However the BBC understands the reduced timetable will start immediately.
First reported by the Sunday Times newspaper, Avanti blamed a shortage of train crew and industrial disputes.
First reported by the Sunday Times newspaper, Avanti blamed a shortage of train crew and industrial disputes.
A similar number of services also run on Saturdays, but from next week that is being reduced to just 30 trains.
Avanti said it is working hard to minimise disruption.
Train operators must keep cancellations below a certain level to fulfil their contracts, and a failure to do so could lead to them being fined and possibly stripped of the contract.
But if ministers agree to temporarily reduced services – known as “short-term planning arrangements”, the cancellations do not appear in official statistics.
Avanti did not confirm it has sought such an arrangement, but the Department for Transport confirmed that planned timetable reductions until 1 January 2024 were agreed “in accordance with the requirements set out in Avanti’s contract”.
First reported by the Sunday Times newspaper, Avanti blamed a shortage of train crew and industrial disputes.
However the BBC understands the reduced timetable will start immediately.
A similar number of services also run on Saturdays, but from next week that is being reduced to just 30 trains.
First reported by the Sunday Times newspaper, Avanti blamed a shortage of train crew and industrial disputes.
First reported by the Sunday Times newspaper, Avanti blamed a shortage of train crew and industrial disputes.
A similar number of services also run on Saturdays, but from next week that is being reduced to just 30 trains.
Avanti said it is working hard to minimise disruption.
Train operators must keep cancellations below a certain level to fulfil their contracts, and a failure to do so could lead to them being fined and possibly stripped of the contract.
But if ministers agree to temporarily reduced services – known as “short-term planning arrangements”, the cancellations do not appear in official statistics.
Avanti did not confirm it has sought such an arrangement, but the Department for Transport confirmed that planned timetable reductions until 1 January 2024 were agreed “in accordance with the requirements set out in Avanti’s contract”.
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