Service disruption on Southern Rail over New Year
Passengers are advised to check before they travel as Southern rail services are expected to be severely disrupted during the RMT’s next three-day strike which starts tomorrow (31 December).
Passengers are advised to check before they travel as Southern rail services are expected to be severely disrupted during the RMT’s next three-day strike which starts tomorrow (31 December).
Passengers have started travelling on a new state-of-the-art train on Thameslink’s Sevenoaks to London and Bedford route.
Commenting on Southern/ASLEF talks at Acas, Nick Brown, Chief Operating Officer of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), Southern's parent company, said: "We're deeply disappointed, as our passengers will be, that ASLEF has been unable to accept our proposals and that we cannot find a way forward to end this dispute with the drivers' union at this stage."
Talks have adjourned for today. We are reconvening tomorrow morning at Acas.
Passengers travelling through Cuffley station will have their journey brightened thanks to new artwork produced by local school children.
Great Northern passengers are set to see a transformation in rail services with the completion of an enlarged, modernised train depot in north London, which is now one of the biggest in the UK.
Thameslink and Great Northern staff have chosen Luton-based good cause Keech Hospice Care as their new corporate charity, and have made a donation of £747 to get the fundraising ball rolling.
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