London Underground strikes set to go ahead
The RMT has accused Transport for London of ‘reneging’ on promises to ‘negotiate in good faith’ over proposals for a four-day working week. The union said the first of two pairs of strikes are set to go ahead from midday tomorrow until midday on Wednesday. The second walkout this week is planned between midday on Thursday and midday on Friday. TfL described has the walkouts as ‘completely unnecessary’.
Train dragged down overhead at Manchester PiccadillyNetwork Rail has revealed that more than 400 metres of overhead wires were damaged by a train outside Manchester Piccadilly on Thursday evening, which led to all platforms being closed so that engineers could carry out repairs. Network Rail declared the station ‘fully open’ again at 11.00 today, although it warned that some changes to services were still possible for a while.
Major disruption at Manchester Piccadilly continuesA fault with the overhead wires at Manchester Piccadilly is expected to cause many delays and cancellations today, which are also affecting trains to Manchester Airport. Wiring on the station throat was damaged yesterday morning, and trains only started to return to Piccadilly at 07.00 today.
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