This year I've had to spend 160 one day just to get here because it was a busy day for taxis so it was 160 here and back. Rob, who lives in John O' Groats, says: "My dad is at King's Cross and doesn't know what to do. Network Rail said it's repairing the line after a fire on the route between Peterborough and London King's Cross. 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. 2023 BBC. He told BBC business correspondent Katy Austin that while body shell cracking would not "cause the trains to crash or disintegrate or anything like that", he said it is a "serious point" that requires action because if metal fatiguing is allowed to continue, the "cracks will spread, and the body shell strength will be weakened". Chelmsford City Council's deputy leader . 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But it said it expected the disruption will continue to have "a significant impact" on services between Newcastle and York for the rest of the day. It has removed all peak restrictions over Christmas, to try to spread out demand. It says this means less flexibility. ", "Financially it's a lot," she said. "We need to remember that we're really not good at running businesses from Congress," Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, said in May 2021, the last major public hearing on the issue. "However, lockdowns and the Covid-19 crisis made training very difficult, if not impossible. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. This has resulted in trainees taking longer to qualify. 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 . Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? A train drivers' union has blamed an operating company for repeated rail cancellations, saying it does not employ enough staff. More than two dozen services leaving from London King's Cross and Euston stations were axed or delayed on Wednesday morning. Trains are being cancelled and rail services disrupted after the UK recorded its hottest day on record. "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. She hopes to catch a ScotRail train but fears it could now take "up to four changes" before she gets to Gatwick. Read about our approach to external linking. Geoff Hobbs, Transport for London's director of public transport planning, said: "At times things can go wrong and services may need to be cancelled or delayed. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "On a semi-regular basis I'm getting home at nine o'clock at night," she added. ': ' , 2002 At the capital's 15 busiest stations, just under a third of all services were either delayed or cancelled. He wrote: "So this is what my beard grows like. That figure stood at 7.6% a month ago. 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. Though 16 states have passed laws requiring paid sick leave over the last decade, one in five workers across the country still does not have access to the benefit, with low-wage workers most at risk. "Nobody out here will tell you that they don't want to work - we're all out here to make money. "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. CrossCountry has apologised for its cancellations over recent weeks, saying they are due to "short-term sickness". 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And a London Underground strike planned for Thursday is still set to go ahead. Some passengers arrived unaware that anything had gone wrong while others had allowed plenty of extra time in a bid to still make their journey by rail. Gabe, who has worked for the railroad since 2004, said the companies could afford the benefit, noting that they have earned record profits in recent years. The National Railway Labor Conference, the organisation representing the freight rail firms in the labour negotiations, argued that rail workers have ample personal and holiday leave, which can be used in the event of illness, as well as the ability to take unpaid time off. (The other, South Korea, is now trialling a paid sick leave programme.). 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. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote. ScotRail will only run a skeleton service on Saturday, with the rail operator warning of significant disruption to its services. She said the operator had a plan in place to make improvements, and was working with Network Rail to improve reliability. The government said it must "drastically improve". RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the threat of strike action "has made the rail employers see sense". For a moment, during the pandemic, it seemed like a national policy might emerge. But Mr Wolmar said he believed there was more to the recent problems, with a "perfect storm" of factors. It said the main reason was drivers suddenly stopped volunteering to work on their rest days. She doesn't drive and on strike days there were no trains running. These were on services departing from London's some 300 stations - nine million of which were delayed or cancelled altogether, according to figures released by the Office for Road and Rail. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The issue has emerged repeatedly in labour disputes in recent years, as workers, empowered by a strong job market and contending with coronavirus and an unusually severe flu and virus season, demand more from employers. In October, Avanti's contract was extended for only six months. Newly released data from the Office of Road and Rail shows 3.8% of trains in Great Britain have been cancelled in the year up to 12 November - or one in every 26. 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. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, said that it was "positive" that the RMT had "stepped back from the brink". What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? TfL said that major works were taking place on a 20-mile stretch between Euston and Watford Junction. Passengers await further information at St Pancras station. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Reuters. Network Rail continues to advise passengers to check before they travel, and to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on Saturday and Monday. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 1 billion (November estimate) 1.2 billion. "People are just deflated because this has happened so many times.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. At Birmingham New Street, the busiest station outside London, less than half arrived on time with 52% of services disrupted. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? 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What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? "You don't realise how much you rely on something until you don't have it.". Rail services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton have been hit by major disruption. Storm Dudley 2022: Met Office weather forecast as amber 'danger to life' warnings in place for wind and rain; UK inflation surges to near 30-year high of 5.5% as cost of living . That's always been their attitude. 