but they are also in the interests of the railways, of railway workers and their families. train operators say big technical and practical changes are needed across the industry. things have changed from how people travelled in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, where sunday was never seen as a busy travelling day for the public. it s now the opposite, it s one of the busiest days we have. we ve got working practices that say that staff can just volunteer to come out on a sunday. that makes it very difficult to run a train service. of the few trains that are running today, most are broadly on time, though some have been impacted by delays, already, like this one. if your train has been cancelled or rearranged, you are entitled to some money back through the delay repay scheme, whether it is a season ticket or you havejust bought a one off. on the london underground, there s a separate strike, with busy buses taking extra passengers as lots of tube lines run a limited service. in many parts of york
Tube Lines workers have walked out across the job in the fight for pensions and passes equality. There has been some service disruption, but we can expect it to increase as the strike goes on, with trains not prepped properly, checks not carried out and faults are left unrepaired.
fantastic. i love that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i m frankie mccamley. rail services across london continue to be affected by engineering works this easter weekend. the biggest impact has been the closure of parts of the west coast main line with no trains travelling south into london. many tube lines are also closed. while some have critised the timing of the closures, network rail says the complex project has been planned for more than two years. workers who clean trains for a number of train operators are to stage 11 days of strikes in a dispute over pay. members of the rmt union who look after lines including thameslink, eurostar and southeastern services will walk out from 27th april to 7th may.
time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i m frankie mccamley. 15 people have been injured on a train travelling from newcastle to london kings cross. it happened yesterday morning when the driver of the 08:20am lumo service hit the emergency brake near to peterborough. some passengers say they were thrown from their seats. others were hit by falling luggage. the operator has apologised for any distress. the news comes as rail services across london continue to be affected by engineering works this easter weekend. many tube lines are closed. but the biggest impact has been the closure of parts of the west coast main line. while some have critised the timing, network rail says the complex project has been planned for more than two years. workers who clean trains for a number of train operators are to stage 11 days of strikes
Tube Lines to be reintegrated into London Underground! The headline on management's bulletin wanted us to believe that this was all good news, in the manner of Cilla Black reuniting long-lost siblings. But read past the headline and you will see two big devils in the detail: firstly, that only support and projects staff are coming back in (to TfL and LU APD, respectively), not maintenance workers; and that the transferring staff will not be allowed to join the TfL Pension scheme.