RMT weekend strikes to hit Avanti West Coast passengers
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The first of a series of weekend strikes by train managers on busy rail routes starts on Sunday, causing disruption to services. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will launch a number of Sunday walkouts in a dispute over rest day working.
Avanti urged its customers to travel either side of Sunday, which marks the start of strike action every Sunday until May 25. A reduced timetable will be in place on the strike days, with fewer services running during limited operating hours. Trains which will run are expected to be busy. With planned engineering works taking place on most of these Sundays, timetables for each strike date may vary and take longer to be finalised.
On Sunday, Avanti West Coast will run one train an hour between London Euston and each of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Preston. A limited service will operate between Glasgow and Carlisle. In addition, rail replacement buses will run between Carlisle and Preston due to planned engineering work.
These trains will operate during limited hours – with the first train of the day departing Euston after 8am and the last train of the day from Euston departing before 5pm. The significantly reduced timetable will mean north Wales, Blackpool and Edinburgh, Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield will have no Avanti West Coast services.
