Industrial

Rail workers’ fury at suggestion they should have ‘worked harder at school’

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Sam Hewitt

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27 April 2022

Rail workers voting on strikes over pay were angered after a communications boss suggested they “should have probably worked harder at school”.
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Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

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Shannon Butcher

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27 April 2022

A blind man who died after being hit by a train lay untreated for 10 minutes because emergency services were unsure whether the tracks were still live, an inquest heard.
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Salford bids for new Great British Railway headquarters

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Sam Hewitt

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20 April 2022

Salford City Council has announced that it is bidding for Salford to be the home of Great British Railways (GBR).
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Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

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Shannon Butcher

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19 April 2022

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May.
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Union hails support for strikes by railway workers and cleaners

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Shannon Butcher

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11 April 2022

Strikes by railway workers and cleaners in two separate disputes over pay were said to be “solidly supported” on Sunday.
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Fresh rail strike to cause disruption to services

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Shannon Butcher

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1 April 2022

A rail operator is warning of a “significant reduction” in services on Sunday because of a fresh strike by conductors in a long-running dispute over pay.
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RMT union to protest outside recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

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Shannon Butcher

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28 March 2022

The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has planned a protest outside a Glasgow recruitment office which was reportedly involved in hiring staff to replace sacked union members on P&O’s ferry routes.
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UK railway round-up

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Shannon Butcher

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25 March 2022

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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Prosecutions launched over Croydon tram crash in 2016

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Sam Hewitt

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24 March 2022

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it is prosecuting Transport for London (TfL), FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited (TOL) and driver Alfred Dorris.
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Rail industry responds to Chancellor’s Spring Statement

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Sam Hewitt

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23 March 2022

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has responded to government’s Spring Statement.
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Industrial

Rail workers’ fury at suggestion they should have ‘worked harder at school’

Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

Salford bids for new Great British Railway headquarters

Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

Union hails support for strikes by railway workers and cleaners

Fresh rail strike to cause disruption to services

RMT union to protest outside recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

UK railway round-up

Prosecutions launched over Croydon tram crash in 2016

Rail industry responds to Chancellor’s Spring Statement

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