The Rail Delivery Group is warning that train services in England are set to be seriously disrupted from the end of this month, when the drivers’ union ASLEF stages industrial action in the continuing dispute over pay. Two 24-hour strikes have been called for 30 September and 4 October, and

The RMT has announced further 24-hour strikes on London Underground on 4 and 6 October, as its dispute continues with Transport for London over job security and conditions. The union fears that 600 staff at stations are facing the loss of their jobs and is also critical of what it

MONDAY BRIEFING: RDG defends pay offer ahead of new ASLEF strikes +++ Labour remains cautious about HS2 +++ Two train operating contracts expire next month +++ Leicestershire reopening plan cut back +++ Kaynak

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A newspaper report is claiming that HS2 between the West Midlands and Manchester is set to be axed. The Independent alleges that the Prime Minister and Chancellor have discussed cancelling Phase 2 to release money to fund tax cuts before the next election. It would be the second time that

Opposition to proposals to close nearly all station ticket offices in England is growing, as more local authorities voice their objections. At least one is calling train operators to account at a special meeting, while a Mayor has tried using a station while his vision was artificially limited. A national

The derailment of a ScotRail HST at Carmont, near Stonehaven in north east Scotland, was caused by Network Rail’s failures to impose a speed restriction and to maintain an embankment drain properly, a court has been told. In a statement last night, Network Rail Scotland managing director Alex Hynes said:

The derailment of a ScotRail HST at Carmont, near Stonehaven in north east Scotland, was caused by Network Rail’s failure to impose a speed restriction and to maintain an embankment drain properly, a court has been told. Three people were killed and six were injured on 12 August 2020 after

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The proposed closure of most station ticket offices in England has been condemned as ‘unlawful’ by a local authority in the east of England. The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority said it had voiced its ‘deep concern’ about the effects of scrapping ticket offices, which are set to close at

The number of people using London Underground and buses over the August bank holiday weekend reached its highest level since the Covid lockdowns, but was still lower than the totals for the same period in 2019. Transport for London is continuing the struggle to balance its books, and the Mayor’s

İngiltere'deki 900'den fazla istasyon bilet gişesini kapatma tekliflerine verilen yanıtların sayısı, tepki verme süresi dolduğunda yarım milyonu aştı. Temmuz sonunda uzatılan istişare bu gece gece yarısı sona eriyor. Tekliflere itirazlar devam ediyor. Bu arada, ASLEF 24 saatlik bir grev gerçekleştirdiği için bugün İngiltere'deki çoğu hatta tren çalışmıyor. RMT üyeleri yarın

Nearly all train services in England are likely to be cancelled tomorrow, as the drivers’ union ASLEF stages a 24-hour strike. Most English operators are affected, with the exceptions of Merseyrail, Transport for London, light rail and trams. Neither ScotRail nor Transport for Wales are in dispute with ASLEF, but

British Transport Police are investigating the death of a Nottinghamshire police officer who received fatal injuries on the East Coast Main Line near Newark Northgate station. Sgt Graham Saville, 46, had been trying to help another man on the track who was described as ‘distressed’, when he was hit by

The RMT union is hoping to hear from the Rail Delivery Group this week following a letter from the union’s general secretary Mick Lynch, in which he sets out a path to a negotiated settlement in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions, and which the union is describing as

The number of people who have responded to controversial ticket office closure proposals in England has topped 460,000, according to the passenger watchdogs Transport Focus and London TravelWatch. The consultation period was extended to 1 September at the end of July, and the proposals have triggered a determined reaction from

The words used by train operators when things go wrong are sometimes confusing passengers instead of guiding them, according to a new report. Passenger watchdog Transport Focus asked passengers for their opinions of advice like ‘do not travel’ on days when trains were actually running, and their responses were often

A Scottish court is to deal with the prosecution case against Network Rail next month in connection with the fatal Carmont derailment three years ago. Three people on board a train were killed when it was derailed by debris washed on to the track near Stonehaven on 12 August 2020,

