"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.". Rail passengers are being warned of fresh disruption to services due to a planned strike by train drivers at nine companies. Proportionately, stations in north-west London saw the most trains cancelled in the capital. Network Rail, which owns and runs most of the train lines in Britain, warned passengers that journeys will take "much longer than normal" and could involve taking rail replacement buses, as work continues to repair the railway. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? For a moment, during the pandemic, it seemed like a national policy might emerge. She doesn't drive and on strike days there were no trains running. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, said that it was "positive" that the RMT had "stepped back from the brink". 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". What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? 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. Queens Park, Kensal Green, Stonebridge Park and Harlesden stations had the highest number of cancellations in the whole of London, with 12%. Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, LNER, Scotrail and West Midlands Railway have all reported cancellations. Read about our approach to external linking. When trains are running, Ms Blackburn said they are often crowded and strikes have added extra stress and expense. Aslef announced its members will walk out on Saturday, 13. "He's trying to keep away from people and so is a bit loathe to seek help from staff in person. 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. Great Western Railway said it was seeing increasing absence rates, and some disruption of its services. "It's a slap in the face," said Gabe, a registered Democrat who voted for Mr Biden in 2020 and is part of Railroad Workers United, an informal group that raised concerns over the issue. He doesn't have a ticket to go back to Bournemouth now as his return ticket's not valid for a few weeks. "A lot of train companies tend to not employ enough train drivers. 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. However, when contacted by the BBC, rail employers and the government said their position had not changed. The trains have either been cancelled completely or terminated at Birmingham. Railway speed restrictions were brought in across most of England and Wales, with reports of buckled tracks and overheard wire systems failing on Monday. But she regularly gets stuck in Warrington when trains are delayed or cancelled and has to get a taxi home. 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. '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. Are you a passenger who was due to travel on one of the affected trains? "Emotionally it's exhausting, to constantly have to look at the train times every single day. It said it was working as "quickly and safely as possible" to investigate the issue with the remainder of the fleets. TfL said that major works were taking place on a 20-mile stretch between Euston and Watford Junction. Damage to overhead wires means trains are being cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is thought to be much higher. It says this means less flexibility. Read about our approach to external linking. On Sunday, train drivers in Aslef stopped working overtime at LNER, after a recent vote. In 2022, 40% of scheduled rail and Underground services in London were either cancelled or delayed, analysis has revealed. He added that calling off the latest ones has given negotiations between unions and employers a "better chance of success". The BBC approached Network Rail for comment. 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. Passenger numbers are currently only around 80% of pre-Covid levels - although they have been higher at some points recently. 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. 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"I found that devastating," she said, adding that a national law now looks "impossible". Another passenger described the Nottingham to Cardiff service as "shocking". 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 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. He wrote: "So this is what my beard grows like. 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. This is the latest strike in the long-running row over pay and. There will be fewer trains before the game, and none leaving Cardiff after it has finished. Chelmsford City Council's deputy leader . We are always looking at ways to minimise these incidents whenever we can. 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"Delay repay is about 6. West Midlands Railway services are among those affected. On some days, numerous trains in a row have been cancelled. She says the situation is "being handled in the worst way" and that she "got less than 30 minutes' notice by email" of the cancellations, by which time she was already at the train station. 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. The RMT union said it would now enter "a period of intensive negotiations" with Network Rail and train operators. Avanti West Coast, which operates trains between London and Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and Scotland, had the highest proportion of cancellations, at 8%. Vet Jenna Blackburn's usual commute is Chester to Manchester, changing at Warrington, often on Northern. During the Covid crisis, the government moved train companies onto emergency contracts. We were supposed to see each other in March and then Covid happened.". 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. Erik Loomis, a professor of labour history at the University of Rhode Island, said the Biden administration made a mistake not to take the issue more seriously as it worked to broker a deal between unions and railroads earlier this year.
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