Tag Archives: Railways

Exclusive: A poll shows a majority of voters believe key services including energy and water should be run by the state amid growing anger over sky-high bills and sewage pollution Royal Mail is among the services the public would like to see state-run ( Image: Getty Images) A majority of …

Campaign for Better Transport supporters delivered a giant postcard to the postal service’s head office in central London with the message ‘Mail belongs on rail’ Public transport campaigners have urged Royal Mail to transport post by rail Public transport campaigners have appealed to Royal Mail to reconsider its recent decision …

ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan predicted fewer train driver strikes as he joined MPs outside Parliament ahead of the second reading of Labour’s railway nationalisation Bill today. The head of the train drivers’ union hoped that fewer “snouts in the trough” — profiteering rail franchise bosses — will see ticket fares go down alongside …

Called the Centenary of the Flying Scotsman stamp, it depicts the famous steam locomotive built in 1923 that ran between London and Edinburgh. Variations of the stamp design will depict the locomotive in North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Berwick-on-Tweed and Victoria Station in London. The stamps can be ordered via the Royal …

The public appetite for taking on the Government has never been higher, writes Keir Mudie, who has noticed significant support for workers taking industrial action as they ask for fair pay Striking Royal Mail workers march through London ( Image: Getty Images) I’ve been up north for a while, which …

The World Socialist Web Site interviewed a rail worker of more than three decades on the ongoing national strikes in Britain and the struggle of railroad workers in the United States. He told our reporter, “We send solidarity and urge a joint struggle against these global railway companies. That’s the …

Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and …

Britain’s biggest rail strike in decades will cause mass travel chaos around the country from tomorrow. Services on the railways and London Underground will be crippled from Tuesday in a walkout on a scale not seen since 1989 in a row over pay, jobs and conditions. Over 50,000 members of …

Exclusive: Rail strikes are due to cripple much of the network for three days next week. Wales Trades Union Congress President Brendan Kelly believes the action could – and should – spread to other industries Miners during the 1926 General Strike ( Image: Amberley Books) A top union chief raised …

The cost of implementing the high-speed railway connecting London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds could reach £106bn, according to a leaked, government-commissioned review. High Speed 2 (HS2) was originally allocated £56bn, and current HS2 Ltd chairman Allan Cook revised the estimated costs to between £81bn and £88bn in October. But …