Similar disruption was seen at London Euston, where trains to and from Scotland have been cancelled. 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. Aslef announced its members will walk out on Saturday, 13. A CrossCountry spokesperson said: "Over the past week we have suffered a spike in short-term sickness, resulting in a number of late-notice cancellations for which we apologise. 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"Strikes are a nightmare because Chester station essentially just shuts down. Read about our approach to external linking. In 2022, for the whole city, there were nearly 25 million scheduled rail and Tube stops in total (not including the Elizabeth line). The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. His father was planning to stay with him because Rob's brother needed to self-isolate at their father's house in Bournemouth after arriving in the UK from Thailand. Read about our approach to external linking. CrossCountry has apologised for its cancellations over. There will be fewer trains before the game, and none leaving Cardiff after it has finished. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is. The affected routes are between London Kings Cross and Leeds, and London Kings Cross and Lincoln. When dogs in Alaska wait for the bus Video, six of the trains were taken out of service by GWR, 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. This led to improvements in punctuality and reliability. In January, CrossCountry blamed Covid infections for reduced services and cancellations, saying more than one in 10 staff were absent. 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. Trains are being cancelled and rail services disrupted after the UK recorded its hottest day on record. LNER, which runs services on the East Coast main line, is operating an amended timetable in the week before Christmas because of the number of absent drivers and train managers. Rob James says his 84-year-old father only found out about the train cancellations once he'd arrived at London King's Cross to board a train to Inverness to visit him. The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators across the UK, said its members had reported that 8.7% of their staff were off sick due to all causes including Covid. It is offering customers refunds or fee-free re-booking. Tom and Lydia Ellis, who are from New Zealand but living in Bristol, will have to take a bus to get to the game. CrossCountry services are also expected to be disrupted by strikes over pay, which are being organised by the RMT union and will affect 14 rail firms. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? 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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. Read about our approach to external linking. It said there could be short-notice cancellations. It comes after Tuesday's record-breaking temperatures above 40C, which caused damage to overhead electric lines and railway tracks. It said there could be short-notice cancellations. All high-speed Great Western Railway services between London, Bristol, Cardiff and Penzance have been cancelled and customers are advised not to attempt to travel today. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. The strikes, planned for 5, 7 and 9 November, had been called in a dispute over pay and conditions. 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. The 52-year-old documentary-maker shared pictures showing how his stubble has changed. "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. President Macron's reform programme faces a make-or-break moment, as French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests on Thursday against his plans to push back the age of . When Gabe Christenson started feeling run down a few years ago, he didn't go to the doctor. 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. Rail passengers are facing delays and cancellations across the UK after cracks were found on some high-speed trains during routine checks. "It's added between an hour and two hours on my journey as you end up changing twice on the way.". 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. 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. ", She added: "Over this year I've had to have hotels because I've not been able to get home on the last train because it's been cancelled and lots of taxis. High-speed trains withdrawn over crack fears, High-speed train delayed on first journey, Zelensky says fatal crash was consequence of war, New Zealand PM Ardern to step down next month, Mass strikes in France bid to halt pension age rise. 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. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. It added that the renewal of this part of the network should reduce the drainage and flooding problems that can lead to signalling and power failures, the root cause of many train cancellations. The railway minister warned disruption was likely for a "prolonged period". Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, said passengers should not be charged extra in future to pay for repairs. More than two dozen services leaving from London King's Cross and Euston stations were. "However, lockdowns and the Covid-19 crisis made training very difficult, if not impossible. Judging by reservations, it expects Thursday to be the busiest day of the week. Mr Montgomery's explanation was that Covid directly caused a backlog of driver training, which can take up to 18 months, and staff sickness levels are high. It said that when the works were completed later this year, this should "vastly improve the reliability of service for customers on both the London Overground and the Bakerloo line". ", Housework: The only work you never retire from, the only work you never get paid for", US lawmakers vote to block potential rail strike. Train companies are preparing to introduce a new timetable on 11 December - although RMT strikes are planned in its first week. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Trains are being cancelled and rail services disrupted after the UK recorded its hottest day on record. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? 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. These aren't the only operators with staff problems. "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. 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. Sherry Leiwant, co-founder of A Better Balance, who has been working on paid sick leave campaigns since the early 2000s, called the decision not to extend the benefit in 2020 "the most disheartening thing that has happened in my work on this issue". That's always been their attitude. In 2022, 40% of scheduled rail and Underground services in London were either cancelled or delayed, analysis has revealed. Sixteen services are being cancelled each day. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is thought to be much higher. Read about our approach to external linking. She said she took taxis to and from work which cost her more than 160. But the operator added that it expected services to be "extremely busy" and could not guarantee that social distancing guidelines would be adhered to. '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. Read about our approach to external linking. It has warned the problem could affect services on Sunday too. "On a semi-regular basis I'm getting home at nine o'clock at night," she added. 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. 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. Network Rail warned that services. 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. And hope I'm not going to be stranded," she said. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Reuters. He wrote: "So this is what my beard grows like. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The picture at Leeds station was better, with 61% arriving on time. "At a moment when we were celebrating all these front-line workers, who were keeping the economy going at the risk of their own health, that we couldn't include paid sick days as a requirement in our Covid relief package - it was just shocking.". West Midlands Railway has also said fewer trains are running. It says this means less flexibility. (The other, South Korea, is now trialling a paid sick leave programme.). Network Rail said: "On Sunday 15 January buses will replace ALL trains from Manchester Piccadilly . When trains are running, Ms Blackburn said they are often crowded and strikes have added extra stress and expense. The suspension has been announced 11 days before a fresh RMT strike ballot is due to close on 15 November. Same in the opposite direction. West Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales are affected. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is thought to be much higher. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? It said staff were also taking time off after receiving booster jabs. 16 January 2023, 06:06 GMT. "And that opinion comes not just from me as a railway watcher but from a lot of the senior railway people I talk to.". LNER, which runs services on the East Coast main line, is operating an amended timetable in the week before Christmas because of the number of absent drivers and train managers. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Avanti West Coast is another operator experiencing staff shortages and warning of short-notice cancellations. Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. Hitachi apologised and said some trains were now running again after checks. 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. "People are scared for their jobs .We need protection.". In Scotland, ScotRail reported more than a hundred cancellations on Monday. In Scotland, ScotRail reported more than a hundred cancellations on Monday. It has removed all peak restrictions over Christmas, to try to spread out demand. Rail services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton have been hit by major disruption. Read about our approach to external linking. Generally, from April 2020 there were reductions in both planned services and the number of passengers than was the case before the pandemic, the latest report from the Office for Road and Rail said. In recent weeks, demands for paid sick leave from rail workers like Gabe pushed the US to the brink of its first national rail strike in 30 years. 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. "You're coming to work to make money and you can spend more than your day's wage to get home.". Great Western Railway said it was seeing increasing absence rates, and some disruption of its services. 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. The cancellations were due to the heat affecting the safety of steel railway tracks, which can buckle when too hot. Lorraine McConnon was due to take a train from Aberdeen to London King's Cross this morning. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. The walkout was averted only after President Joe Biden and Congress intervened, forcing rail workers to accept the terms of a new contract. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Network Rail urged passengers to check before they started their journeys and only to travel if absolutely necessary. Author and rail historian Christian Wolmar says despite a stronger "general feeling of rail malaise" in the north of England, with trains statistically worse performing, often the impact of disruption in the capital was greater. Read about our approach to external linking. Like roughly 30 million other Americans, the 45-year-old railroad worker doesn't have any paid sick leave and he didn't want to get punished for taking time off. 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Earlier this month I spoke to Steve Montgomery, the boss of First Rail; parent of both TransPennine Express and Avanti. 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Passengers have been advised to check train operators' websites before travelling. Only 11 of its routes will remain open. When dogs in Alaska wait for the bus Video, Iran man who beheaded wife jailed for eight years, German police deny Greta's detainment was staged, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser, Santos denies taking money from dying dog GoFundMe, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe. "I won't be fully relaxed until we're in the stadium," said Mr Ellis. "Some of it is actually downright poor management," he said. "A lot of train companies tend to not employ enough train drivers. Hull Trains said its services would resume as normal following "thorough checks by Hitachi" on its fleet of Class 800 series trains. 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. 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 . Read about our approach to external linking. Avanti said on Friday it would not reinstate services on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. Second highest was Govia Thameslink Railway - which runs Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express - at 6.5%. West Midlands Railway has also said fewer trains are running. The Transport Secretary Mark Harper is due to meet a group of mayors in the region on Wednesday to discuss the situation. Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. Tim Shoveller, Network Rail's chief negotiator, said the company is looking forward to "getting back round the table with all our trades unions early next week to see if the progress made this week can be built on, and a resolution found". 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. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. BBC Both EastEnders at 7.30pm and. Rail companies say the RMT announcement came too late to prevent disruption and a temporary revised timetable for Saturday, Sunday and Monday will remain in place. "At least four times this year I've spent more on getting here and back than I have actually earnt that day," Ms Blackburn said. Avanti West Coast, which operates trains between London and Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and Scotland, had the highest proportion of cancellations, at 8%. We recommend customers to CHECK BEFORE THEY TRAVEL.Full information https://t.co/v4rnt7NLU8 pic.twitter.com/t2DXXX7QGz. The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a series of weather events that affected parts of Great Britain and Ireland periodically during the course of 2012 and on through the winter into 2013. 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. "It's made getting getting into central London a nightmare and you end up having to squeeze on to a packed bus if you can find space. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. "Our priority is our members, and we are working towards securing a deal on job security, a decent pay rise and good working conditions.". The minister added he has asked the rail industry to conduct "a rapid and comprehensive review to resolve the issue". Great Western Railway said it was seeing increasing absence rates, and some disruption of its services. At Birmingham New Street, the busiest station outside London, less than half arrived on time with 52% of services disrupted. Rail services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton have been hit by major disruption.
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