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Disabled passengers on Avanti trains say they have had to sit in toilets to get seat

One wheelchair user reported that pre-booked accessible spaces were filled with luggage and no staff were present

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast rewarded with over £4m in taxpayer-funded bonuses

Payout awarded for period in which Avanti was UK’s worst train operator for delays, Labour analysis found

The Guardian - UK

Avanti staff balloted for industrial action as row rumbles on

Train drivers at Euston are unhappy with new rosters

Liverpool Echo

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North of England rail chaos stems from ‘toxic combination’ of issues, MPs hear

Late, inadequate and overbooked trains are costing the regional economy half a billion pounds a year

The Guardian - UK

Train company bosses issue grovelling apologies for letting down passengers

It came as Rishi Sunak said the Government is 'closely monitoring' Avanti's recovery plan - and a Tory MP urged him to cancel their West Coast contract if the company fails to 'get their act together'

Daily Mirror

Avanti West Coast: ‘It’s barely possible to travel around the North of England by rail,’ MPs told

MPs told of train chaos on Avanti West Coast – but operator promises ‘a stable timetable that we can deliver’ is now running

The Independent UK

Poor train services from TransPennine Express, Avanti West Coast and Northern due to 'toxic combination' of problems

Avanti West Coast cut its schedules in August to limit short-notice cancellations but reinstated some of the lost services in new timetables on Sunday

Birmingham Post

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Impact train strikes will have on Avanti, Merseyrail and Northern

Half of all lines are closed across the UK and trains are only operating between 7.30am and 6.30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday

Liverpool Echo

Performer buys train ticket to Wales that cost more than flight to Australia — and train didn't even turn up

It was a disaster from start to finish

Wales Online

‘Masterclass in poor service’: rail passenger hits out at Avanti over £589 ticket

Performer criticises operator over cancellations in journey after paying ‘eye-watering’ price for first-class Brighton-Bangor return

The Guardian - UK

Strip Avanti of rail contracts if services don’t improve, city mayors demand

Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan and Andy Street say operator has weeks to sort out train ‘chaos’

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast staff 'have no confidence train operator can improve', union says

A new national timetable is due to come into force from Sunday

Manchester Evening News

Staff ‘do not believe Avanti can improve its services this month’ – union

RMT Mick Lynch said a worker survey shows the train operator ‘misled Parliament about what’s happened’ on its services

Evening Standard

Disabled man repeatedly 'forced to sit on floor' on rammed Avanti West Coast trains

'I get a lot of people who look at me and go: ‘you’re not disabled’ and then I have to explain myself'

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The Guardian - UK

Train reliability dips sharply in northern England despite reduced service

Review of passenger operations by regulator paints damning picture of growing north-south divide

Edinburgh Live

Stressed Edinburgh passenger gets 1am text saying his train is cancelled due to lack of staff

Jonny Casey made his way up to Edinburgh for work but has no idea how he will get home after Avanti West Coast announced a wave of cancellations due to a shortage of drivers.

The Guardian - UK

Rail industry prays for a Christmas miracle to avert strikes

Time is running out for a deal to send threat of disruption into the sidings and keep holiday travel plans on track

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands action over 18,000 ‘lost’ train services in north of England

Ministers claim crises at Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express are partly the fault of rail unions

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Manchester Evening News

Transport secretary insists rail dispute 'on the path' to being resolved during Manchester visit

Mark Harper admits services on the railway are not good enough

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Independent UK

Mayors demand minister steps in to fix ‘mess’ blighting northern railways

Five metro mayors said talks with the Transport Secretary had been ‘positive’ but they needed more than ‘warm words’ to ease the disruption.

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak says there has been an 'unacceptable deterioration' in Avanti’s service

The railway operator is among many being affected by a wave of strikes from industry workers

The Independent UK

Sunak slams ‘unacceptable deterioration’ of northern railways

The Prime Minister faced pressure in the Commons over the chaos in the region’s rail services.

The Guardian - UK

Claw back £12m ‘failing’ rail firm paid out in dividends, Labour urges

Avanti West Coast, which received £343m subsidy, had worst punctuality performance among train operators

The Guardian - UK

North of England rail faces ‘utter chaos’, warns business group

Introduction of new timetable could lead to crisis, says Northern Powerhouse Partnership

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