[News] Rail Strikes Off!

[Peter Grummit]

Philip Haigh

@philatrail
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Rail union RMT letter to Network Rail members suspending strike action…

 

[Peter Grummit]

This may well be linked to Huw Merriman (former chair of Transport Select Committee and someone who actually has some understanding of transport) being appointed Rail Minister. He's also a Sussex MP (Bexhill and Battle).

 

[Titanic]

BREAKING: RMT suspends strikes after securing intensive negotiations with rail bosses @RMTunion has suspended planned strikes on Nov 5, 7 and 9 and will now enter into a period of intensive negotiations with Network Rail and the train operating companies.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-suspends-rail-strikes/

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Anything on mainstream media confirming yet? Can't see anything

 

[Beach Hut]

Anything on mainstream media confirming yet? Can't see anything

Train strikes: Passengers warned of disruption after walkouts suspended

Walkouts on 5, 7, and 9 November are cancelled - but it is too late to stop services being affected.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[rippleman]

Anything on mainstream media confirming yet? Can't see anything

Train strikes: Passengers warned of disruption after walkouts suspended

Walkouts on 5, 7, and 9 November are cancelled - but it is too late to stop services being affected.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Train strikes: Passengers warned of disruption after walkouts suspended

Walkouts on 5, 7, and 9 November are cancelled - but it is too late to stop services being affected.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ta

 

[Commander]

How do 3,000 people go about cancelling their coach tickets?

 

[Super Steve Earle]

How do 3,000 people go about cancelling their coach tickets?

They'd be chuffed if they could!

 

[Madafwo]

Well that's made my weekend much harder.

 

[doogie004]

Happy days 12 plus back on train

 

[andy_lee007uk]

Great news! I had planned to drive to Wolves tomorrow, but would much prefer to get the train.

Chiltern railways website is still showing industrial action (last updated 29.10.22).

I might try later this evening to see if I can book a ticket for tomorrow. At the moment I can book to get there, it's just coming back its saying can only book for Sunday morning.

 

[Dibdab]

How do 3,000 people go about cancelling their coach tickets?

Wont help this weekend as the timetables are now locked in.

 

[Madafwo]

Great news! I had planned to drive to Wolves tomorrow, but would much prefer to get the train.

Chiltern railways website is still showing industrial action (last updated 29.10.22).

I might try later this evening to see if I can book a ticket for tomorrow. At the moment I can book to get there, it's just coming back its saying can only book for Sunday morning.

As of now nothing has come through on my work email. It'll take time for journey planners to be updated but as far as I'm aware plans are made for both strike action and normal running so it should hopefully be a case of uploading the other plan.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Fabulous news for Arsenal.

Less so tomorrow if the timetable is locked in. Bugger

 

[RandyWanger]

Bugger, now I have to go into London twice next week

 

[andy_lee007uk]

Thank you for the heads up! Parking space is booked for tomorrow anyway, so worse case scenario I'll drive.

 

[Commander]

Wont help this weekend as the timetables are now locked in.

Yeah I was thinking more for Arsenal

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Tim Shoveller, Network Rail's chief negotiator, welcomed the news but said: "The very late notice means that services for tomorrow cannot be reinstated and will remain extremely limited, and while we, and our train company partners, will work without pause over the weekend, there will be limited ability to change the 'strike timetable' for Monday."

 

[ManOfSussex]

Bollocks. Means I've now got to go into the office on Wednesday - the office is in ****ing Croydon.