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BBC News Passengers are being warned of extensive disruption to train services on Saturday despite a series of strikes by railway workers being called off. It said staff were also taking time off after receiving booster jabs. "Our priority is our members, and we are working towards securing a deal on job security, a decent pay rise and good working conditions.". The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, said that it was "positive" that the RMT had "stepped back from the brink". Last month, six of the trains were taken out of service by GWR after hairline cracks were found in the suspension system during routine maintenance. Angie Doll, chief operating officer of GTR, said performance over the past year had been affected by the impact of Covid, short-term sickness, severe weather and increasing trespass incidents. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. There is expected to be a major impact across the network, with only a fifth of services due to run between 07:30 and 18:30 GMT on Saturday. LNER is one of the train companies forced to cancel services, When dogs in Alaska wait for the bus Video, ScotRail reported more than a hundred cancellations, German police deny Greta's detainment was staged, Santos denies taking money from dying dog GoFundMe, Iran man who beheaded wife jailed for eight years, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises, US town with no water using rain to flush toilets, Celebrities who say their children will get no inheritance, Heathrow beefs up security over cannabis arrests. It is still rebuilding services as more drivers are trained up, and says it's focused on restoring a full timetable in December. "We're working hard to be able to operate as many services as possible, but advise customers to check National Rail Enquiries prior to travel for the latest information on their service.". Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. Hull Trains said its services would resume as normal following "thorough checks by Hitachi" on its fleet of Class 800 series trains. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Rail Minister Huw Merriman said he did not want to "rule anything in or out" when asked if the government would put more money on the table to help resolve the dispute. Overall, passenger numbers are now back up to 80% of the observed usage three years ago but, as rail users return, performance has slipped at many stations. Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, LNER, Scotrail and West Midlands Railway have all reported cancellations. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The project budget increased to 3.25m, partly because more ambitious plans were drawn up, but also because of a delay over materials blamed on Brexit. Rob Taylor, who lives in Nottingham, said the cancellations had been a "nightmare" for him. He told BBC business correspondent Katy Austin that while body shell cracking would not "cause the trains to crash or disintegrate or anything like that", he said it is a "serious point" that requires action because if metal fatiguing is allowed to continue, the "cracks will spread, and the body shell strength will be weakened". "In the meantime, please check National Rail Enquiries before you set off on your journey as delays will continue today.". On some days, numerous trains in a row have been cancelled. Usage has steadily crept up since the pandemic - but station performance is slowly slipping. And a London Underground strike planned for Thursday is still set to go ahead. Third was TransPennine Express, with 5.8% of trains cancelled. Services to parts of Shropshire and Staffordshire also face problems problems due to the damage. Some passengers arrived unaware that anything had gone wrong while others had allowed plenty of extra time in a bid to still make their journey by rail. West Midlands Railway has also said fewer trains are running. This year I've had to spend 160 one day just to get here because it was a busy day for taxis so it was 160 here and back. Avanti said on Friday it would not reinstate services on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. The disruption to LNER trains means there will be limited to no service on the East Coast Main Line - between Edinburgh, Newcastle, York and London. But the Aslef union has claimed that CrossCountry does not employ enough train drivers to allow for services to run as normal when staff are off sick. "It's a scandal really that whole days' worth of trains are being cancelled, which is so disruptive to people's lives and livelihoods - not to mention pushing more people into cars with all the issues that then brings," he said. 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Disruption on East Coast Main Line continues, but trains are now running again between London and Scotland. ORR recently said Network Rail, which oversees tracks, power lines and signals, needed to do more to deliver better performance. CrossCountry is also warning of train crew shortages and disruption. Train companies are preparing to introduce a new timetable on 11 December - although RMT strikes are planned in its first week. "This rolling stock must not be allowed back into service until we are 100% certain these trains are safe. A rail strike by 40,000 RMT union members has caused four in five trains to be cancelled today as many people return to work after the Christmas break. Read about our approach to external linking. They disputed claims by workers that managers are increasingly rejecting such requests, as staffing levels have fallen. Added to this, reliance on drivers agreeing to work on days off - which has been common in the industry for decades - has left some operators exposed during a period of strained industrial relations. Staff in green blazers and high visibility jackets almost outnumber those trying to travel. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said suspending the strike action was "a positive development for passengers up and down the country". While he said he believed people should be able to take time off if sick, "the one-size-fits-all approach does not work on issues, especially on paid leave". CrossCountry services are also expected to be disrupted by strikes over pay, which are being organised by the RMT union and will affect 14 rail firms. Same in the opposite direction. The company said cracks were detected on "more than one" Hitachi 800 train, so all 93 in its fleet are being inspected as a "precaution". Passengers have been advised to check train operators' websites before travelling. 