Isolation rule change will mean fewer rail cancellations, says industry

  • 📰 BBCLondonNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 20 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 51%

United States News News

United States United States Latest News,United States United States Headlines

It's hoped the change will help reduce the current high rate of train cancellations.

Rail services across the country have been cancelled in the run-up to Christmas as rising numbers of staff fall ill with Covid.

He said that with a train driver responsible for up to 10 trains on a shift, just a few people off sick could make it "challenging to run a reliable service". The director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, Shevaun Haviland, said the new rules would be welcomed by many firms which had been "wrestling with staff shortages throughout the winter".

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 115. in US

United States United States Latest News, United States United States Headlines