ScotRail is being urged to ditch pricey first class seats after it emerged just 2 per cent were used last year – leaving 150,000 luxury seats going spare every month. The shocking findings come despite routine complaints of overcrowding on many key services this year – exacerbated by a reduced …
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ScotRail has confirmed it will provide extra services to the Open Championship this week despite its ‘temporary’ timetable. The national rail operator has been widely criticised for slashing services over the summer with revellers at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow at the weekend impacted. Golf fans have been told there …
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A series of strike action will impact Perth and Kinross over the Christmas and New Year period if pay and working condition disputes are not resolved. Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are taking further industrial action against Network Rail, resulting in ScotRail services …
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Strike action by workers across sectors in Perth in Kinross are set to hit the county in the coming days. No trains will run in the region once more on Saturday (October 29) due to another round of 24-hour walkouts over an ongoing pay and working conditions dispute. It means …
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Railway staff in Scotland will go on strike this weekend after a union rejected ScotRail’s latest offer of pay. Members of the RMT working for the rail company will stage a 24-hour walkout on Saturday, October 29, as part of an ongoing row over pay and conditions. ScotRail had said …
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H undreds of people braved the rain in Edinburgh on Saturday morning to show their support for rail and postal workers taking strike action. Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) voted “resoundingly” to take industrial action against the companies they say have failed to give workers a …
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Disruption to postal deliveries is to be expected after Royal Mail workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed strikes by 98.7% on a turnout of more than 72%. It was the second ballot of Royal …
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