Alex Bestwick

TSSA members vote to accept Network Rail pay offer

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Alex Bestwick

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15 December 2022

Network Rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, their union has announced.
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Rail fare revenue at just 71% of pre-Covid levels

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Alex Bestwick

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15 December 2022

Revenue from train fares was just 71% of pre-pandemic levels between July and September, new figures show.
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Poor train services in northern England due to ‘toxic combination’ of problems

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Alex Bestwick

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14 December 2022

Problems with rail services in northern England are being caused by a “toxic combination” of issues, MPs have been told.
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Elizabeth Line workers vote to take industrial action

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Alex Bestwick

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14 December 2022

Workers on London’s new Elizabeth railway line have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
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Lynch still optimistic but admits ‘no deal in sight’ on rail strikes

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Alex Bestwick

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13 December 2022

Union leader Mick Lynch has said that, while he continues to be an “optimist”, there is currently “no deal in sight” as the country faces a month of rail disruption.
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Christmas rail strikes to go ahead as latest offer is rejected

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Alex Bestwick

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12 December 2022

Hopes of a major breakthrough in the rail dispute have been shattered after Network Rail workers rejected a pay offer.
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How each train operator is affected by the latest strikes

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Alex Bestwick

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12 December 2022

Britain’s train operators have released plans for how their services will be altered during the next rail strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Alex Bestwick

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9 December 2022

The big day is only a few weeks away and we have yours (and your loved ones) perfect reads covered – you won’t even have to leave the house!
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Huge blaze which closed railway line started deliberately, investigators believe

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Alex Bestwick

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9 December 2022

Fire investigators have said they believe a major blaze which destroyed several derelict factory buildings in Wolverhampton was started deliberately.
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A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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Alex Bestwick

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8 December 2022

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited the award-winning displays at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.
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