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Advice and warnings for anyone travelling this Christmas as strikes, road closures and delays to cause chaos

Train strikes will be putting extra pressure on the roads ahead of Christmas, causing disruption for drivers

Manchester Evening News · Dec 22, 2022

Avanti West Coast bans e-scooters from trains and stations

The train operator said the ban on the e-scooters is because of safety concerns

Liverpool Echo · Dec 22, 2022

Avanti release Christmas Eve timetable for first and last trains to and from Manchester, London, Liverpool and Birmingham

More industrial action is set to cause chaos this festive period

Manchester Evening News · Dec 21, 2022

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Disabled passengers on Avanti trains say they have had to sit in toilets to get seat

One wheelchair user reported that pre-booked accessible spaces were filled with luggage and no staff were present

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022

Avanti West Coast rewarded with over £4m in taxpayer-funded bonuses

Payout awarded for period in which Avanti was UK’s worst train operator for delays, Labour analysis found

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

Avanti staff balloted for industrial action as row rumbles on

Train drivers at Euston are unhappy with new rosters

Liverpool Echo · Dec 14, 2022

North of England rail chaos stems from ‘toxic combination’ of issues, MPs hear

Late, inadequate and overbooked trains are costing the regional economy half a billion pounds a year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

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Train company bosses issue grovelling apologies for letting down passengers

It came as Rishi Sunak said the Government is 'closely monitoring' Avanti's recovery plan - and a Tory MP urged him to cancel their West Coast contract if the company fails to 'get their act together'

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

Avanti West Coast: ‘It’s barely possible to travel around the North of England by rail,’ MPs told

MPs told of train chaos on Avanti West Coast – but operator promises ‘a stable timetable that we can deliver’ is now running

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Poor train services from TransPennine Express, Avanti West Coast and Northern due to 'toxic combination' of problems

Avanti West Coast cut its schedules in August to limit short-notice cancellations but reinstated some of the lost services in new timetables on Sunday

Birmingham Post · Dec 14, 2022

Impact train strikes will have on Avanti, Merseyrail and Northern

Half of all lines are closed across the UK and trains are only operating between 7.30am and 6.30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday

Liverpool Echo · Dec 13, 2022

Performer buys train ticket to Wales that cost more than flight to Australia — and train didn't even turn up

It was a disaster from start to finish

Wales Online · Dec 12, 2022

‘Masterclass in poor service’: rail passenger hits out at Avanti over £589 ticket

Performer criticises operator over cancellations in journey after paying ‘eye-watering’ price for first-class Brighton-Bangor return

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Strip Avanti of rail contracts if services don’t improve, city mayors demand

Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan and Andy Street say operator has weeks to sort out train ‘chaos’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Dec 9, 2022

Avanti West Coast staff 'have no confidence train operator can improve', union says

A new national timetable is due to come into force from Sunday

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

Staff ‘do not believe Avanti can improve its services this month’ – union

RMT Mick Lynch said a worker survey shows the train operator ‘misled Parliament about what’s happened’ on its services

Manchester Evening News · Dec 8, 2022

Disabled man repeatedly 'forced to sit on floor' on rammed Avanti West Coast trains

'I get a lot of people who look at me and go: ‘you’re not disabled’ and then I have to explain myself'

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Train reliability dips sharply in northern England despite reduced service

Review of passenger operations by regulator paints damning picture of growing north-south divide

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Edinburgh Live · Dec 6, 2022

Stressed Edinburgh passenger gets 1am text saying his train is cancelled due to lack of staff

Jonny Casey made his way up to Edinburgh for work but has no idea how he will get home after Avanti West Coast announced a wave of cancellations due to a shortage of drivers.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Rail industry prays for a Christmas miracle to avert strikes

Time is running out for a deal to send threat of disruption into the sidings and keep holiday travel plans on track

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Labour demands action over 18,000 ‘lost’ train services in north of England

Ministers claim crises at Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express are partly the fault of rail unions

Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022

Transport secretary insists rail dispute 'on the path' to being resolved during Manchester visit

Mark Harper admits services on the railway are not good enough

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Mayors demand minister steps in to fix ‘mess’ blighting northern railways

Five metro mayors said talks with the Transport Secretary had been ‘positive’ but they needed more than ‘warm words’ to ease the disruption.

Manchester Evening News · Nov 30, 2022

Rishi Sunak says there has been an 'unacceptable deterioration' in Avanti’s service

The railway operator is among many being affected by a wave of strikes from industry workers

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