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PASSENGERS on Britain’s newest trains will be left with “numb bums” from sitting on uncomfortable seats, train drivers warned yesterday.
With new research showing that the average age of Britain’s trains is the highest since records began, operators have trumpeted the introduction of new carriages.
But passengers have criticised new units — including the flagship stock replacing the Intercity 125 trains on key routes — for having hard seats, low armrests and no tables. On top of that, many seats do not line up with the windows.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
