Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Avanti

Avanti should run more trains or lose contract – Manchester mayor

Firm should run 2 trains per hour to London in October and then 3 by December, says Andy Burnham

The Guardian - UK

Merseyrail, Northern and Avanti latest advice before Saturday train strike

A number of operators have advised people not to travel unless necessary

Liverpool Echo

Andy Burnham demands Avanti trains ultimatum after passengers hit by months of chaos

The mayor of Greater Manchester has written to Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Manchester Evening News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

‘Great British Railways is dead’: rail industry at lowest ebb since the days of Railtrack

Grant Shapps ‘revolutionary’ GBR plan faces huge challenges

The Guardian - UK

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

Rail delays between Manchester and London after a person was hit by a train

All lines on the West Coast Mainline were blocked for a time following the incident in the Midlands.

Manchester Evening News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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

Railway cleaners to go on strike amid growing industrial unrest

Members of the RMT union employed by contractors to clean Avanti West Coast trains will walk out for 24 hours on Friday

Evening Standard

Elizabeth Line rapidly already the most punctual train in the UK

But figures reveal less than half of Avanti West Coast trains are on time

Evening Standard

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

Manchester Evening News

Avanti issues update as more services from Manchester to London put on - and weekend tickets on sale

Rail bosses have warned that they expect the weekend services to be 'extremely busy'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A crumbling tower

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday September 12, 2022

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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

Glasgow Live

Everything cancelled or closed following Queen Elizabeth II's death from sport to television

Buckingham Palace announced the death of the Queen yesterday (September 8) stating she passed away "peacefully" at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire during the afternoon.

Wales Online

Avanti could lose West Coast contract as government considers changing rail operator

Avanti has run fewer than half its services since August 14 due to strike action. The contract is due to expire on October 16 and the government has said it could give it to someone else.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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

The Independent UK

Reversal of Avanti West Coast timetable cuts ‘absolute priority’, says minister

Transport minister Trudy Harrison was heckled by Labour MPs over the failure to offer concrete details about Avanti West Coast services.

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss called Andy Burnham a ‘miserablist mayor’ - so how will their relationship pan out now she’s PM?

The Greater Manchester mayor says he will give the new PM the benefit of the doubt and always 'got on well' with her. But he warns the Tories are ‘running out of time’ in the North.

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express to slash timetable amid staff shortages

Cuts will affect trains connecting Manchester and Liverpool with Edinburgh and Glasgow

Manchester Evening News

Trains axed in TransPennine Express timetable changes as Avanti anger continues

The operator referenced Covid, 'higher-than-normal sickness levels and ongoing industrial relations issues'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: In Liz we Truss?

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday September 5, 2022

Manchester Evening News

Avanti set to have their contract renewed despite timetable chaos and scathing criticism from mayor - reports

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said Avanti was in 'last chance saloon' yesterday after weeks of chaos.

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department for Transport

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.