MP raises need for improvements to services for Lichfield passengers with Minister

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2023/06/10/mp-raises-need-for-improvements-to-services-for-lichfield-passengers-with-minister/

#Lichfield #News #Politics #Streethay #Transport #AvantiWestCoast #LichfieldTrentValleyStation #MichaelFabricant #trains #WestCoastMainLine

#UK: #AvantiWestCoast is trialling a low-price #Superfare #train ticket, aimed at people who can be more flexible with their journeys and who would not normally opt to travel by train https://bit.ly/42bDiJM

So #AvantiWestCoast are warning that there could be cancellations of their services tomorrow!
This does not bode well for any travelling #Spurs fans travelling to the #FACup game at #PNEFC!

#PrestonNorthEnd #TottenhamHotspur #Train #Cancellation #Railway

The only reason I miss Twitter is to name and shame and SCREAM at #AvantiWestcoast and #NorthernRail for dispicable incompetence under Tory rule and devastating mismanagement and greed.

It's 0 degrees right now in the Midlands, and trains are being cancelled and delayed in quick succession. Children are tired & crying, people on their phones frantically trying to re-plan their lives.

#BrokenBritain #CostOfGreedCrisis #NationalisePublicServices

I missed this story but how is this possible. Their service is awful.

Avanti West Coast rewarded with over £4m in taxpayer-funded bonuses

#AvantiWestCoast #BritishRailways

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/16/avanti-west-coast-rewarded-with-over-4m-in-taxpayer-funded-bonuses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

As if the strikes weren’t bad enough.

West coast mainline closed north of Carlisle after flood damage

#train #railway #traintravel #railwaytravel #AvantiWestCoast

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/01/west-coast-main-railway-line-closed-north-of-carlisle-after-flood-damage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Disgusting

BBC News - Avanti West Coast rewarded with £6.5m in bonuses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64006885
#avantiwestcoast #trainstrikes #ToriesOut

Oh this is absolutely nuts. As someone who regularly has to travel on Avanti West Coast trains I can confirm that their performance over the last six months has been absolutely dire, with hundreds of trains cancelled every week.

And so the government has handed them a £6.5 million "operational performance" bonus.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64006885

#UKtrains #UKpolitics #AvantiWestCoast

Due to strikes on board catering doesn't work (so no bar, no shop, nothing) except you can get a complimentary bottle of water.

Which is perfect because that's all I went to the bar to get. #trains #avantiwestcoast #euston2wigan

MP says Lichfield needs “reliable service” from train operator

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2022/12/05/mp-says-lichfield-needs-reliable-service-from-train-operator/

#Lichfield #News #Politics #Transport #AvantiWestCoast #MichaelFabricant #trains #WestCoastMainLine

#avantiwestcoast Another morning and another canceled train. In this case the always-busy 8.00 from Preston to Euston. What an absolute disgrace of a company.

Avanti West Coast is simply not fit for purpose. Shambles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63776464
#AvantiWestCoast #TransPennineExpress #NorthernTrains

I don’t ask much. I don’t want to leave the glorious NW of England very often. I’ve tried to go to London by train all of twice this year. In August I got as far as Sheffield from Manchester and had to turnaround. Thanks #AvantiWestCoast, let’s hope it wasn’t my mums last birthday that I missed. Today #TransPennineExpress have got us as far as…Stockport. This country’s rail provision is broken. #nationalise now. ☹️🤬☹️🤬

Avanti is my train service. It's crap!
Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on record
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/20/train-cancellations-in-great-britain-hit-highest-level-on-record
#AvantiWestCoast #DreadfulService