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All contracts relating to the core service, i.e. on board staff, drivers, signalling etc etc should be on 7 day a week contracts with the TOCs/Government hiring the right number of people to do the jobs. Relying on overtime and 'volunteering' is just ridiculous.

The Unions are making a great case for the complete privatisation of the rail companies and rail network including a bonfire of current contracts with new contracts which allow a properly resourced 7 day a week railway. Sign this contract or make yourself redundant. Lots of pain the short term...

It's often been a 3 car train. In fact whenever I've used it, although not much, it's been 3 cars. I'm planning on doing the same for the Rugby, but from Nuneaton.

For the normal railway timetable to rely on drivers, or anyone, to work rest days, doesn't this show just how archaic railway working practices are? Railways are a 7 days a week, in some cases 24 hours a day, service. It's about time railway working practice and employment contracts caught up...

Well done to the RMT for riding to the rescue of the Conservative Government. A great distraction from the chaos, lying and incompetence of this Government. In a cost of living crisis, let's all have someone else to blame, the unions! Just before 2 by-elections let's give Labour a big issue and...

You have to hand it to the Tories. Oh crap! We're in trouble, what could save us? Oh, a strike on the railways, that'll do! Instant distraction from the lying toerags and a big problem for Labour, just before by-elections too. Talk about a massive own goal for the unions!

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Can anyone point me in the direction of where the new Nuneaton stop in the Avanti Manchester service is officially documented please? Thanks in advance. About time, but great to hear.

It's ALWAYS about PAY! Even when the unions say it's about safety or job roles or anything else, it all comes down to PAY. As someone else says, unions generally do a great job in supporting their members with legal and other matters. Where they go wrong is when their leaders use their ideology...

Had a first experience with Liz's line over the weekend. Overall pretty impressed although the 'interchange' with Jubilee Line at Canary Wharf is ludicrous? Surely they could have done something better?

Unions are essential when protecting essential workers rights, but this issue isn't about members being 'shafted' by their employers or workers rights, it's a nationwide cost of living crisis, caused by a war. It affects everyone. Don't the unions have a responsibility to the interests of the...

It just sounds like a just another opportunistic threat of strike against a weak government. Just what the public need after Covid and during a cost of living crisis, national rail strikes! Sometimes, I wonder whether rail unions actually live in the same world as the rest of us. Unfortunately...

According to Avanti, most weekends in June don't have timetables confirmed yet. It's only a few weeks away, anyone know why these weekend's timetables continue to be delayed?

Does anyone know why no Advance tickets are being sold by Avanti from London for most weekends in May and June despite there being no advertised engineering work that I can see, for example, for the 11th June. Thanks in advance for any help.

The respective clubs could always charter some trains (should be plenty around). Maybe Manchester to St Pancras (assuming it's all open) and Liverpool to Marylebone via Leamington Spa (assuming it's all open)

Grand Union have submitted a new application for Stirling to London via West Coast Main Line. Will this actually happen I wonder...

The original chord under the WCML used to regularly flood which might cause some issues given the river Anker is almost next to it!

We used it for exactly the same reason a few weeks ago.

What about stations on the former GWR route into Birmingham, aren't the current stations at Olton and Solihull partially built over former running lines as they were once 4 tracks?

I went from London to Inverness in a Club cabin with my wife about 10 days ago in coach N. It was a shame about the Club room being out of use and not having a proper breakfast but overall we found the cabin to be fine, everything worked, even got a reasonable amount of sleep. In terms of ride...