Disruption continues as trains delayed this AM despite unions calling off strikes
Disruption continued this morning as trains were delays despite rail strikes being called off last week.
Several operators were forced to push first services by around two hours after struggling with having staff and rolling stock ready.
South Western Railway urged passengers not to travel before 8am, while Northern and Great Western Railway said they were expecting disruption.
“First services will be much later than usual and are likely to be very busy,” South Western Rail tweeted on Tuesday morning.
“Please avoid travelling before 8am if you can and check your journey as close to your departure time as possible.”
A Rail Delivery Group spokesperson said that, while majority of trains was running as normal, some disruption was expected today.
“We intend to run a full timetable across the majority of the network, tomorrow, 9 November,” they said.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused to passengers, and we encourage anyone travelling to continue to check before they set off for their journey while we reinstate timetables.”
Significant disruption was also reported yesterday, as train operating companies were working on a reduced timetable after industrial action was called off with little notice.
Members of the unions RMT and TSSA were due to walk out this week as part of a long-standing dispute against train operators over jobs, salaries and working conditions.
But last week, both unions decided to postpone the strikes following a breakthrough in negotiations.