Please include your name, age and location with any submission. By Tom Espiner, Katy Austin and Noor Nanji, Mick Lynch (pictured left) said the threat of industrial action had "made the rail employers see sense", When dogs in Alaska wait for the bus Video, ScotRail will only run a skeleton service on Saturday. Second highest was Govia Thameslink Railway - which runs Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express - at 6.5%. "Strikes are a nightmare because Chester station essentially just shuts down. It comes after Tuesday's record-breaking temperatures above 40C, which caused damage to overhead electric lines and railway tracks. Last month, six of the trains were taken out of service by GWR after hairline cracks were found in the suspension system during routine maintenance. In a statement Tricia Williams, chief operating officer of Northern, apologised for disruption, putting it down to factors "including fully-trained driver availability and the on-going industrial relations issues with the trade unions". Staff in green blazers and high visibility jackets almost outnumber those trying to travel. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Transpennine hasn't had a rest day working agreement in place with Aslef for nearly a year. TfL said that major works were taking place on a 20-mile stretch between Euston and Watford Junction. But it said it expected the disruption will continue to have "a significant impact" on services between Newcastle and York for the rest of the day. 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"Nobody out here will tell you that they don't want to work - we're all out here to make money. The minister added he has asked the rail industry to conduct "a rapid and comprehensive review to resolve the issue". Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Angie Doll, chief operating officer of GTR, said performance over the past year had been affected by the impact of Covid, short-term sickness, severe weather and increasing trespass incidents. Passengers will be hoping this change ushers in more reliability. We were supposed to see each other in March and then Covid happened.". He said there were some areas in which there could be "commonality" between the two parties on workforce reform. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. It added that while it was true that the Department for Transport now pays train operators a fee to run train services, that payment was performance-related. Mr Ford added that repairing aluminium trains is a "very difficult process" because of the electronic equipment inside them. That's always been their attitude. It follows severe travel disruption on Tuesday, with most journeys scrapped through the Met Office's extreme heat zone, which covered much of central, northern, and south-east England. ", "They could give me 300 personal leave days but what are they worth if I can't use them? Follow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. ", Housework: The only work you never retire from, the only work you never get paid for", US lawmakers vote to block potential rail strike. Avanti said on Friday it would not reinstate services on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. 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BritBox original Magpie Murders has found a new home at the BBC, which will also make a sequel series Moonflower Murders. Geoff Hobbs, Transport for London's director of public transport planning, said: "At times things can go wrong and services may need to be cancelled or delayed. Reuters. Overall, passenger numbers are now back up to 80% of the observed usage three years ago but, as rail users return, performance has slipped at many stations. When dogs in Alaska wait for the bus Video, German police deny Greta's detainment was staged, Iran man who beheaded wife jailed for eight years, Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Santos denies taking money from dying dog GoFundMe, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser. Usage has steadily crept up since the pandemic - but station performance is slowly slipping. Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway and TransPennine Express trains of the Hitachi 800 model were taken out of service for safety inspections. 2023 BBC. Erica, a single mum of three, said she left a job she loved in 2020 - working as a paediatric nurse in an emergency room in Tennessee - to work for a rival hospital that offered paid sick leave, in addition to other time off. "We have always wanted to secure a negotiated settlement and that is what we will continue to push for in this next phase of intensive talks. These aren't the only operators with staff problems. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Northern, which runs services across the North of England, is also warning that passenger services are being affected by the impacts of Covid and unavailability of train crew. Fox News Virginia mom details moments that reportedly led up to 6-year-old shooting teacher Abby Zwerner, the 25-year-old teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student on Friday, is described by fellow teachers, city officials as a hard-working educator devoted to her students. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Just when you thought the trains in London couldn't get any worse, an astonishing 40 percent of scheduled rail and Underground services in the capital were cancelled or . More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is. Sixteen services are being cancelled each day. The walkout was averted only after President Joe Biden and Congress intervened, forcing rail workers to accept the terms of a new contract. It said staff were also taking time off after receiving booster jabs. "This is of course an essential journey for me or I wouldn't have booked," she says. 