A huge number of train operators are running reduced timetables as almost 10% of railway staff are off sick or isolating.
Rail firms have blamed Covid-related staff shortages for hundreds of cancellations during the Christmas getaway period.almost 10% of railway staff are off sick or isolating.
Greater Anglia said it has removed trains from its timetables due to falling passenger numbers ‘as people follow advice to work from home’. International travellers have been hit twice as hard by the chaos with no trains or tubes serving the biggest airport in the UK.Heathrow will be cut off as Network Rail conducts signalling, track and HS2 work between Paddington and Slough on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
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