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. 2023 BBC. There will be fewer trains before the game, and none leaving Cardiff after it has finished. We were supposed to see each other in March and then Covid happened.". The walkout was averted only after President Joe Biden and Congress intervened, forcing rail workers to accept the terms of a new contract. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. It is offering customers refunds or fee-free re-booking. The operator is advising customers not to travel on Saturday or Sunday. It said it was working as "quickly and safely as possible" to investigate the issue with the remainder of the fleets. 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. 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. 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Harlesden resident Jamal Elliot said: "The Bakerloo line was barely working at all over Christmas which made it very difficult to get around for me. He said: "If you get a welding torch up against the [electronics] it can fry [them] so the first thing you have to do is take all the electronics out, disconnect all the electrical equipment, that takes a day or two, then you do the repair, then you have to put it all back again.". Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The US is one of only two countries in the 38-member Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development without a national law guaranteeing paid sick leave for its workers. Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway and TransPennine Express trains of the Hitachi 800 model were taken out of service for safety inspections. Avanti West Coast, which operates trains between London and Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and Scotland, had the highest proportion of cancellations, at 8%. It's hard to know whether the low passenger numbers are down to the restrictions on indoor gatherings - or potential passengers heeding warnings to stay away. "This rolling stock must not be allowed back into service until we are 100% certain these trains are safe. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? It comes after Tuesday's record-breaking temperatures above 40C, which caused damage to overhead electric lines and railway tracks. Flooding on the road to Nether Heyford from Upper Heyford Northamptonshire in April. Rail services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton have been hit by major disruption. Despite efforts to revive the issue, many Republicans were opposed to the principle of government-given "business mandates", and talks petered out. 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. Judging by reservations, it expects Thursday to be the busiest day of the week. Read More. Rob Taylor, who lives in Nottingham, said the cancellations had been a "nightmare" for him. In the past week 5.2% of trains were cancelled, versus an average of 2.9%, according to the Rail Delivery Group. But on strike days taxi prices are higher. Avanti is aiming to restore a full timetable in mid December - without relying on overtime. Train strikes: What are the dates and which lines are affected? Aslef announced its members will walk out on Saturday, 13. Katy Austin, the BBC's Transport Correspondent, at King's Cross station on Wednesday morning, said a notice up on departure boards stated there would be no trains from there until midday. According to Gabe, his company's attendance policy meant marks against a worker for any time away, "so I was putting off going", he said. She is one of many facing disruption, with train cancellations at the highest level since records began in 2015. Two of every five London trains disrupted in 2022. 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. During the Covid crisis, the government moved train companies onto emergency contracts. BBC News Rail passengers are facing delays and cancellations across the UK after cracks were found on some high-speed trains during routine checks. More than 90,000 tested positive for Covid in the UK on Monday, but the true number is thought to be much higher. BBC Both EastEnders at 7.30pm and. "TPE has been pre-cancelling anything between 250 - 450 trains per week since summer across its network due to crew unavailability. ", Housework: The only work you never retire from, the only work you never get paid for", US lawmakers vote to block potential rail strike. "I started doing some work in Cardiff a few months ago, so have been trying to get the direct train on at least eight occasions," he said. A spokesperson for Aslef said in relation to CrossCountry: "I'm afraid they don't really employ enough drivers to deliver the services they promise passengers they will run. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Hitachi apologised and said some trains were now running again after checks. Passengers at King's Cross station faced further disruption on Wednesday. It had planned to take strike action at five train firms including Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Trains. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? BBC star Louis shared a snap of the beard loss on Instagram. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, LNER, Scotrail and West Midlands Railway have all reported cancellations. 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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. 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. "Delay repay is about 6. Most trains will be cancelled in France on Thursday, with flights also affected and Paris' subway heavily disrupted, as part of a nationwide strike against the government's plan to make people. It'll pay a quarter of your train ticket so it doesn't cover anything.". Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Railway speed restrictions were brought in across most of England and Wales, with reports of buckled tracks and overheard wire systems failing on Monday. This is the latest strike in the long-running row over pay and. These figures reflect on-the-day cancellations. He added: "Specialist teams worked all night but have been unable to fix the cables in time for the start of service this morning. 16 January 2023, 06:06 GMT. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? 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. Neil may be late for his job interview, students Savannah and Angela are struggling to return to Exeter to resume their university studies, while another man is set to miss his vaccine appointment as a result of the disruption to services. 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