Regulator warns operators Help Points must improve
Operators are not maintaining station help points efficiently and are leaving passengers without information as a result, according to the Office of Rail and Road. The equipment is installed at more than four stations out of five, but becomes particularly important when no staff are available.
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Two 24-hour strikes which had been called on London Underground by ASLEF for tomorrow and Tuesday have been called off, after the union received what it described as a ‘significantly improved’ pay offer from Transport for London.
Accident investigators have confirmed that the fatal head-on collision on the Cambrian line in mid-Wales on 21 October was caused by wheel slip, and that although the driver of the affected train made an emergency brake application the automatic sanders which should have been triggered by the slipping wheels were blocked.
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Last minute peace talks have averted several days of RMT strikes on London Underground this week. The union suspended its action on 1 November, only hours before the first 24-hour stoppage. However, ASLEF members are still set to walk out on 7 and 12 November.
Transport for London is warning of serious disruption on London Underground over the next few days, because members of the RMT and ASLEF will be staging industrial action unless there is a last-minute settlement of disputes over pay and bargaining.