellations score in ...

16 Aug 2022 at 14:50

Northern mayors call on PM to treat rail ‘chaos’ as emergency

Metro mayors have called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Transport Secretary Mark Harper to treat the “chaos” in rail services across the north of England as an emergency and to “haul operators to the table to sort out this mess”. Mayors from ...

27 Oct 2022 at 19:01

RMT leader Lynch still optimistic but admits ‘no deal in sight’ on rail strikes

Union leader Mick Lynch has said that while he continues to be an “optimist” there is currently “no deal in sight” as the country faces a month of rail disruption. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) general secretary was speaking as ...

13 Dec 2022 at 13:19

Pay deal in Wales ‘shows Westminster Government is odd one out in rail dispute’

A pay deal agreed with the train company in Wales shows that the Westminster Government is the “odd one out” in the long-running rail dispute, according to a union leader. Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced it reached agreement with ...

17 Dec 2022 at 17:21

CrossCountry workers to stage 24-hour strike as rail disruption continues

Workers at a rail operator will stage a 24-hour strike from Boxing Day evening, continuing the wave of industrial unrest sweeping across the country. Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) at CrossCountry will walk ...

26 Dec 2022 at 14:15

Rail passengers face more disruption as train drivers strike

Rail passengers face a third consecutive day of travel disruption on Thursday because of a strike by train drivers. Services will be crippled by the walkout by members of Aslef at 15 rail companies in a long-running dispute over pay, ...

05 Jan 2023 at 08:28

Train operating companies offer two-year pay deal to drivers’ union

Train operating companies have offered the drivers’ union a two-year pay deal in a bid to resolve the bitter dispute which has led to a series of strikes. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said it was offering a “landmark outline ...

06 Jan 2023 at 17:43

RMT union rejects ‘final offers’ from Network Rail and train operating companies

The biggest rail workers’ union has rejected what the Transport Secretary has described as the “best and final offers” aimed at resolving the long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Mark Harper described the ...

10 Feb 2023 at 19:09

RMT union rejects latest offers from Network Rail and train operating companies

The biggest rail workers’ union has rejected the latest offers from Network Rail and the train operating companies aimed at resolving the long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and ...

10 Feb 2023 at 19:08

Transport Secretary has ‘frank conversation’ with boss of struggling train firm

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has hauled in the boss of a struggling train operator for a “frank conversation”, the Cabinet minister said. He met Matthew Golton of TransPennine Express (TPE), whose passengers ...

06 Mar 2023 at 15:31

TransPennine Express on track to cancel 23,000 services in 2023, says mayor

A train operator will cancel more than 23,000 services this year if reliability remains at current levels, according to new analysis. The figure for TransPennine Express (TPE) was released by West Yorkshire ...

06 Mar 2023 at 14:09

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