Brits face back to work farce as THOUSANDS of rush hour trains are still not running

BRITS are facing a back to work farce as thousands of rush hour trains are still not running.

Industry analysis shows there are 25,000 fewer weekly trains running leaving many workers stranded or forced onto packed pricey carriages - just as fares are set to soar by 3.8 per cent next month.

Analysis by Labour of the Rail Delivery group numbers also shows services from the West Country have been slashed by half, while some no longer exist at all.

And West Dorset, Tory MP Chris Loder said the South West had been “cut off” adding the fall in service is “ totally unnecessary”.

Speaking at PMQs earlier this month he asked Boris Johnson to get a timetable that is fit for his region.

The PM vowed to get timetables back to pre-Omicron levels this weekend.

Analysis of a some routes show that all types of passengers are affected by the lack of services.

Cross-Country which serves commuters and long-distance travellers from Penzance to Birmingham, Newcastle to Aberdeen have halved the number of routes.

Meanwhile popular rush hour routes have been slashed, with the four services from Birmingham to Manchester Piccadilly now down to one.

Fifteen afternoon peak time services from London Euston to Birmingham is now down to just six.

South-Western Rail have cut-off Dorset, Somerset, most of Wiltshire and Devon from direct rail services to London while slashing services in half.

And a vital early-morning Thameslink service from Orpington into Central London has been slashed altogether hitting key workers and shift workers.

Labours’ Shadow Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh said: “Millions of passengers are having to put up with shockingly bad services, while Ministers cook up a plan to slash them further still.

“To add insult to injury, next month they want to clobber commuters with another brutal fare hike.

“The part-time Transport Secretary is asleep at the wheel – he is too busy trying to save the skin of his boss to focus on the crisis on our railways.

“He should get a grip, do his job and put passengers first.”