Preston, Lancashire. UK. 28th Sept, 2019. Class 442 trains, which are nicknamed 'plastic pigs', have been running on routes from London to Bournemouth and Portsmouth. But they have now been taken out of service as a precautionary measure amid concerns they are adversely affecting line-side signals. Transport Unison uses these stress relieving Plastic Pigs promoting union membership in Preston, Lancashire, UK
The fault comes amid strikes by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). Workers staged a four-day walkout on Friday as part of a long-running dispute, which began in November 2017, over the future of train guards on new driver-only operation trains. Some 800 trains were cancelled every day, with some being replaced by buses. The RMT had accused SWR of "rowing back on their public pledges" about the future function of guards and said union members were "rock solid and united" in supporting the action. SWR said it was "committed to finding a solution" to the dispute. But angry travellers took to social media on Friday to complain about the disruption caused by the strike. "How foolish of me to think I could get into work early today," wrote one passenger. SWR, which transports more than 100,000 passengers every day, runs services between London and Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Reading and Weymouth.
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Location: Preston, UK
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