City chaos on the cards: Here’s what you need to know about today’s Tube strike February 22, 2017 Yes, City workers, it is time to brace yourselves, after the RMT union announced a fresh walkout which will cause heavy travel disruption in the capital throughout today. Here's what you need to know about the action… Read more: Every route from Waterloo station to Bank, ranked When will the strike take place? Drivers walked out [...]
Southern rail strike will go ahead this week, court rules December 12, 2016 Southern rail drivers will go ahead with their planned strike tomorrow after a judge backed the Aslef union over parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). GTR made an urgent appeal last week, arguing the strike would bring services to a standstill. Tomorrow will be the first of three strike days this week, and most routes will have no services. Responding [...]
Great Western Railway customers face fresh disruption as cleaners stage two one-day walkouts on run-up to Christmas December 12, 2016 Rail commuters are facing another layer of disruption after unions announced cleaners will go on strike on the run up to Christmas. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) today announced after a "massive yes vote" cleaners would walk out on 16 and 23 December – 109 members voted in favour of the action. Employees of [...]
Piccadilly Line delays will continue on Monday November 27, 2016 Piccadilly Line trains will continue to be disrupted on Monday morning disrupting thousands of commuters heading to work during rush hour. Trouble with trains on Friday brought misery to travellers heading home for the week, and that's set to continue. Nearly half the trains on the line which runs from Heathrow in West London to [...]
Southern rail tells customers not to travel tomorrow whether or not it manages to block one of the two sets of strike action December 12, 2016 Southern rail has decided to elevate itself to the same level of the great British institution of bad weather and told London's workers not to worry about rail strikes and simply take the day off. While bosses in the City may have been a little more sympathetic to a day of workers being stranded in their houses as [...]
Delays on Thameslink services due to fire at Gatwick Airport December 6, 2016 Thameslink services are subject to serious delays this morning, due to a fire near the train tracks at Gatwick Airport. ⚠We have just had it confirmed that the fault is with the third rail at #GatwickAirport which is blocking platform 1 https://t.co/MHuwsfH5I4 — Thameslink (@TLRailUK) December 6, 2016 The disruption comes as commuters grapple with delays [...]
RMT’s Great Western Rail strike will go ahead tomorrow December 22, 2016 A Great Western Railway (GWR) workers' strike will go ahead tomorrow, the RMT union confirmed today. RMT members who are cleaners on the rail network will take industrial action over "serious bullying, claims of discrimination and poverty working conditions" on the GWR train cleaning contract operated by Servest UK. Members have been instructed not to book on for [...]
RMT union members balloting over First Great Western train strike June 15, 2015 Rail workers union RMT has issued a ballot on potential strike action following a dispute with First Great Western bosses. Read more: RMT is balloting London Underground members over a new strike The ballot for strike action and action short of a strike for all First Great Western members is underway over what the union describes [...]
Here’s how one MP thinks strikes like the Southern rail ones can be avoided in the future December 14, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has been mulling over a range of measures to stop the Southern rail crisis being repeated in the future. And Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South, thinks he just might have the answer. Or at least part of it. The MP has laid out proposals for three major changes to legislation he [...]
Light at the end of the tunnel: Southern rail owner and RMT to meet for fresh talks next week after Aslef deal February 3, 2017 The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has agreed to meet with Southern rail's parent company for fresh face-to-face talks, in an effort to settle its long-running dispute over the role of the guard. It comes after an agreement was reached between Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and train drivers' union Aslef in their row, which should bring an end [...]