Shane Hawkins, son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, brought down the house while sitting in on drums for a powerful performance during Saturday’s tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
15.08.2022 - 21:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Commuters at Piccadilly Station this morning were fed up with more rail disruption — which they say happens ‘every week’.
Today, Avanti West Coast — the rail operator that runs trains from Manchester to London — cut services to just one per hour, down from the usual every 20 minutes. The limited timetable will be in place 'until further notice' the rail operator said.
It has been brought in after train drivers decided to pull their ‘goodwill’, which is a practice whereby they work on off-days and over contracted hours on a voluntary basis. In effect, the railways rely on ‘goodwill’ to operate — so its withdrawal has played havoc with schedules.
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However, commuters the Manchester Evening News spoke to did not blame the drivers for the disruption. Instead, they characterised today’s chaos as another brick in the wall of misery which has beset Britain’s rail network this year.
“I’ve had disruption loads of times,” Callum Atkinson, waiting for the next train to the capital, said. “I am on a summer internship and I get the train to Euston and back every week and I have had it disrupted every single week.
“It’s very, very frustrating. My ticket says 9.15 so I am guessing the 9.12 is the immediately one before. My one back has been cancelled on Wednesday.”
Jess Hardiman was also travelling to Euston for work. Yet, the LadBible journalist thought she was ‘lucky’, explaining: “I’m going to London on the 9.12.
“I go every now and then. I am lucky because I only need to get there for 12noon. I think my return train is 5.12 but it’s the only one with seats left on. I am hoping that will not be cancelled.”
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Shane Hawkins, son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, brought down the house while sitting in on drums for a powerful performance during Saturday’s tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
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