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19 September 2018
Strikers ready to up the ante over rail safety
More coordinated strikes against removal of safety-critical train guards have taken place
19 September 2018
Rail firm Arriva Trains Wales has reversed a policy of charging customers 'commission' for returning lost property
12 September 2018
Guards move closer to beating driver-only operation
Attempts to move to driver-only operation have been pushed back
5 September 2018
Guards continue fight against driver-only operation
The struggle goes on to keep the safety-critical role of train guards.
29 August 2018
Northern Rail guards continue fight against driver-only operation
Train guards in Newcastle, members of the RMT union, are participating in the ongoing battle against driver-only operation.
22 August 2018
Staff and passengers are on same side: Beleaguered commuters learnt on 15 August that they will face yet another increase in rail fares from January.
27 July 2018
Seven strike days to save guards begin
RMT union members on South Western Railway struck on 26 July against 'driver-only operation'
27 June 2018
It's one world for the super-rich and another for the rest of us. £11bn tax cuts for them, austerity for us; £2.3m for private consultants, rail chaos for us; NHS underperforms while Branson mints it
27 June 2018
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Homelessness and housing costs; privatised rail chaos; Unison witch-hunter elected to council
20 June 2018
Northern Rail strike reaches 21 days of action to save guards
Northern Rail workers in transport union RMT took their 21st day of strike action on 19 June. Train bosses want to implement 'driver-only operation' (DOO) - removing the safety-critical role of guards.
13 June 2018
It's one world for the super-rich, and anotehr for the rest of us. Tories' multiple 'jobs' and Russian money; jobs and benefits disappear for us; Brown v Corbyn; two-thirds back rail renationalisation
6 June 2018
#NorthernFail: 250 rail services cancelled
Nationalise rail - don't delay!: Northern rail cancelled more than 250 trains entirely on 29 May. Where trains run at all they have been up to two hours late.
30 May 2018
Welsh Labour reprivatises rail lines: reverse Tory sell-offs!
The Welsh government has announced, with great fanfare, handing the new £5 billion Wales and Borders rail franchise to multinational corporation KeolisAmey.
30 May 2018
Letters to the Socialist's editors including benefit cuts, Prince Charles, train toilets and developers' charter
23 May 2018
Government continues to back failed private rail
The companies running the East Coast Main Line (ECML) rail franchise from London to Scotland - Virgin and Stagecoach - are to lose it because they "got their sums wrong" according to Chris Grayling, the transport secretary
4 April 2018
RMT strikes in Newcastle and London
Northern Rail workers strike to save the guard; DLR workers strike to defend conditions
17 January 2018
RMT strikes against driver-only operation continue
"Everyone passing understands that this strike is about rail safety"
8 January 2018
RMT rail members buoyed by coordinated action
RMT members across five train companies are striking
4 January 2018
Strike against driver-only operation on five rail networks
Train guards are taking strike action in defence of railway safety
3 January 2018
Rail: fares up, bosses' pay up - delays and cancellations up
Nationalise rail now!: Rail companies are ringing in the new year by inflicting yet more misery on long-suffering commuters.
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