Category: Network Rail

Only 40 LNER intercity rail services to run on Saturday as train drivers strike

Almost three in four services between London, Edinburgh and York will be cut in Aslef members’ stoppageA train drivers’ strike will lead to almost three in four services being cut on Saturday on LNER, which operates...

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UK ministers look to install highly paid boss to spearhead rail reform plan

Salary of new senior post could dwarf DfT pay scales in bid to speed up troubled Great British Railways projectMinisters are bidding to install a highly paid rail industry figure in the Department for Transport to entrench plans...

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RMT members to vote on new Network Rail pay offer

Union calls off planned 24-hour rail strike to consult members amid fresh hopes of an end to industrial actionThe RMT union has said members will vote in a referendum over the next 12 days on a revised pay offer from Network...

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Return train tickets expected to be scrapped in UK rail shake-up

The often discounted rate is to be replaced with two singles costing the same as the present return fareReturn tickets will be scrapped and new digital ticketing introduced under reforms of the British rail system expected to be...

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Only one in five British trains to run on final day of planned strikes

Industrial action over pay and working conditions has caused almost four weeks of disruptionThe last day in the latest stretch of railway strikes has begun, ending a run of almost four weeks of continuous disruption caused by...

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Rail strikes: showdown talks planned as country comes to a standstill

Unions, ministers and industry bosses to meet amid widescale disruption caused by only 20% of rail services runningUnion leaders, the rail minister and industry chiefs are scheduled for showdown talks tomorrow after industrial...

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UK train strikes start as ONS data show real wages falling by 2.7% – live

Large parts of national rail network grind to halt as RMT union members strike for increased payMuch of the UK’s rail network has ground to a halt as members of the RMT union begin a two-day strike on Tuesday, the first in...

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