Members of the RMT union at Avanti West Coast will strike on New Year's Eve and January 2nd, impacting travel plans. The strike is over rest day working and will result in significantly reduced train services.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport ( RMT ) union at Avanti West Coast will walk out on New Year’s Eve and on Thursday 2 January in a dispute over rest day working. The rejected offer followed Avanti management paying £300 or more to management grades to cover rest-day working, the union said.Fewer services will run during limited operating hours and any trains that will run are expected to be busy.
On Tuesday, Avanti said it would run one train an hour between London Euston and each of Birmingham, Manchester, and Preston, with a limited service to Glasgow. One train every other hour between Liverpool and Crewe will also run. On Thursday, the intercity operator plans to run one train an hour between Euston and Wolverhampton (via Birmingham), Crewe and Manchester. There will also be a limited service between Glasgow and Preston. These trains will operate during limited hours on both dates – with the first train of the day leaving Euston around 8am and the last train of the day from Euston departing before 5pm, the rail firm said. The greatly reduced timetables will mean North Wales, Blackpool and Edinburgh have no Avanti West Coast services on strike days. There will be no Avanti West Coast trains to or from Macclesfield on 31 December. On 2 January, there will be no Avanti West Coast service to or from Warrington Bank Quay or Wigan North Western.Mick Lynch, RMT general secretary said: “Avanti West Coast created this dispute by ignoring train managers’ concerns and presenting offers those members deemed unacceptable.Kathryn O’Brien, executive director of customer experience at Avanti West Coast, said: “We’re disappointed by the RMT calling strike action on 31 December and 2 Januar
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