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A train operator has slashed its timetables and suspended ticket sales due to “unofficial strike action” by drivers. Avanti West Coast said it will run as few as four trains per hour from ...
Train managers working for the West Coast main line operator and who belong to the RMT union walked out on New Year’s Eve and Thursday 2 January. They will now strike every Sunday between 12 ...
The greatly reduced timetables will mean North Wales, Blackpool and Edinburgh have no Avanti West Coast services on strike days. Avanti said passengers who do travel should plan ahead, expect ...
First Trenitalia West Coast Rail, trading as Avanti West Coast, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership. During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP).
Additionally, on Mondays to Fridays, the station was formerly served by one Avanti West Coast train per day to London Euston in the southbound direction only, departing at 05:46. This was replaced in the May 2023 timetable by a Sunday-only service to Preston only, departing at 18:38. [10]
Although the new stock was supplied in Virgin livery, it was not expected to enter traffic before 31 March 2012, when the InterCity West Coast franchise was due to be re-let, though the date for the new franchise was later put back to December 2012, [48] and any effect of this on the timetable for introducing the new coaches remains unclear.
On New Year’s Eve train managers working for Avanti West Coast will begin a five-month series of strikes. The members of the RMT union will also stop work on 2 January and every Sunday from 12 ...
Even though the RMT union has called off Sunday’s strike on Avanti West Coast, passengers will find two-thirds of services cancelled. Train managers working for the intercity rail firm are ...