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The Latest Breaking News from Avanti West Coast

Train misery as engineering work adds to rail strike woes

Newcastle-Edinburgh, London-Exeter and Rugby-Stafford are all experiencing many days of maintenance this month

The Independent UK

Could first class rail travel be about to hit the buffers?

Exclusive: The premium for the ‘posh seats’ ranges from just £1.30 to £430

The Independent UK

Warning issued to train users as rail staff set to strike again next week causing more travel chaos

No Northern, Avanti West Coast or CrossCountry trains will be running on Wednesday - with Transpennine Express announcing they will be running a very limited service

Manchester Evening News

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Gary Neville brands Avanti a 'disgrace' as passengers forced to sit in toilet gangway

The broadcaster took to Twitter to share his frustrations

Manchester Evening News

When are the train strikes in October? Full list of dates for planned rail worker walk-outs

The RMT has announced a number of strike dates throughout October, potentially leading to disruptions

Manchester Evening News

All London to Manchester trains cancelled and 'severe disruption' warning ahead of train strikes

The members of four different unions will stage a co-ordinated walkout, impacting hundreds of train journeys on the weekend of the London Marathon

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast steps up train services from Manchester and Birmingham to London

‘The services are being targeted at the busiest routes and times and are not dependent on overtime working,’ says train firm

The Independent UK

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Avanti West Coast announces more trains between London and Manchester Piccadilly

The news will be welcomed by passengers, but is still short of what the service once was

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast to boost services after slashing timetables in August

The company will run extra trains on its key London-Manchester and London-Birmingham routes from Tuesday.

The Independent UK

The Mancunian Way: No room at the inn

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Wednesday September 21, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast ranked UK's most unreliable rail operator with most cancellations

Train reliability in Britain has reached the worst level on record

Manchester Evening News

Train cancellations hit worst level on record as London braces for more strikes

Strike action in disputes over jobs, pay and conditions has caused a surge of cancellations in recent months

Evening Standard

Train strikes: RMT vows to ‘bring railway to a standstill’ on 1 October

Train drivers belonging to Aslef will walk out on the same day, as well as 5 October

The Independent UK

Fresh rail strikes to hit Tory party conference

RMT members at 14 train operating companies take action in dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions

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Manchester Evening News

Train drivers announce they will strike over two days in October

A union has confirmed industrial action for October 1 and 5

Manchester Evening News

Avanti to introduce 'relief trains' between Manchester and London

It comes after Mayor Andy Burnham queried the 'quality and availability' of Avanti services

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham questions ability of Avanti to put on enough train services to London for those wishing to pay respects to the Queen

Mayor calls again for first class carriages to be declassified to cope with demand

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast called on to make 'significant improvements' ahead of funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

The mayor of Greater Manchester and city council leader have written to the company

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A crumbling tower

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday September 12, 2022

Manchester Evening News

Train turmoil to London this weekend for Queen mourners - as Avanti has "not released tickets yet"

"There are likely to be 10's of 1000's trying to get to London to pay their respects to The Queen and it is frankly ridiculous that no timetable is available"

Manchester Evening News

"Broken deeds and words": What Greater Manchester MPs are saying about under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast

Eight MPs lined up to blast Avanti in a Commons debate - calling for its contract to be stripped on October 16

Chronicle Live

Shops, football and strikes: Everything that will be cancelled or closed following the Queen's death

The nation is now in mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Independent UK

Four-day interrail pass cheaper than London-Manchester ‘anytime’ return train ticket

The Europe-wide interrail pass allows an ‘inbound’ and ‘outbound’ journey within the UK

Manchester Evening News

Reversal of Avanti West Coast timetable cuts an 'absolute priority', says minister - but she hasn't said WHEN more trains will run between Manchester and London

Transport minister Trudy Harrison faced shouts of 'when?' from Labour MPs

Chronicle Live

LNER cancels 13 trains today and hints more could follow in coming days

Services between Edinburgh, Berwick, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, York and London Kings Cross were all affected by the short notice timetable change today

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