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The chaos affecting rail services over New Year is set to cause more misery for commuters returning to work this week.
Nearly one in ten rail workers are off with Covid-related sickness, meaning the staff shortages that forced the cancellation of nearly a third of services in recent days will continue.
Train operator Southern has announced that no services will run into or from London Victoria – Britain’s second busiest station – until January 10 due to high levels of ‘coronavirus isolation and sickness’ among staff.
Nearly one in ten rail workers are off with Covid-related sickness, meaning the staff shortages that forced the cancellation of nearly a third of services in recent days will continue
Further disruption will be caused while Network Rail finishes 370 engineering works scheduled over the Christmas and New Year period.
They include flood-protection upgrade work on the West Coast Mainline between Milton Keynes and Rugby.
James Dean, Network Rail’s West Coast South route director, confirmed the works would
