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The postal service said its almost 30-year-old freight trains are at the end of their operational lives. Royal Mail has announced its intentions … Source link

Rail customers in the UK can cut the price of their tickets from today after a brutal hike in early March. Rail fares for passengers and train users across the country rose by 4.9 per cent earlier this month in a brutal blow amid the Cost of Living crisis. The …

Trains between Derby and London will be disrupted this weekend by a major programme of engineering works. The upgrades on the Midland Main Lane include renewing signals and upgrading tracks. Engineers will be in West Hampstead in north-west London and Harpenden in Hertfordshire. There will also be electrification work south …

If you thought the strike actions by nurses, ambulance staff, rail and bus workers were behind us, then think again. After a month of December which saw an unprecedented number of industrial actions many public sector workers from paramedics to nurses – the first such industrial action in decades – …

As railway workers in the UK are likely to continue their strike against wages, authorities have advised commuters to avoid travelling on Saturday unless it is absolutely essential. The Christmas Eve strike by Railway workers across the UK for wages is expected to have a significant effect on services. Trains …

Christmas is just a few days away and in a bid to secure fairer working conditions and better pay, a raft of workers are set to walk out. Among those striking for better deals include NHS nurses, paramedics, Border Force passport officers, driving examiners and DWP staff, as well as …

As families getting ready for Christmas this week could see their plans hit by another round of strike action as unions are planning further walkouts. Members of unions, including railway workers and Royal Mail staff, will be walking out in disputes over pay and conditions, that are sure to affect …

Postal workers completed a 48-hour UK-wide strike on Thursday, as rail workers began a two day national stoppage Friday. The postal strike involves 115,000 workers who are demanding a pay increase, an end to attacks on working conditions and the withdrawal of a plan for 10,000 redundancies. The rail stoppage …

Strikes could cause havoc over Christmas as rail, Eurostar and Royal Mail staff will walk out over the festive period – putting present deliveries at risk.   Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) working for Eurostar will walk out on December 16, 18, 22 and …

A fresh wave of strikes will be held on Wednesday as the year of industrial unrest continues across the country. Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day. Picket lines will be mounted outside universities, colleges …