The RMT union said it had been in dispute with EMR since April following the rollout of the 810 fleet (Aurora), which it said had been operating with a “significant number” of faults.<\/p>\n
According to the RMT, EMR has been sending trains into service that are “likely to fail and require a full reset which leaves the train with no active safety systems”.<\/p>\n
The BBC has seen an operational briefing, which informs control, signalling and operations staff about undertaking an Aux Off \/ Aux On reset on EMR class 810 units – which may be required to recover certain faults.<\/p>\n
“The process takes approximately 20 minutes and results in the temporary loss of several safety-critical systems, creating an increased risk of an uncontrolled evacuation and removing the driver’s normal means of communication with the signaller,” it states.<\/p>\n
Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary, said RMT reps at EMR had been “extremely patient” and tried to engage with management.<\/p>\n
“The company has even put out safety notices with no involvement, consultation or negotiation with our reps who represent those most at risk.<\/p>\n
“RMT is demanding that whilst these faults exist and until these trains are shown to be operating properly, they should be taken out of service,” he said.<\/p>\n
Philippa Cresswell, customer experience director at East Midlands Railway, said the operator was “sorry” to customers whose journeys would be affected by industrial action.<\/p>\n
“EMR continues to engage in constructive discussions with the RMT in the hope of resolving this dispute as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n
“The dispute relates to concerns raised about the introduction of our new Class 810 Aurora fleet. <\/p>\n
“Any suggestion that the trains do not meet the required safety standards is incorrect. <\/p>\n
“The Class 810 fleet entered passenger service only after successfully completing all required testing and meeting the rigorous safety standards required by the independent regulator,” Cresswell added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RMT union said it had been in dispute with EMR since April following the rollout of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-709825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}