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INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes

Company says it can offer ‘much-needed choice’ in bid to create direct competition for Avanti West Coast

The Guardian - UK

Train operator Lumo plans new direct service from Greater Manchester to London

FirstGroup submits application for alternative route between capital and Rochdale

The Guardian - UK

Rail firm Lumo to launch new London to Manchester low-cost trains

Service could offer alternative to Avanti West Coast from 2027

Evening Standard

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Train drivers in England begin three-day series of strikes

Avanti West Coast services among those affected by Aslef industrial action, which continues on Saturday and Monday

The Guardian - UK

Tube strikes: Hope fresh talks between Aslef and TfL to be held this week will avert walkouts

Avanti West Coast and East Midlands Railway warn no train services on Friday

Evening Standard

Direct rail services between Shropshire and London to end soon

The service is reportedly being cancelled because not enough people use it

Evening Standard

Unions criticise ‘demeaning’ gift bag for menopausal staff at Avanti West Coast

Aslef said train company’s handout to women was ‘insulting gimmick’, while TSSA called it ‘dismissive’ and belittling

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Avanti West Coast caught joking that taxpayer funding is ‘free money’

Train operator apologises after slide presented at meeting of senior managers

Evening Standard

‘Free money!’ Avanti West Coast bosses caught joking about UK government handouts

Firm regrets comments made in internal presentation slides, including managers calling performance payments ‘too good to be true’

The Guardian - UK

Rail delay payouts hit record high after rise in trains cancelled

Claims at Avanti West Coast and GWR double in a year

The Independent UK

London travel chaos as Euston services cancelled and last-minute strike hits Eurostar

Eurostar services cancelled until end of Thursday as Christmas getaway plunged into chaos for thousands

Evening Standard

A touch of declassification on the railways? Why it might not work

Train Talk: Rail passengers between London and the North are understandably frustrated – but allowing a free-for-all is not the answer, says Simon Calder

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast cancellations and delays prompt calls for urgent review

Transport for the North says service is deteriorating fast, with fewer than half of trains running on time

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express cancelled more than one in eight trains over summer

Regulator says figures show much of Britain’s railway is ‘still not delivering reliable journeys’

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Avanti cuts train services between London and Manchester in run-up to Christmas

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls it a 'kick in the teeth'

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast to cut number of services in December

Andy Burnham says news is a ‘kick in the teeth’ when rail operator has just won nine-year contract

The Guardian - UK

Bedbugs ‘a real source of concern’ on London transport, says Sadiq Khan

Mayor says ‘there is no complacency’ as video appears to show insect on tube after outbreaks reported in Paris

The Independent UK

‘Let’s never do this again’: How ‘insane’ 11 hour train journey from hell unfolded

Comedian James Nokise was not expecting the mayhem that unfolded when he set off on his travels

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The Independent UK

Hundreds left stranded after Avanti train cancelled mid-journey

The train, travelling from London to Edinburgh, was aborted three hours into its journey

The Guardian - UK

‘No one knew anything’: rail passenger’s 11-hour London to Edinburgh odyssey

Comedian James Nokise tweets long train and taxi journey after track fault that also stranded school group

The Independent UK

Train passenger describes ‘insane’ 11-hour journey to Edinburgh

Avanti West Coast ordered taxis for hundreds of passengers on Monday night after a train from London to the Scottish capital terminated at Preston.

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast wins long-term contract despite history of delays

RMT union says operator is a ‘disaster’ as Arriva’s CrossCountry also secures extended deal

The National (Scotland)

New contracts for Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry despite unreliability

One of Britain’s least reliable train operators has been handed a long-term contract renewal.

Evening Standard

Avanti secures West Coast rail contract renewal after ‘significant improvements’

RMT says it is ‘travesty’ that Government is ‘rewarding abject failure’

The National (Scotland)

Avanti to cut staff at major Scottish station as ticket office to close

Avanti West Coast has said it is proposing to slash the number of staff it has at Glasgow Central station by more than a third as part of plans to…

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