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Damage to overhead wires means trains are being cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised. Network Rail said: "On Sunday 15 January buses will replace ALL trains from Manchester Piccadilly . Network Rail continues to advise passengers to check before they travel, and to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on Saturday and Monday. CrossCountry is also warning of train crew shortages and disruption. Neil may be late for his job interview, students Savannah and Angela are struggling to return to Exeter to resume their university studies, while another man is set to miss his vaccine appointment as a result of the disruption to services. National Rail Enquiries warned disruption was expected until the end of the day. 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The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, said: "We totally reject any suggestion that the replacement of franchises with contracts during the pandemic is adversely affecting performance.". It is advising passengers to travel as early as possible. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. 22:28, 9 JAN 2023 Dr Nikki Alexander and the team are back BBC Silent Witness fans have announced they have 'given up' on the show after being left confused by the storyline. West Midlands Railway has also said fewer trains are running. BBC News A train drivers' union has blamed an operating company for repeated rail cancellations, saying it does not employ enough staff. "People are scared for their jobs .We need protection.". Rail companies say the RMT announcement came too late to prevent disruption and a temporary revised timetable for Saturday, Sunday and Monday will remain in place. BBC News. "Paid sick leave at the national level is not even part of the conversation at this point," he said, adding that the rail contract otherwise is "very good for workers". "At least four times this year I've spent more on getting here and back than I have actually earnt that day," Ms Blackburn said. BBC Both EastEnders at 7.30pm and. This has resulted in trainees taking longer to qualify. He added there were about 1,000 carriages to deal with, so it would be "quite a considerable job". RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the threat of strike action "has made the rail employers see sense". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "People are just deflated because this has happened so many times.". She says the situation is "being handled in the worst way" and that she "got less than 30 minutes' notice by email" of the cancellations, by which time she was already at the train station. "Theoretically maybe a situation like this could spark some conversation but I think it's unlikely.". Chess gets a risqu makeover. Repair work is ongoing across the UK's rail network, and Network Rail said it has launched a new taskforce to investigate how the railway can become more resilient in the wake of the heatwave. The murder mystery series is based on Anthony Horowitz's books of the. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. "It's added between an hour and two hours on my journey as you end up changing twice on the way.". Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Mr Ford added that repairing aluminium trains is a "very difficult process" because of the electronic equipment inside them. "A lot of train companies tend to not employ enough train drivers. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "It shouldn't be because you live in a state that's more pro-business than another state that you lose paid sick leave.". It had planned to take strike action at five train firms including Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Trains. Two of every five London trains disrupted in 2022. All high-speed Great Western Railway services between London, Bristol, Cardiff and Penzance have been cancelled and customers are advised not to attempt to travel today. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Mr Wolmar believes these contracts have resulted in less effort from managers to run a good service, and high sickness levels among staff who have gone over two years without a pay rise, are "really an expression of employee dissatisfaction". Ms Blackburn said a taxi home from Warrington to Chester usually costs between 30 and 40, depending on the time. Transport for London said it tried to minimise delays but circumstances were often outside of its control. The outcome has outraged thousands of workers who had hoped for more support from a political party and a president who had campaigned on the promise of passing national sick leave and supporting unions. At the UK busiest station, Waterloo, 76% of trains arrived on time; Victoria had 72% arrive on time, London Bridge had 62%, Liverpool Street had 86% and Clapham Junction 60%. Chess gets a risqu makeover. It has warned the problem could affect services on Sunday too. This has resulted in trainees taking longer to qualify. When Gabe Christenson started feeling run down a few years ago, he didn't go to the doctor. Read about our approach to external linking. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. He apologised for performance not being good enough, and insisted the operators do employ enough train drivers; something their union Aslef disputes. Speaking on Thursday, chairman Steve Montgomery said the RDG was "working up to" making an offer once it had made an agreement with unions on workplace reforms. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is thought to be much higher. 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The National Railway Labor Conference, the organisation representing the freight rail firms in the labour negotiations, argued that rail workers have ample personal and holiday leave, which can be used in the event of illness, as well as the ability to take unpaid time off. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is. When she didn't have paid sick leave, she ended up with no vacation and had to take unpaid days to care for her daughter, straining her finances. It added that the renewal of this part of the network should reduce the drainage and flooding problems that can lead to signalling and power failures, the root cause of many train cancellations. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. You can also get in touch in the following ways: If you are reading this page and can't see the form you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. "I won't be fully relaxed until we're in the stadium," said Mr Ellis. But the operator added that it expected services to be "extremely busy" and could not guarantee that social distancing guidelines would be adhered to. LNER passengers affected by cancellations can use their tickets on the following operators' services instead: LNER said affected customers' tickets will be valid up to and including Sunday 16 May, though a new reservation would need to be made. Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Manchester for customers with an open ticket, TransPennine Express between Manchester, Leeds and York, East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Sheffield, Northern services between Sheffield, Leeds and York and via any other "reasonable" route, Thameslink services between London, Stevenage and Peterborough, Avanti West Coast trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, London Northwestern Railway trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, West Midlands Railway trains between Hereford/Worcester and Birmingham New Street, The Class 800 is electric - but almost half have a diesel engine enabling them to operate on lines that have not been electrified, Formal orders for the trains were made in 2012 and 2013 at a cost of around 5.7bn for a 27.5 year programme, including maintenance, The Class 800 began regular service for Great Western Railway in October 2017 - but an embarrassing start saw air conditioning units, In May 2019, they began service on the East Coast Main Line, with operator LNER branding the train Azuma - or "east" in Japanese, They were hailed by operators as helping to increase capacity and reduce journey times, The trains were assembled at Hitachi's plant in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham. Lorraine McConnon was due to take a train from Aberdeen to London King's Cross this morning. By Hugh Schofield. Railway speed restrictions were brought in across most of England and Wales, with reports of buckled tracks and overheard wire systems failing on Monday. Read about our approach to external linking. 2023 BBC. This led to improvements in punctuality and reliability. This is the latest strike in the long-running row over pay and. Read about our approach to external linking. It acknowledged that the national dispute involving three rail unions had caused severe disruption and on cancellations it said "the industry is working hard to cope with an unprecedented convergence of issues". What would be affected if a rail strike happens? Despite efforts to revive the issue, many Republicans were opposed to the principle of government-given "business mandates", and talks petered out. This is mainly affecting our Nottingham - Cardiff route but some other services are also affected.Please check your journey via https://t.co/RQG2pY1l0U. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Stations in the north west of the city were generally the worst performing with some seeing only about half of services arrive as scheduled. "At a moment when we were celebrating all these front-line workers, who were keeping the economy going at the risk of their own health, that we couldn't include paid sick days as a requirement in our Covid relief package - it was just shocking.". Though 16 states have passed laws requiring paid sick leave over the last decade, one in five workers across the country still does not have access to the benefit, with low-wage workers most at risk. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? 2023 BBC. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. LNER, which runs services on the East Coast main line, is operating an amended timetable in the week before Christmas because of the number of absent drivers and train managers. Govia Thameslink, which operates the Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern franchises, said it may also have to cancel services at short notice due to high numbers of staff off sick with Covid and other seasonal illnesses. "At least four times this year. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The RMT union said it would now enter "a period of intensive negotiations" with Network Rail and train operators. When taken with on-the-day cancellations, this has seen total. She said she took taxis to and from work which cost her more than 160. It is advising passengers to travel as early as possible. But that expired at the end of the year and firms quickly trimmed the benefits. Avanti West Coast, which operates trains between London and Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and Scotland, had the highest proportion of cancellations, at 8%. She said the operator had a plan in place to make improvements, and was working with Network Rail to improve reliability. The RDG said the pandemic has had a long-term impact on services by reducing the number of drivers and other staff who could be trained as well as increasing staff absences. Chelmsford City Council's deputy leader . The RMT union, which represents transport workers, said that with infections rising, absences would have severe consequences for services, but the safety of staff and the public must come first. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It comes after Tuesday's record-breaking temperatures above 40C, which caused damage to overhead electric lines and railway tracks. We are always looking at ways to minimise these incidents whenever we can. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Judging by reservations, it expects Thursday to be the busiest day of the week. He added that there had been "the promise of an offer" on pay from the rail operating companies. The cancellations were due to the heat affecting the safety of steel railway tracks, which can buckle when too hot. Queens Park, Kensal Green, Stonebridge Park and Harlesden stations had the highest number of cancellations in the whole of London, with 12%. When he finally scheduled an appointment, the doctor told him he had a gut infection. He doesn't have a ticket to go back to Bournemouth now as his return ticket's not valid for a few weeks. 'One by one they have all been testing positive', ScotRail cancels 118 services as Covid spikes, Zelensky says fatal crash was consequence of war, New Zealand PM Ardern to step down next month, Arizona town with no water using rain to flush toilets. 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