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Recruitment firms attack plans to allow agency workers to replace strikers
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Recruitment firms have stepped up their opposition to controversial Government plans to allow agency staff to replace striking workers, warning they would “inflame” industrial disputes. Leaders of a number of the biggest recruitment companies in the country wrote to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng expressing concern at the proposals, which were announced in response to the…
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Grant Shapps slams rail unions as he unveils £1bn east coast digital investment
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps hit out at striking rail unions as he announced a £1 billion investment in digital signalling. He said that giving the go-ahead for the replacement of Victorian signalling infrastructure on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) proves the Government is modernising the railways “despite the best efforts of unions”. But the…
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Metropolitan No.1 overhaul update and appeal
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Built in 1898, Metropolitan No.1 is the sole surviving example of the E-Class 0-4-4 designed by the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Metropolitan Railway T. F. Clark, for use on the Baker Street to Verney Junction service.
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Severn Valley Railway supports Red Cross Ukrainian Crisis Appeal
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The Severn Valley Railway is adding its support to the Ukrainian Crisis Appeal that’s being run by the Red Cross.
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Trams running again at Crich
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Following essential safety work, the vintage trams at Crich Tramway Village are running again.
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Passenger numbers as low as 12% as services disrupted by rail strikes
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Passenger numbers at major railway stations were below a fifth of usual levels as services were hit on the second day of rail strikes.
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What rail services will run on Friday after the latest strike?
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Rail services will continue to be disrupted on Friday due to the knock-on effects of the second day of this week’s rail strikes. Here are answers to 10 key questions about what passengers should expect to see on Friday. How many trains will run on Friday?
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Three new railway titles available on Mortons Books
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Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
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UK rail strikes start today
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The national UK rail strikes have begun today, Tuesday, June 21. We speak to Graeme Pickering, Senior Correspondent, The Railway Magazine; and round-up some of the latest reports from today’s strike action.
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Rail strikes to go ahead after last-ditch talks fail
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The rail strikes are to go ahead after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
