BBCNEWS BBC News December 22, 2021 18:17:00
It is pretty quiet inside the train station here this evening. already this week, just over 5% of trains have been cancelled across the uk. lner, which runs services on the east coast main line including newcastle has cancelled 16 services a day. that's not surprising. the rail delivery group which represents the rail delivery group which represents the uk train companies says nearly 9% of staff are off sick, due to covid. to put that into context, one train driver can do ten services per day, so it has a real knock on affect. it's not just staff. passenger numbers are also down. some services...