Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers accept improved pay offer The agreement ends a long-running dispute. Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025
Avanti West Coast executives earn more than double train managers while covering strikes, union boss claims Union is striking intermittently until late May in a dispute over pay for rest-day working by train managers The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025
Latest train strike updates: which services will be affected and when are the next strikes in 2025? Get the latest updates on the 2025 UK train strikes, including schedules, affected services and union negotiations Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
Euston trains disrupted as Avanti West Coast managers go on strike Rail firm said passengers travelling on Thursday should plan ahead, expect disruption and check the details of their last train home Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
Train managers to strike for second time in dispute over rest-day working Avanti West Coast said passengers travel on Thursday should plan ahead, expect disruption and check the details of their last train home. The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025
New Year’s Eve travel disrupted as Avanti West Coast train managers strike The rail operator has a ‘significantly reduced’ timetable in place on Tuesday and Thursday. Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2024
New Year’s Eve travel misery for millions due to stormy weather, strike action and engineering work 2024 ends with travel chaos on multiple fronts The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024
Rail passengers face disruption as Avanti train managers strike RMT action on New Year’s Eve and 2 January over rest day working will mean ‘significantly reduced’ timetable The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2024
Passengers warned of disruption as Avanti West Coast train managers strike Members of the RMT union at Avanti West Coast will walk out on New Year’s Eve and January 2 in a dispute over rest day working. The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2024
Manchester Victoria named as worst UK train station for cancellations Train crew availability and weather have been cited among reasons for disruptions The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024
Avanti bosses should ‘get back round the table’ to resolve strike, says minister Avanti West Coast services are set to be hit by strike action on new year’s eve and January 2. Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024
Avanti West Coast train managers demand more than £250 for working on day off Exclusive: At weekends, a staff member could earn £300 for rest day working – but train drivers get twice as much The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024
Christmas travel warning: Rail closures will make it harder to get to London airports Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton will all have fewer train connections - and Arsenal and Spurs home games also hit Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024
Badenoch blames months of new train strikes on Labour’s pay rises for unions and says commuters will suffer Downing Street calls on RMT union leader Mick Lynch to ‘get back round the table’ to resolve dispute ahead of five months of strike chaos on Avanti West Coast line The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024 When are the next train strikes? Avanti West Coast walkouts to run until summer On strike days about one train in four is running, during limited hours, between London Euston, the West Midlands, northwest England and Scotland
The National (Scotland) · Dec 18, 2024 Disruption expected as Avanti West Coast to stage series of strikes WORKERS on Avanti West Coast are to stage a series of strikes after rejecting a deal aimed at resolving a dispute over rest day working...
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024 Avanti West Coast workers to strike on New Year’s Eve Avanti says it is assessing how much impact strikes will have but spokesperson says disruption will be ‘significant’
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024 Workers on Avanti West Coast to stage series of strikes The RMT said its members working as train managers will strike on New Year’s Eve, January 2 and Sundays between January 12 and May 25.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 17, 2024 Kay Burley set to leave Sky News after 35 years, reports suggest KAY Burley is set to leave Sky News, it is being reported.
The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024 ‘No way to run a railway’: How the Sunday blues have depressed Britain’s weary train passengers The system ‘can’t be right, and it never has been right’, says expert, as the government promises to reset relationship with the rail industry
The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024 Avanti Christmas train strikes called off, says RMT Rail union says train firm has improved its offer to train managers working on West Coast main line
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2024 Christmas rail strikes suspended as union mulls new Avanti deal RMT members were due to take action on 22, 23 and 29 December, causing major disruption to rail services
Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024 Avanti West Coast Christmas strike days suspended, RMT says Strikes that were due to take place in the build up the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have been called off, as well as a further day of action that was planned for December 29
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024 How to avoid travel chaos on road and rail this Christmas and New Year Exclusive: Trains, boats and planes will be different over the festive season – with strikes and engineering work adding to the chaos
Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024 Tributes paid to Elizabeth Line worker killed in Ilford Station attack as GoFundMe raises £18,000 Family have paid tribute to Jorge Ortega, 61, as ‘the most loving person’ and the ‘kindest soul’