Avanti West Coast strike to hit New Year’s Eve trains

On New Year’s Eve, Avanti West Coast says it will run one train per hour between Euston and each of Birmingham, Manchester and Preston, with a limited service to Glasgow.

It also says it will run one train every other hour between Liverpool and Crewe.

North Wales, Blackpool and Edinburgh will have no Avanti West Coast services.

Following the walk-outs over the new year, train managers at Avanti West Coast are also planning to strike every Sunday from 12 January to 25 May.

Avanti has further information on disruption from the strikes on its website., external

RMT members had orginally planned to strike around Christmas, but that action was called off to consider a new offer.

However, the union said the revised proposal was rejected by 83% of the 400 members involved in the dispute, and new strike dates were announced.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said Avanti had ignored train managers’ concerns by presenting an offer that members found “unacceptable”.

The union said members had rejected a proposal of £300 or more to managers to cover working on rest days such as Sunday.

“The company must come forward with a revised proposal so we can avoid more strike action further into 2025”, Mr Lynch said.