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DARK SECRETS: 11 | Vintage Vibes

More travel misery for rail passengers due to latest strike

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union on Avanti West Coast walked out for 24 hours in a row over rosters

Evening Standard

The Mancunian Way: Keep Warm Club

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Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast and ministers risking Christmas rail chaos, says Labour

Shadow transport secretary seeks assurances over ‘staggering’ situation on west coast mainline

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Avanti West Coast admits: we’re not good enough but are making progress

Operator insists service will be turned round by Christmas as travellers report late and overcrowded trains

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: 'Objectively the worst'

Manchester Evening News

Avanti boss apologises for 'terrible' Manchester service and promises return to 'normal' for Christmas in brutal BBC grilling

The rail boss was interviewed on Radio 4 this morning

Manchester Evening News

Liverpool fans face travel chaos for two Premier League fixtures after fresh train strikes confirmed

Liverpool fans have two upcoming away trips in the Premier League but face major disruption after further train strikes were announced

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Dates revealed for two more strikes by Avanti West Coast staff

The row is separate from disputes over pay, jobs and conditions across the railway industry

Birmingham Post

Fresh Avanti West Coast strike dates as travellers to be hit with more chaos

Rail staff will walk out in a row over rotas

Liverpool Echo

Rail strike talks have yet to tackle pay, RMT’s Mick Lynch says

Hopes of breakthrough fade as MPs question union leader and Network Rail negotiator over talks progress

The Guardian - UK

Customers say they are STILL struggling for tickets as the clock ticks on Avanti West Coast

The beleaguered firm is in a race against time to improve

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A seat by the loo

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Friday October 7, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Anger as Avanti West Coast given six months to 'improve service'

The service was described as "sub-par" by Transport for the North

Liverpool Echo

Andy Burnham's key demands as Avanti West Coast gets new six month contract

"Very few people in Greater Manchester will support this extension"

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Rail regulator 'gains assurances' from Avanti over advanced timetable publication

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the news would 'provide some comfort' for passengers

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Winter blackouts or not, Liz Truss must double down on net zero

The Government has acknowledged that blackouts are a possibility this winter, as energy supplies are tested to the limit. While denying it is a likelihood, energy minister Graham Stuart confirmed he was planning for all eventualities.

Manchester Evening News

"The Government has rewarded chaos and failure": Anger in Greater Manchester as Avanti handed new six-month rail contract

'People deserve far better'

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast must ‘drastically improve’ after securing six-month extension

Rail firm has been criticised after reducing train services and releasing tickets only a few days in advance

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Liverpool Echo

Avanti West Coast given deadline to shape up or ship out by Government

The train operator has been heavily criticised in recent months

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast given new deadline to improve train services

FirstGroup plc, which co-owns Avanti West Coast in a joint venture with Italy's Trenitalia, said it was 'committed' to providing services that meet people's needs

The Independent UK

Hundreds of trains cancelled on Friday ahead of national rail strike on Saturday

Avanti West Coast given a six-month deadline ‘to deliver certainty of service to its passengers’

Manchester Evening News

Avanti given six more months to run west coast mainline despite 'unacceptable' service

The firm cut trains from Manchester to London to one an hour this summer

Daily Mirror

Avanti West Coast handed six-month lifeline to improve trains after months of chaos

The train firm will get an extension to April 1, giving it one last chance to win a contract to carry on running the West Coast Main Line, in what unions branded a 'reward for failure'

Wales Online

Avanti West Coast given until April to improve 'unacceptable' service

Avanti's current contract is coming to an end and the Government says it must do more to "deliver certainty of service to passengers"

Evening Standard

Avanti given six months to improve services on West Coast Main Line

Avanti has until April 1 to add at least 80 more services on weekdays

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