Aslef ballot 'cynical and desperate'
Talks between Govia Thameslink Railway and the RMT over the change in role of conductors on Southern services are continuing at Acas.
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TSSA union ballot pointless and ridiculous
The TSSA union has announced that it is to ballot GTR ticket office staff over our plans to improve the customer experience at 83 of our stations.
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Southern releases service plan for week-long RMT conductors’ strike
Southern has released details of the service it plans to run if the RMT’s five day conductors’ strike next week goes ahead. Talks are planned at Acas tomorrow, Wednesday and Southern says the RMT must call off the action by Thursday if it is to avoid a strike timetable on Monday.
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Local group adopts Uckfield station
Members of the Brighter Uckfield group recently came together with Southern, and Sussex Community Rail Partnership (SCRP), to celebrate the group formally becoming station partner for Uckfield and adopting the station.
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Great Northern supports the development of local youngsters
Great Northern has helped support Cambridge based charity Red Balloon inspire youngsters in creative writing.
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Great Northern and Hitchin Priory Rotary celebrate a blooming good partnership
Members of Hitchin Priory Rotary Club, the Inner Wheel Club and Great Northern railway came together on Tuesday to celebrate the adoption of the station.
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GTR asks Acas to help end unnecessary strike action
Govia Thameslink Railway has asked Acas, the advisory, conciliation and arbitration service, to facilitate talks with the RMT and is calling on the union to call off its damaging five-day strike by conductors timed to start on 8 August.
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Thameslink lengthens train in latest crowding figures
A Thameslink train that appears in the Department for Transport's crowded trains list for 2015 was lengthened by 50% a few months later. And on the metro route, which can accommodate only eight-carriage services and has two trains in the crowded list, new trains with 40% more capacity will begin running later this year.
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RMT announces five days of strike action by conductors
In response to news by the RMT that its conductor members are to strike between 0001 on Monday 8 August and 2359 on Friday 12 August, Govia Thameslink Railway Chief Operating Officer Dyan Crowther said:
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GTR disappointed over RMT's latest call for industrial action
• Station modernisation plans would improve customer service • All staff affected have been offered a pay rise or additional allowance
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Lineside fire disrupts Southern Thameslink and Gatwick Express for rest of day
Lineside fire disrupts Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express for rest of day
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First 10 carriage train runs on the Uckfield Line
Passengers on the 07.05 Uckfield to London Bridge service enjoyed the comfort of 10 carriages for the first time this morning.
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