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As quickly as possible, and if they are prepared to do that, then theyre in there in the last chance saloon, but theyre going to have to show that they can do that. but if they cant, then they should have the contract removed. its as simple as that. avanti has said drivers who are members of the aslef union have been refusing to do overtime, which has put pressure on services. the union denies this, accusing the company of a lack of recruitment. rail expert tony miles says theres no quick fix. t...

Its as simple as that. avanti has said drivers who are members of the aslef union have been refusing to do overtime, which has put pressure on services. the union denies this, accusing the company of a lack of recruitment. rail expert tony miles says theres no quick fix. theres a fundamental problem. the railways, right back to british rail days, have relied on train crew working overtime to make up the numbers. if they want to do away with that, its going to take years to recruit additional wor...

The latest figures show that nearly 10% of all rail staff are off work, and passengers have been warned of short—notice cancellations. alex hynes is the managing director of scotrail which is introducing a 8% reduction to services today. on a typical day we operate around 2,000 services in scot rail. from today, we are reducing our timetable by about 160 services a day, so that we can improve the reliability of the service. what customers tell us is that its the reliability that matters most a...

The NRC workers had earlier expressed anger at the management for its perceived silence on the fate of seven railway workers who were kidnapped.

Following the Nigerian Tribune's exclusive report on the silence of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on seven railway workers kidnapped during the

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union described the NSW government’s unilateral shut-down of the Sydney train network on February 21 as “a huge dummy spit”. Jim McIlroy reports.

That is 500 people. many of these are train crew. that leads to these operational numbers we have seen due to record numbers of covid cases. 20,000 covid cases in scotland, just yesterday, the highest on record. with the new reduced timetable, can you guarantee passengers that those trains will show up? we can guarantee this timetable will be more reliable than the one we have been trying to operate for the last couple of weeks, and we have seen the benefit already this morning — better servic...

Changed, the tone of conversation changed, the tone of conversation changed and it was in that room that first night that they assaulted me. more now on the staff shortages in the uk with many companies continuing to be affected by covid and self—isolation. earlier i spoke to alex hynes, the managing director of scotrail which is introducing a 8% reduction to services today. i asked him how this will affect consumers. on a typical day we operate around 2,000 services in scotrail, from today we...

Train about 14 hours. and neither of us know the train crew have any idea when we are likely to get off. overnight on the 62, junctions 21 and 22 were closed after more than 120 hgv got stuck in the snow. in north—east scotland an amber warning remains in place, and in south—east england and wales. i remains in place, and in south-east england and wales.— england and wales. i want to get home and wrap _ england and wales. i want to get home and wrap up. _ england and wales. i want to get h...

Seen a storm like this. train services suffered major disruption. lner, which runs routes from londons kings cross to aberdeen and inverness, said on friday evening its trains would not be going beyond newcastle. and they advised customers not to travel until monday, with weekend tickets valid until wednesday. so my friends and i got on this train at elgin at about 3:30pm yesterday afternoon, on friday. weve been parked at huntly station since about 4:30pm, and its now 5:00am, so ive been on the...