Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast face months of disruption. Walk-outs began on 31 December and are set to continue until the late May bank holiday weekend.

Avanti West Coast strikes called off as RMT accepts rest day working deal - Staff had been due to continue Sunday walkouts ...

Strikes planned by Avanti West Coast train managers over the next three Sundays have been suspended to allow negotiations in a long-running dispute over rest day working. Members of the Rail ...

An Avanti West Coast employee has completed her final working day on the railway after a notching up a 35-year career ...

Strikes planned by Avanti West Coast train managers have been suspended to allow negotiations in a long-running dispute over rest day working. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union ...

Strikes planned by Avanti West Coast train managers over the next three Sundays have been called off. The industrial action has been suspended to allow for negotiations in the long-running dispute ...

Avanti West Coast is the new company running trains along the West Coast Mainline. It took over the contract from Virgin Trains and launched on December 9. It runs services through Birmingham ...

Even though the RMT union has called off Sunday’s strike on Avanti West Coast, passengers will find two-thirds of services cancelled. Train managers working for the intercity rail firm are ...

Following an award-winning recruitment campaign, one in three new train driver recruits at train operator Avanti West Coast are now women.

Rail passengers on the West Coast main line will be spared strike disruption for the next three Sundays. Avanti West Coast train managers are in dispute over payment for rest-day working.

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