Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from RMT

Train managers to strike for second time in dispute over rest-day working

Avanti West Coast said passengers travel on Thursday should plan ahead, expect disruption and check the details of their last train home.

The Independent UK

Euston trains disrupted as Avanti West Coast managers go on strike

Rail firm said passengers travelling on Thursday should plan ahead, expect disruption and check the details of their last train home

Evening Standard

New Year’s Eve travel disrupted as Avanti West Coast train managers strike

The rail operator has a ‘significantly reduced’ timetable in place on Tuesday and Thursday.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

New Year’s Eve travel misery for millions due to stormy weather, strike action and engineering work

2024 ends with travel chaos on multiple fronts

The Independent UK

Rail passengers face disruption as Avanti train managers strike

RMT action on New Year’s Eve and 2 January over rest day working will mean ‘significantly reduced’ timetable

The Guardian - UK

Passengers warned of disruption as Avanti West Coast train managers strike

Members of the RMT union at Avanti West Coast will walk out on New Year’s Eve and January 2 in a dispute over rest day working.

The Independent UK

Manchester Victoria named as worst UK train station for cancellations

Train crew availability and weather have been cited among reasons for disruptions

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Avanti bosses should ‘get back round the table’ to resolve strike, says minister

Avanti West Coast services are set to be hit by strike action on new year’s eve and January 2.

Evening Standard

Avanti West Coast train managers demand more than £250 for working on day off

Exclusive: At weekends, a staff member could earn £300 for rest day working – but train drivers get twice as much

The Independent UK

Christmas travel warning: Rail closures will make it harder to get to London airports

Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton will all have fewer train connections - and Arsenal and Spurs home games also hit

Evening Standard

Badenoch blames months of new train strikes on Labour’s pay rises for unions and says commuters will suffer

Downing Street calls on RMT union leader Mick Lynch to ‘get back round the table’ to resolve dispute ahead of five months of strike chaos on Avanti West Coast line

The Independent UK

When are the next train strikes? Avanti West Coast walkouts to run until summer

On strike days about one train in four is running, during limited hours, between London Euston, the West Midlands, northwest England and Scotland

The Independent UK

Disruption expected as Avanti West Coast to stage series of strikes

WORKERS on Avanti West Coast are to stage a series of strikes after rejecting a deal aimed at resolving a dispute over rest day working...

The National (Scotland)

Avanti West Coast workers to strike on New Year’s Eve

Avanti says it is assessing how much impact strikes will have but spokesperson says disruption will be ‘significant’

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Workers on Avanti West Coast to stage series of strikes

The RMT said its members working as train managers will strike on New Year’s Eve, January 2 and Sundays between January 12 and May 25.

The National (Scotland)

Kay Burley set to leave Sky News after 35 years, reports suggest

KAY Burley is set to leave Sky News, it is being reported.

The Independent UK

‘No way to run a railway’: How the Sunday blues have depressed Britain’s weary train passengers

The system ‘can’t be right, and it never has been right’, says expert, as the government promises to reset relationship with the rail industry

The Independent UK

Avanti Christmas train strikes called off, says RMT

Rail union says train firm has improved its offer to train managers working on West Coast main line

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Christmas rail strikes suspended as union mulls new Avanti deal

RMT members were due to take action on 22, 23 and 29 December, causing major disruption to rail services

Evening Standard

Avanti West Coast Christmas strike days suspended, RMT says

Strikes that were due to take place in the build up the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have been called off, as well as a further day of action that was planned for December 29

The Independent UK

How to avoid travel chaos on road and rail this Christmas and New Year

Exclusive: Trains, boats and planes will be different over the festive season – with strikes and engineering work adding to the chaos

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to Elizabeth Line worker killed in Ilford Station attack as GoFundMe raises £18,000

Family have paid tribute to Jorge Ortega, 61, as ‘the most loving person’ and the ‘kindest soul’

The Independent UK

RMT to call strike ‘if needs be’ over proposed cuts to rail ticket office hours

The union’s assistant general secretary, John Leach, said ticket offices are ‘not just about ticket sales’.

Evening Standard

Downing Street urges striking train managers to ‘rethink position’

RMT union members at Avanti West Coast will strike over rest day working.

The Independent UK

Christmas travel strikes: What trains and airports are affected by industrial action this winter?

Walk-outs in the UK and continental Europe will disrupt millions of Christmas journeys

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.