MODEL railway fans are steaming after Hornby released a new toy train costing £550. They slammed the price tag of the Avanti West Coast-liveried Class 805 as “ridiculous”. Model railway fans ...

Strikes planned by Avanti West Coast train managers have been suspended to allow negotiations in a long-running dispute over ...

Avanti West Coast strikes suspended for next three Sundays - ‘Industrial action has forced Avanti to engage seriously with ...

Many stations, including in North Wales and Scotland, are not served at all by Avanti West Coast. But the RMT has now suspended the planned walkouts on 19 and 26 January “to allow intensive ...

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will walk out on Sunday, causing “significant” disruption to services. To add to the delays, there will be no ...

Operator Avanti West Coast has announced it will try to break a long-standing record for the fastest train journey between London and Glasgow. The attempt will travel on the West Coast Mainline ...

Strikes planned by workers on Avanti West Coast over the next two Sundays have been called off. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have been taking industrial action in a ...

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Even though the RMT union has called off Sunday’s strike on Avanti West Coast, passengers will find two-thirds of services cancelled. Train managers working for the intercity rail firm are ...