The Railway Industry Association has signed an agreement with Rail Business Daily to acquire most of its assets. A transition period is expected to take three months, as RIA becomes the publisher of RBD titles and the employer of some RBD staff. Kaynak

A light plane came close to colliding with a train in Cheshire last week, it has been reported. According to the train driver, a two-seater high-winged monoplane banked steeply in front of the train, risking a collision. Kaynak

The train drivers’ union ASLEF has called a new 24-hour strike in England on 1 September, with an overtime ban on the following day. The action has been announced in addition to walkouts by the RMT between tomorrow and early September. Kaynak

Train operators in England are warning of limited services on 26 August and 2 September as the RMT stages two more 24-hour strikes in the dispute over pay and conditions, but there will also be disruption on CrossCountry routes tomorrow and on 9 September in a separate dispute over the

Railway fares will rise in March next year but not by the Retail Prices Index in July, which was 9 per cent. Instead, it is expected that the increase will be based for the second year running on Average Earnings Growth, which was 5.9 per cent in the quarter to

The number of responses in the consultation over ticket office closures sent to the transport watchdogs Transport Focus and London TravelWatch has soared from 170,000 in late July to 315,000 now, according to Transport Focus. The original 21-day consultation period, which would have ended on 26 July, has been extended

Passengers on a London Underground train were taken to a disused station, because of an error by staff. TfL said the train had been sent to Charing Cross to even out the service, but some passengers had stayed on the train because of a ‘miscommunication’ at Green Park. Kaynak

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The first passengers have been boarding trains at a new station in Kent today. Thanet Parkway between Ramsgate and Minster opened for business this morning, and the first train of the day was the 04.58 High Speed service to London St Pancras International. Southeastern has predicted that the station will

Transport secretary Mark Harper is in Bristol this morning, where he will open the new station at Portway Park and Ride on the Severn Beach branch line. The single five-car platform, which will be unstaffed, has cost �5.8 million. It has been funded by the West of England Combined Authority,

Train services will be badly disrupted tomorrow in England as RMT members at most train operators stage another 24-hour strike in the continuing dispute over pay and conditions, which began in the spring of last year. Where trains are running, frequencies will be reduced and last trains will be much

Health and safety law was breached when a tram overturned near Croydon in 2016 with fatal results, a judge has ruled. Seven passengers were killed and only one was uninjured. Tramway owner Transport for London and operator Tram Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of FirstGroup, have been fined a total of

The Rail Delivery Group has confirmed reports this morning that the consultation period for proposed ticket office closures has been extended from today until 1 September. The RDG said train operators had been ‘listening to feedback and hope that more people will have the opportunity to have their say in

This is the last day for lodging responses with Transport Focus and London TravelWatch on the proposals to close most station ticket offices in England. The consultation was announced on 5 July, and the barrage of public protest has grown day by day. Sim Harris wonders whether the responsible ministers

The train drivers’ union ASLEF has announced another week-long overtime ban, from 7 to 12 August. It will be the fifth time that ASLEF has staged such a ban since the first between 15 to 20 May. There have also been 11 one day ASLEF strikes this year. The union

The RMT has cancelled a ‘week of action’ which it had planned to stage on London Underground from 23 July. If the walkouts had gone ahead, Transport for London had warned that almost no trains would have run on the worst-affected days. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘There has

A new report is warning that train-building centres in Britain such as Alstom in Derby and Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe will run out of work within 12 months from now, putting thousands of jobs at risk. The report from the Railway Industry Association, entitled ‘The UK rolling stock industry �

Members of the RMT working for most train operators in England are staging a 24-hour strike today, and the stoppage is causing widespread disruption. Two more strikes have been called for Saturday and 29 July, which is the following Saturday, and there will also be major disruption on London Underground

The ticket office saga is rumbling on. It has become all too clear that the DfT is using the present structure of the passenger railway to offload as much as the blame as possible on to the operators, whether they are in the public or private sectors (writes Sim Harris)..