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Rail strike is cancelled - at the cost of paid sick leave 3 December 2022 Getty Images Rail workers are disappointed after their push for paid sick leave failed By Natalie Sherman Business. You can also get in touch in the following ways: If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. The cancellations were due to the heat affecting the safety of steel railway tracks, which can buckle when too hot. The suspension has been announced 11 days before a fresh RMT strike ballot is due to close on 15 November. "At least four times this year. She said plenty of people were waiting around on the concourse, as they tried to work out how and when they would be able to make their journeys. By Adriana Elgueta. Flooding on the road to Nether Heyford from Upper Heyford Northamptonshire in April. Monday 16 January 2023. In 2020, Congress passed a temporary law requiring most companies to offer two weeks of paid sick leave to staff forced to quarantine due to Covid-19. When he finally scheduled an appointment, the doctor told him he had a gut infection. In 2022, 40% of scheduled rail and Underground services in London were either . Read about our approach to external linking. 2023 BBC. Rail services across the country are being cancelled in the run-up to Christmas as rising numbers of staff fall ill with Covid. The train operator has apologised for the "enormous amount of frustration and inconvenience". Mr Lynch previously told the BBC that he expected workers to vote in favour, and warned that there could be strikes for another six months if no agreement is reached. ", "Financially it's a lot," she said. "Now they're just squeezing us so hard, like blood out of a turnip. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said suspending the strike action was "a positive development for passengers up and down the country". Judging by reservations, it expects Thursday to be the busiest day of the week. Overall, 75 of the 100 best-performing busy stations in the UK are in the capital, and London Overground is one of the top three most punctual railway lines, rail tracker website On Time Trains found. Dozens of Class 800s are stacked up waiting to be checked at Hitachi's Swansea depot, Hitachi 800 trains entered service in 2017. (The other, South Korea, is now trialling a paid sick leave programme.). "Theoretically maybe a situation like this could spark some conversation but I think it's unlikely.". 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Network Rail warned that services would remain "extremely limited", with trains on Monday also likely to be affected. West Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales are affected. It is still rebuilding services as more drivers are trained up, and says it's focused on restoring a full timetable in December. South Western Railway said it had only seen a small number of alterations this week, but was closely monitoring the impact of the new Omicron variant on staff availability. During the Covid crisis, the government moved train companies onto emergency contracts. At the UK busiest station, Waterloo, 76% of trains arrived on time; Victoria had 72% arrive on time, London Bridge had 62%, Liverpool Street had 86% and Clapham Junction 60%. Another operator, West Midlands Trains, has also blamed the pandemic for a delay in training new drivers. There will be fewer trains before the game, and none leaving Cardiff after it has finished. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? It is offering customers refunds or fee-free re-booking. He added there were about 1,000 carriages to deal with, so it would be "quite a considerable job". He doesn't have a ticket to go back to Bournemouth now as his return ticket's not valid for a few weeks. National Rail Enquiries warned disruption was expected until the end of the day. But he said no president, no matter how labour friendly, would be willing to risk an economically damaging strike over sick pay. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. "It's important to point out that the affected trains are relatively new, in which case the manufacturers should foot the bill for any repairs, not passengers or taxpayers.". How has your train journey been affected? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It's hard to know whether the low passenger numbers are down to the restrictions on indoor gatherings - or potential passengers heeding warnings to stay away. Added to this, reliance on drivers agreeing to work on days off - which has been common in the industry for decades - has left some operators exposed during a period of strained industrial relations. Chelmsford City Council's deputy leader . CrossCountry said its services between Nottingham (pictured) and Cardiff had been particularly affected, Several trains in a row have been cancelled on a number of days, Aslef said a lot of train companies did not employ enough drivers. Repair work is ongoing across the UK's rail network, and Network Rail said it has launched a new taskforce to investigate how the railway can become more resilient in the wake of the heatwave. "It's clearly an area where we need federal protections," said Jennifer Pomeranz, a professor of public health at New York University, who has tracked the issue. