How will this week’s rail strikes have an effect on every prepare operator?
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rain providers are being hit by extra strike motion this week.
Train drivers who’re members of Aslef will stroll out on Wednesday and Saturday, whereas staff who’re members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will strike on Friday.
Here is a breakdown of every operator’s plan for strike days:
Avanti West Coast
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: One prepare per hour will run in every path between London Euston and every of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Preston, with a restricted service to and from Glasgow.
There will likely be no providers to or from North Wales, Shrewsbury, Blackpool, Stoke-on-Trent or Edinburgh, whereas Macclesfield station will likely be closed.
The first prepare of the day from Euston will depart at round 8am, and the final will depart shortly after 5pm.
Saturday: No trains.
c2c
Wednesday: Usual timetable.
Friday: No main affect however 12-carriage trains is not going to cease at Limehouse, east London.
Saturday: Usual timetable.
Caledonian Sleeper
Wednesday: Usual timetable.
Friday: All providers will likely be working through the East Coast Main Line attributable to engineering works.
Saturday: The Caledonian Sleeper doesn’t function on Saturday nights.
Chiltern Railways
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: Services will likely be restricted to at least one prepare per hour from round 8am till 10pm in each instructions between London Marylebone and every of Banbury, Oxford and Aylesbury through High Wycombe; and between Amersham and Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
No trains will run between Banbury and every of Birmingham and Stourbridge Junction, or between Hatton and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Saturday: No trains.
CrossNation
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A restricted service will function. No trains will run between Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central or Nottingham.
Saturday: No trains.
East Midlands Railway
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: Services will run between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
They will likely be restricted to only one prepare per hour in every path between London St Pancras and every of Nottingham, Sheffield and Corby, in addition to a handful of regional routes similar to between Leicester and Lincoln.
Saturday: No trains.
Elizabeth line
Wednesday: Usual timetable.
Friday: The Elizabeth line just isn’t concerned within the industrial dispute with the RMT however there will likely be some alterations to its providers.
These embody no trains between Maidenhead and Reading earlier than 7am or after 7pm, and no trains between Brentwood and Shenfield from 11.30pm.
Saturday: Usual timetable.
Gatwick Express
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: No trains however Southern and Thameslink will serve Gatwick Airport till early afternoon.
Saturday: No trains.
Grand Central
Wednesday: Grand Central just isn’t concerned within the industrial dispute with Aslef however there will likely be minor alterations to its providers attributable to engineering work.
Friday: Grand Central just isn’t concerned within the industrial dispute with the RMT however there will likely be minor alterations to its providers.
Saturday: Usual timetable.
Great Northern
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A restricted service will run and solely between 7am and 7pm. There will likely be no trains between Ely and King’s Lynn.
Saturday: No trains.
Great Western Railway
Wednesday and Saturday: A restricted service will run and solely between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
The solely open routes will likely be between: London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads; Reading and Didcot; Reading and Basingstoke; Reading and Redhill; Westbury and Swindon; Cardiff and Bristol; Exeter and Barnstaple; Plymouth and Gunnislake; and Penzance and St Ives.
The Night Riviera sleeper service is cancelled.
Friday: More routes will likely be open in contrast with Wednesday, together with additions similar to between London Paddington and Cardiff; London Paddington and Plymouth; and Slough and Windsor.
Greater Anglia
Wednesday: A diminished service will run and solely from 7am, with final trains sooner than regular.
The solely routes open will likely be between London Liverpool Street and every of Cambridge, Colchester, Norwich and Southend Victoria.
Friday: Trains will run between 7am and 11pm.
Some routes could have a diminished frequency, however most could have a standard or near-normal service.
Saturday: A diminished service will run and solely from 7am, with final trains sooner than regular.
Most routes will likely be closed, together with between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge.
Heathrow Express
Wednesday: An hourly service between 7am and 7pm.
Friday: Usual timetable.
Saturday: No trains.
Hull Trains
All strike days: Usual timetable.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER)
All strike days: A restricted timetable will function and solely between London King’s Cross and each Edinburgh and Leeds.
London Northwestern Railway
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A restricted service will run and solely between 7am and 7pm.
The solely open routes will likely be between Birmingham New Street and every of London Euston, Birmingham International and Liverpool Lime Street.
Saturday: No trains.
London Overground
Wednesday and Friday: London Overground just isn’t concerned within the industrial disputes however there will likely be minor alterations to some providers.
Saturday: Usual timetable
Lumo
All strike days: Usual timetable.
Merseyrail
All strike days: Usual timetable.
Northern
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: Only a handful of routes will likely be open, similar to between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester; Leeds and York; and Darlington and Saltburn.
Saturday: No trains.
ScotRail
All strike days: Usual timetable.
South Western Railway
Wednesday: Services will likely be diminished and there will likely be no trains on the Isle of Wight.
Friday: A diminished service will function and solely between 7am and 7pm.
Saturday: Services will likely be diminished and there will likely be no trains on the Isle of Wight.
Southeastern
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A diminished service will function, with some routes closed.
Saturday: No trains.
Southern
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A diminished service will function and solely between 7am and 7pm.
No trains will run between Hemel Hempstead and Clapham Junction; London Bridge and Norwood Junction; Southampton Central and Barnham; and Eastbourne and Ashford International.
Saturday: No trains.
Stansted Express
Wednesday and Saturday: Frequencies will likely be halved to at least one prepare per hour in every path.
Friday: Services is not going to begin till after 7am.
Thameslink
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A diminished service will function and solely between 7am and 7pm.
Services will likely be break up north and south, with nothing working between London St Pancras and London Blackfriars.
Saturday: No trains.
TransPennine Express
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A diminished timetable will function and solely between Liverpool Lime Street and every of Preston and York; and between Sheffield and Cleethorpes.
Saturday: No trains.
Transport for Wales
All strike days: Transport for Wales just isn’t concerned within the industrial disputes however a few of its providers will likely be amended.
West Midlands Railway
Wednesday: No trains.
Friday: A restricted service will run and solely between 7am and 7pm.
The solely open routes will likely be between Birmingham New Street and every of Wolverhampton, Rugeley Trent Valley, Lichfield Trent Valley, Redditch and Bromsgrove; between Kidderminster and Whitlocks End/Dorridge through Birmingham Snow Hill; and between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town.
Saturday: No trains.