National rail strike: This is the pay deal that RMT has rejected in favour of striking on June 4-5 and June 9-11 May 29, 2015 Network Rail and RMT bosses are once again entering talks to see if the latest set of strikes, announced yesterday, can be averted. The national rail strike earmarked to start on bank holiday Monday earlier this week was narrowly avoided after a new offer was tabled by Network Rail bosses, in order to give [...]
Nationwide rail strike is back on: RMT confirms action to take place on June 4 and June 11 May 28, 2015 The nationwide rail strike, called off at the 11th hour last week, has been rescheduled for next week. Transport union RMT confirmed that the first action would take place for 24 hours from 5pm on June 4 this afternoon. A second strike is being scheduled to run from just after midnight on June 9 [...]
Southern, Southeastern and Abellio Greater Anglia top list of “claimable” delays: We’re missing out on thousands of compensation claims for delayed trains May 28, 2015 Your train is late again. Do you sigh, grit your teeth and try to keep smiling or mutter to yourself that you should claim compensation, then promptly forget by the time you reach the office? The vast majority of us never claim for delayed or cancelled trains – 85 per cent in fact – [...]
Rail minister Claire Perry promises to tackle commuter chaos affecting Southern and Southeastern trains at London Bridge and Blackfriars May 28, 2015 Rail minister Claire Perry is building an action plan to tackle the chaos at London Bridge and Blackfriars stations following a “root and branch” review of Network Rail's plans. Perry, who has been in the role for nearly a year, recently met with Network Rail boss Mark Carne to review the work carried out [...]
Queen’s Speech 2015: Anti-austerity protest targets Downing Street May 27, 2015 The Queen's Speech has come and gone but even after the debates in parliament this afternoon, Downing Street will still be a hive of activity. An anti-austerity protest has been organised to coincide with the Queen's Speech, with campaigners targeting Downing Street shortly after the official state opening of parliament. The People's Assembly [...]
Fenchurch Street chaos: Disruption to continue until end of service May 27, 2015 Commuters using London's Fenchurch Street could face a travel headache going home tonight, with operators confirming there will be disruption to the service until the end of the day. Problems began this morning just before 7:30am when there was a power outage between Uxbridge or Tilbury Town and the City terminus. Passengers were “detrained” [...]
Air traffic control outage hits Belgian airspace: 20,000 passengers affected as flights delayed, cancelled May 27, 2015 Update: Nearly 150 flights have been cancelled and 32 diverted to other European cities after a power outage shut off Belgian airspace this morning. The electrical fault, which is expected to keep Brussels Airport out of action until at least 2pm, has affected 20,000 passengers already today, Brussels Airport said in an update early [...]
Black cab protest: Police close Victoria Street, Buckingham Gate as United Cabbies Group rails against TfL’s lack of support May 26, 2015 Central London roads were gridlocked this afternoon as the black cab protest caused chaos around Parliament Square, Whitehall, Embankment and Lambeth Palace Road. Campaigners are directing the protest, scheduled to take place between 2pm and 4pm today, against Transport for London, which they claim are not doing enough to keep on top of regulation [...]
National rail strike called off: Bank holiday train misery averted but London Underground poised for more industrial action May 21, 2015 Britons breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as unions called off a 24-hour bank holiday strike that threatened to bring the country’s rail network to a standstill. But fresh calls for industrial action – this time over rostering and pay for night-time Underground services from September – point to a growing union revolt against [...]
UK national rail strike: Virgin Trains backtracks on cancelled services after RMT and TSSA withdraw strike action for May 25 and 26 May 21, 2015 Virgin Trains has said services will be running as normal this bank holiday Monday, a day after it cancelled all trains in response to a strike called by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. The strike was called off this afternoon, with both RMT and TSSA unions saying they needed to put Network Rail's [...]