ITF: 5 February 2010
The head of a delegation that investigated problems for workers’ on Thailand’s state railways has reacted angrily to news that conditions and morale have deteriorated further
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IFW: 13-01-2010
By Damian Brett
DB Schenker Rail has acquired a majority stake in Italian rail freight operator NordCargo.
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RMT NEWS RELEASE: December 21, 2009
TRAIN DRIVER Alex Gordon has been elected to serve as the President of RMT, Britain’s biggest specialist transport union, for the coming three years.
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Daily Mail: 31st December 2009
By Ray Massey
'Highway robbery': Train fares are to increase by 15 per cent
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The Financial Times reports ('Review ordered into rail franchising', December 29 2009) that UK Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis has commissioned private consultants KPMG as part of a wider review into rail franchising by next summer when competition for rail contracts begins.
Morning Star: 23 December 2009
by John Millington
Rail signallers in south Wales will stage six more days of strike action next month, followed by an overtime ban, over the imposition of roster changes by Network Rail.
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Press Association: 17 December 2009
The operator of the CrossCountry rail franchise has said that there had been a "substantial improvement" in passenger revenues in recent weeks.
RMT: 16 December 2009
Paul Flynn, Member of Parliament for Newport West and a member of RMT's Parliamentary Group of MPs has put down an Early Day Motion EDM 482 in the House of Commons in support of RMT Signalworkers who are on strike against Network Rail's assault on their terms and conditions. An Early Day Motion is a petition MPs sign to highlight issues of concern to their constituents. So far 5 MPs have signed EDM 482 (Paul Flynn, Katy Clark, Colin Burgon, Jeremy Corbyn and RMT Parliamentary group convenor, John McDonnell). If your MP has not yet signed EDM 482 please ask them to do so by writing, faxing or emailing their office. You can contact them automatically by clicking the link: Write to them.com. Don't delay - Do it today!
ShareCast: 15 December 2009
LONDON - Bus and train group Go-Ahead expects interim profits from its rail business to halve though its bus business is doing better.
Rail-news: December 11, 2009
RAIL UNION RMT today confirmed solid support for six days of strike action by a group of signalling staff in the Wales and the Marches Operations area – starting first thing Monday morning – over the imposition of rosters at the new South Wales Control Centre due to open in January 2010.
South Wales Control Centre: one of Network Rail's new 'Signalling Factories'
The Korea Times: 12-13-2009
Kim Ki-tae, head of Korean Railway Workers' Union, has been arrested for leading an illegal strike waged by Korean Railroad (Korail)'s labor union.
RMT BRISTOL RAIL - Fighting Network Rail Job Cuts
CALLING NOTICE: Day of Action
Thursday, 17th December 2009 from 07.00-09.30am
• BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
• BRISTOL PARKWAY
Train buffs are facing jail after building their own ramshackle locomotive and taking it on the public rail network.
Ramshackle loco /Europicss
RMT SW&W Regional Council has called a STRIKE SUPPORT MEETING
WHEN: Thursday, 10th December 2009
WHERE: Cardiff Transport Club - 59-61 Tudor Street, Cardiff
SPEAKERS: RMT Executive Committee, Alex Gordon
Commencing at 18.30hrs
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The Financial Times reports (December 7 2009) that National Express is to appoint Dean Finch, boss of London Underground maintenance company Tube Lines and former chief operating officer of rival bus and rail operator FirstGroup as its chief executive.
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International Freighting Weekly: 7th December 2009
Tony Berkeley
European Rail Freight Association president Tony (Lord) Berkeley sees liberalisation of European rail freight as a political issue - one that the 'liberalisers' are losing as EU rail directives lead to the consolidation of major freight operators and the emergence of an oligopoly - "a market dominated by a few large suppliers".
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Railnews: 6th December 2009
A new proposed French rolling stock tax which could cost Eurostar £5 million or more a year is set to be challenged under European law. The French proposal would come into effect just before Christmas -- only a short time before international open access starts on 1 January.
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Railnews: December 4, 2009
RMT today announced six days of strike action by a group of signalling staff in the Wales and the Marches Operations area over the imposition of rosters at the new South Wales Control Centre due to open in January 2010.
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The Northern Echo: 5th December 2009
A TRANSPORT union has criticised Tyne and Wear Metro bosses after they confirmed the door has been opened for the publicly-controlled network to be privatised.
Tynemouth metro station
The FT reports (December 3 2009) that railway workers in South Korea called off their strike on Thursday, with the union buckling under pressure from pro-business President Lee Myung-bak, although the rail strike slashed freight transport.
RMT blasted senior Network Rail chiefs as it emerged that they held meetings in the five star opulence of London’s Langham Hotel while multi-billion pound cuts have left 1500 essential safety maintenance staff facing the sack.
RMT today accused TfL and Tube Lines of slashing safety standards to dangerous levels as it emerged that twice weekly inspection of escalators will be cut to just once a week and the 12 week frequency of signal maintenance on the Jubilee Line will be cut to a 16 week cycle.
BBC News: 2 December 2009
A railway worker has died after he was hit by a train just outside Leeds city station on Wednesday morning.
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AFP: 29 Nov, 2009
SEOUL — South Korean police began clamping down Monday on leaders of a railway strike which has halted 70 percent of freight train services and started taking a toll on industry.
South Korean police have begun clamping down on leaders of a railway strike
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Canwest News Service: November 29, 2009
By Carolynne Burkholder and Keith Bonnell
OTTAWA — The Canadian government will force striking rail workers back to work if the two sides can’t come to an agreement by Monday, a senior government official told Canwest News Service Sunday night.
Striking CN engineers on a picket line at one of the entrances into the rail company's western Canadian headquarters in Edmonton Saturday, November 28, 2009. Photograph by: Chris Schwarz, Edmonton Journal
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