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Read about our approach to external linking. Read about our approach to external linking. pic.twitter.com/Ouiz9xJ39D. A rail strike by 40,000 RMT union members has caused four in five trains to be cancelled today as many people return to work after the Christmas break. The Transport Secretary Mark Harper is due to meet a group of mayors in the region on Wednesday to discuss the situation. Chris Heaton-Harris said the issue had been found on part of the chassis - the base frame - of some trains on Saturday morning following routine inspections. 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Read about our approach to external linking. "TPE has been pre-cancelling anything between 250 - 450 trains per week since summer across its network due to crew unavailability. We recommend customers to CHECK BEFORE THEY TRAVEL.Full information https://t.co/v4rnt7NLU8 pic.twitter.com/t2DXXX7QGz. Read about our approach to external linking. They won't include planned strike timetables, or the list of advance cancellations TransPennine Express releases on a daily basis. Infrastructure problems play a role too. BBC Both EastEnders at 7.30pm and. It had planned to take strike action at five train firms including Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Trains. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Great Western Railway said it was seeing increasing absence rates, and some disruption of its services. At the capital's 15 busiest stations, just under a third of all services were either delayed or cancelled. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They involved staff at Network Rail, which employs signalling workers across England, Scotland and Wales, as well as workers at 14 train companies. Harlesden resident Jamal Elliot said: "The Bakerloo line was barely working at all over Christmas which made it very difficult to get around for me. James Dean, Network Rail's West Coast South route director, apologised to passengers impacted by the disruption. Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. "And that opinion comes not just from me as a railway watcher but from a lot of the senior railway people I talk to.". Though the increase may sound small, train operators only have limited contingencies for absences before they have to start cancelling services. "He's trying to keep away from people and so is a bit loathe to seek help from staff in person. The RMT union, which represents transport workers, said that with infections rising, absences would have severe consequences for services, but the safety of staff and the public must come first. The railway minister warned disruption was likely for a "prolonged period". 1 billion (November estimate) 1.2 billion. "People are scared for their jobs .We need protection.". But it says more drivers are, steadily, qualifying. Services to parts of Shropshire and Staffordshire also face problems problems due to the damage. Passengers await further information at St Pancras station. Most trains will be cancelled in France on Thursday, with flights also affected and Paris' subway heavily disrupted, as part of a nationwide strike against the government's plan to make people. West Midlands Railway has also said fewer trains are running. Another transport union, the TSSA, had already called off November action at Network Rail so that discussions could continue, and on Friday suspended planned rail strikes on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at different firms. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? 2023 BBC. He added that calling off the latest ones has given negotiations between unions and employers a "better chance of success". "On a semi-regular basis I'm getting home at nine o'clock at night," she added. "Here Biden is supposed to be this super pro-labour president and Amtrak Joe and everything like that," he said, referring to a nickname given to the president for his fondness of riding the national passenger rail. The affected routes are between London Kings Cross and Leeds, and London Kings Cross and Lincoln. Rail services across the country are being cancelled in the run-up to Christmas as rising numbers of staff fall ill with Covid. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? But on strike days taxi prices are higher. But the Aslef union has claimed that CrossCountry does not employ enough train drivers to allow for services to run as normal when staff are off sick. Read about our approach to external linking. There is expected to be a major impact across the network, with only a fifth of services due to run between 07:30 and 18:30 GMT on Saturday. TransPennine Express said on Saturday afternoon that it would be able to reintroduce some trains into service following safety checks. Read about our approach to external linking. Read More. At Birmingham New Street, the busiest station outside London, less than half arrived on time with 52% of services disrupted. But that expired at the end of the year and firms quickly trimmed the benefits. 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Ms Blackburn said a taxi home from Warrington to Chester usually costs between 30 and 40, depending on the time. In 2022, 40% of scheduled rail and Underground services in London were either cancelled or delayed, analysis has revealed. Only 11 of its routes will remain open. The project budget increased to 3.25m, partly because more ambitious plans were drawn up, but also because of a delay over materials blamed on Brexit. He said trains would be returned to service as "quickly as possible", but warned that Great Western Railway services in particular were likely to face continued disruption. Read about our approach to external linking. CrossCountry is also warning of train crew shortages and disruption. ORR recently said Network Rail, which oversees tracks, power lines and signals, needed to do more to deliver better performance. On the Tube alone, there are up to five million passenger journeys a day - at peak times, TfL said there were more than 543 Underground trains whizzing around the capital. Chess gets a risqu makeover. Same in the opposite direction. