A major trade union in the UK is calling out Network Rail for not acting on the majority of recommendations from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) following the Carmont rail tragedy.
The derailment of a train at Carmont, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire on 12 August 2020 saw three people fatally…
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Network Rail made £850M less than it expected to last year
Network Rail has made £850M less than it projected to over the 2022/2023 financial year, NCE can reveal.
The owner of the UK’s train network stated its financial performance for the 2022/23 financial year had worsened by roughly £850M. This was “largely due to costs incurred as a result of industrial…
Network Rail is slashing maintenance work in half to cut back jobs, union claims
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has claimed that Network Rail is slashing the amount of maintenance work in half to support its Modernising Maintenance programme.
Network Rail will cut 1,850 maintenance jobs as part of the Modernising Maintenance programme, which aims to optimise the maintenance teams…
Christmas strikes will disrupt £120M of planned Network Rail engineering upgrades
Network Rail’s planned £120M engineering works for the festive period could be severely affected if the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members’ walk out between 24 and 27 December goes ahead.
Network Rail's proposed job cut and reforms to working practices within the rail industry have been…
Network Rail maintenance jobs to be cut due to lack of work
Network Rail's planned cuts to maintenance workers' jobs will go ahead as there isn’t enough work for them to do, according to chief executive Andrew Haines.
Speaking at the Rail Industry Association Annual Conference on Thursday, Haines said that Network Rail will cut 1,850 maintenance jobs. "What we've identified is that…
Rail strikes | Network Rail could still shelve plans to axe thousands of maintenance workers
Network Rail may still shelve plans to reduce its workforce numbers to fund pay rises as negotiations resume with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).
Network Rail's proposed job cuts and reforms to working practices within the rail industry have been the subject of multiple strikes so…
Rail strikes | RMT calls for more arbitration as Network Rail presses ahead with industry reforms
Network Rail is to push ahead with its planned reforms to working practices within the rail industry along with reduction in its workforce numbers to fund pay rises, which have been the subject of a series of strikes this summer.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has…
Rail strikes | The sticking point Network Rail and unions can’t agree on
Network Rail has issued a pay rise and working practise reform ultimatum following strikes in June, vowing to press ahead with changes with or without union support. In an improved offer made in early July, Network Rail committed to an average pay rise of 5%. The Rail, Maritime & Transport…
‘Biggest rail strike in modern history’ planned in response to maintenance cuts
Railway workers have voted in favour of strike action due to concerns over pay and job losses, in what RMT has called “potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history”.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) launched its strike ballot last month, asking over 40,000 railway workers on Network…
Network Rail plan to axe thousands of jobs could provoke biggest ever rail strike
The UK could see the “biggest rail strike in modern history” in a matter of months, in response to Network Rail’s plans to axe thousands of maintenance jobs.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) has revealed that more than 40,000 railway workers employed by Network Rail and 15 train…