East Midlands railways industrial action

[CalderRail]

Is there anything 'special' about the 16th & 17th September, or is it just shifting attention to affecting more business travellers & therefore higher impact perhaps?

They've picked them specifically to mess with my travel plans; the one day I have to do Leicester to Saint Pancras and that's when they strike.

 

[styles]

Anyone know if someone who had an advance ticket from Matlock to London on Sunday would be able to drive to Stafford and get on an Avanti train there instead? i.e. would the ticket still be valid?

A question for EMR. They are at liberty to decide what alternative transport is acceptable. Well, seconds to the courts anyway.

 

[tram21]

They've picked them specifically to mess with my travel plans; the one day I have to do Leicester to Saint Pancras and that's when they strike.

Similarly!

Thankfully National Express are to the rescue (and dare I say, I do increasingly enjoy coach travel compared to the lottery of rail travel, especially on EMR!)

 

[davews]

So the first day of the strikes has happened. The media were full of stories of doom and disaster and don't even think of travelling. I caught IF11 1202 to Leicester then on to Melton. Long queue waiting but we boarded 25 minutes before departure. 10 coach 222. Plenty of room and spare seats, no obvious evidence there was a strike on. I had more issues on the tube with Victoria line problems - went Piccadilly line instead.

Maybe Sunday is the quieter day and tomorrow will be chaos but so far it seems the RMT have
failed.

 

[JonathanH]

I caught IF11 1202 to Leicester then on to Melton. Long queue waiting but we boarded 25 minutes before departure. 10 coach 222

Might well have been a different story with a 5 coach 222. I think the Saturday strike services were generally single units.

 

[Starmill]

Maybe Sunday is the quieter day and tomorrow will be chaos but so far it seems the RMT have
failed.

Most people choose either a refund on their tickets and go by another mode of transport or they alter the dates of their journey to avoid the strike timetable. Therefore there'd be no basis for this claim. In a way it's a surprise there was anyone at all apart from you in your coach as it's usually very quiet.

 

[Haywain]

So the first day of the strikes has happened. The media were full of stories of doom and disaster and don't even think of travelling. I caught IF11 1202 to Leicester then on to Melton. Long queue waiting but we boarded 25 minutes before departure. 10 coach 222. Plenty of room and spare seats, no obvious evidence there was a strike on. I had more issues on the tube with Victoria line problems - went Piccadilly line instead.

Maybe Sunday is the quieter day and tomorrow will be chaos but so far it seems the RMT have
failed.

The trains I needed for the return part of my journey today were not even in the timetable, and what would have been my outward train was cancelled. That is not a failure by the RMT.

 

[JonathanH]

That is not a failure by the RMT.

The RMT have though failed to get the 810s withdrawn from service, which is the objective of this action. Indeed, some were working today.

 

[Starmill]

The RMT have though failed to get the 810s withdrawn from service, which is the objective of this action.

Is that actually true? Don't they want guarantees of safety standards for them? Either way, getting them withdrawn permanently would ultimately result in a good number of their members being out of a job.

 

[JonathanH]

Is that actually true? Don't they want guarantees of safety standards for them? Either way, getting them withdrawn permanently would ultimately result in a good number of their members being out of a job.

Yes, the Union position is “RMT is demanding that whilst these faults exist and until these trains are shown to be operating properly, they should be taken out of service,.". Source: https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-members-at-east-midlands-railway-to-strike-this-weekend/ Not permanent withdrawal though.