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? She is one of many facing disruption, with train cancellations at the highest level since records began in 2015. Damage to overhead wires means trains are being cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or. Rail services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton have been hit by major disruption. Katy Austin, the BBC's Transport Correspondent, at King's Cross station on Wednesday morning, said a notice up on departure boards stated there would be no trains from there until midday. And hope I'm not going to be stranded," she said. "It's a scandal really that whole days' worth of trains are being cancelled, which is so disruptive to people's lives and livelihoods - not to mention pushing more people into cars with all the issues that then brings," he said. In the past week 5.2% of trains were cancelled, versus an average of 2.9%, according to the Rail Delivery Group. Sick leave is a major sticking point not just for rail union members. 16 January 2023, 06:06 GMT. "Some of it is actually downright poor management," he said. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. "This is particularly affecting Nottingham-Cardiff services, and has compounded cancellations experienced in previous weeks which were the result of needing to release drivers for training in advance of Birmingham New Street's re-signalling scheme. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? "Only twice has the train run normally. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the threat of strike action "has made the rail employers see sense". Train companies are preparing to introduce a new timetable on 11 December - although RMT strikes are planned in its first week. 08:55, 11 JAN 2023 BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty breaks silence on ITV Good Morning Britain rivalry (Image: BBC) BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty has broken her silence on the show's ITV. Are you affected by issues covered in this story? The operator is advising customers not to travel on Saturday or Sunday. When trains are running, Ms Blackburn said they are often crowded and strikes have added extra stress and expense. When taken with on-the-day cancellations, this has seen total. BBC's EastEnders and Waterloo Road have been cancelled tonight, Tuesday January 17, as the channel is forced to reschedule due to airing a football match. In October, Avanti's contract was extended for only six months. He added that there had been "the promise of an offer" on pay from the rail operating companies. BBC News A train drivers' union has blamed an operating company for repeated rail cancellations, saying it does not employ enough staff. "It just shocked me that they wanted us to use our paid time off and we would be off 10 or 14 days," said the 38-year-old, who is a community advocate for A Better Balance, an advocacy group, referring to the extended quarantines that were common at the start of the pandemic. 'One by one they have all been testing positive', ScotRail cancels 118 services as Covid spikes, Zelensky says fatal crash was consequence of war, New Zealand PM Ardern to step down next month, Arizona town with no water using rain to flush toilets. Great Western Railway, Hull Trains,. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. The outcome has outraged thousands of workers who had hoped for more support from a political party and a president who had campaigned on the promise of passing national sick leave and supporting unions. TransPennine has also come under the spotlight for poor services, although it insists cancellation numbers have been reducing. It says this means less flexibility. BBC star Louis shared a snap of the beard loss on Instagram. And a London Underground strike planned for Thursday is still set to go ahead. Network Rail said it's repairing the line after a fire on the route between Peterborough and London King's Cross. In addition to rising rates of Covid among staff, the operators website also advises that its driver training programme has been severely disrupted by the virus and social distancing constraints. Gabe, who has worked for the railroad since 2004, said the companies could afford the benefit, noting that they have earned record profits in recent years. Read about our approach to external linking. "Emotionally it's exhausting, to constantly have to look at the train times every single day. Your device may not support this visualisation. You can also get in touch in the following ways: If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. That figure stood at 7.6% a month ago. "People are just deflated because this has happened so many times.". London North Eastern railway confirmed that after earlier cancellations, services began to operate to and from London King's Cross from midday, but it said trains will be "extremely busy". The RMT union said it would now enter "a period of intensive negotiations" with Network Rail and train operators. Passenger numbers are currently only around 80% of pre-Covid levels - although they have been higher at some points recently. 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