Controversial regulations which would have allowed employers in the rail industry to use agency staff during strikes have been banned by the High Court, which described them as ‘irrational’. Unions had argued against using temporary staff, partly because such a move amounted to ‘strike-breaking’ and also because many railway jobs

The chief executive of HS2 Ltd Mark Thurston has announced that he will leaving the company in the autumn, after leading the company since March 2017. Mark Thurston joined the company shortly after the Act of Parliament authorising Phase 1 between London and Birmingham had received Royal Assent. Kaynak

The RMT union is staging protests outside many stations to oppose the proposed closure of hundreds of ticket offices. A consultation is under way over the proposals, which will affect most staffed stations in England and also in Scotland at Glasgow Central, because it is run by the English contractor

Rail Partners, the lobby group representing privately-owned train operators, has called for the rail business to ‘put aside ideological battles of public versus private’ and concentrate on creating an ‘reinvigorated public-private partnership to get Britain’s railways back on the track to growth’. Franchising ended officially in 2020, and all operators

The RMT has warned that it will stage a ‘week of action’ on the London Underground from 23 to 28 July. Different grades and sections of the staff will strike during those six days, but details of the planned stoppages have not been released. The walkouts are part of the

Most station ticket offices in England are set to be axed, it has been confirmed. Consultations into proposals to close the offices at all but the largest stations have been launched. They will run for 21 days. The government has been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ from scrutiny, and the

Most station ticket offices in England are set to be axed, it has been confirmed. Consultations into proposals to close the offices at all but the largest stations have been launched. They will run for 21 days. The government has been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ from scrutiny, and the

Most station ticket offices in England are set to be axed, it has been confirmed. Consultations into proposals to close the offices at all but the largest stations have been launched. They will run for 21 days. The government has been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ from scrutiny. The Rail

The Department for Transport is reported to be pressing ahead with the closure of most station ticket offices in England. An announcement is expected this morning about the launch of a consultation, but closing the offices seems likely to spark a furious union reaction and add to the present industrial

Trains have started to call at a new station in the southern suburbs of Exeter this morning, following an opening ceremony attended by transport secretary Mark Harper. Marsh Barton on the Great Western main line is near a park and industrial estate, and is served by trains running between Paignton,

İngiltere'deki tren seferleri kısa sürede iptal edilebilir veya değiştirilebilir, çünkü sürücüler birliği ASLEF tarafından bugünden cumartesiye kadar fazla mesai ve dinlenme günü çalışma yasağı getiriliyor. Kısıtlama, birliğin ücret konusunda sektörle devam eden anlaşmazlığının bir parçasıdır. Bu arada ASLEF, ‘hasta notu politikası’ geri çekildikten sonra dün Avanti Batı Kıyısı'nda çağrıda bulunduğu

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The launch of a new train service in Birmingham has been delayed, because the stations will not be ready before 2024. The Camp Hill line, which will have three stations, had been intended to reopen to passengers this year, but work at the stations has been delayed by the discovery

A new station will open between Ramsgate and Minster at the end of next month. Thanet Parkway has two 240m platforms suitable for 12-car trains, and will offer high speed services to London as well as trains to other places in Kent. Thanet Parkway is also a potential integrated transport

The RMT has sounded a warning shot in response to growing speculation that the Department for Transport is preparing to announce the closure of most station ticket offices in England. If it happens, it could ignite a new industrial dispute on National Rail. The reform includes moving the staff from

The Scottish Government assumed control of the Caledonian Express contract yesterday, after Transport Scotland had decided that an extension of Serco’s franchise would not offer value for money. Kaynak

The last Scottish sleeper services operated by the private sector will run tonight. The Scottish Government has terminated the Serco Caledonian Sleeper franchise, which began in 2015, and the services between the Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London will be controlled in future by a public sector company. The Scottish Government

A new GWR station in the southern suburbs of Exeter will open on 4 July. The two-platform station at Marsh Barton, on the Great Western Main Line south of Exeter St Thomas, will provide new links to Alphington, Marsh Barton and the Riverside Valley Park. A new pedestrian and cycle

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