Operator Avanti West Coast has announced it will try to break a long-standing record for the fastest train journey between London and Glasgow. The attempt will travel on the West Coast Mainline ...

Many stations, including in North Wales and Scotland, are not served at all by Avanti West Coast. But the RMT has now suspended the planned walkouts on 19 and 26 January “to allow intensive ...

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will walk out as part of a long-running dispute over rest day working. Strikes planned for the past two weekends were ...

MODEL railway fans are steaming after Hornby released a new toy train costing £550. They slammed the price tag of the Avanti West Coast-liveried Class 805 as “ridiculous”. Model railway fans ...

The biggest rail union has suspended strikes on the West Coast main line for the next two Sundays – but the announcement comes too late for a normal service to run on 19 January. Train managers ...

Managers for Avanti West Coast who are part of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) launched a walkout campaign on Sunday 12 January in a dispute over rest day working. The strike action ...

Strikes on Avanti West Coast resume on Sunday 2 February. After two successive Sundays with severe disruption – but no walk-outs – most trains run by the intercity train operator will be ...

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 ...

Strikes planned by workers on Avanti West Coast over the next two Sundays have been called off. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have been taking industrial action in a ...

Train managers have launched the first of a series of five months of strikes on busy rail routes, causing travel disruption. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West ...