Use this page to help plan your journey around the rail strikes. We hope we can avert strike action and come to an agreement with the unions.
Our journey planner will be updated with the revised train times a few days before. Our service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. We will update this section with a date. Our journey planner will be updated with the revised train times a few days before. Our service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. We will update this section with a date. Our service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. Our service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. And, most routes will not have trains. And, most routes will not have trains. Our journey planner has been updated with the revised times. And, most routes will not have trains.
Railway workers are preparing for strikes this week over an ongoing dispute about pay and conditions. Thousands of workers already walked out for three days ...
About 5,500 train drivers at eight rail companies will strike. If the strike goes ahead, it will coincide with the Commonwealth Games, which are taking place in Birmingham. Railway workers are preparing for strikes this week over an ongoing dispute about pay and conditions.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Wednesday, July 27.
We’d also recommend allowing extra time for your journey.” Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Wednesday, July 27, affecting rail services across the country. A strike by more than 40,000 workers at Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will go ahead at the end of July after talks failed to resolve disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.
Operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will be running the same service plan as for the last strikes in June and warns there will be very few trains, ...
“We are extremely disappointed that passengers across the country now face the anxiety of further rail disruption. Passengers should plan ahead and think about travelling at another time. Morning trains are likely to be very busy. There will be very few train services and some routes will be closed altogether. “Services will start much later than normal and finish as early as 4.30pm. All this may lead to very busy trains and possible delays. On Thursday, services will start at around 7.15am or later, and there will be an amended service on that day.
A rail strike is due to take place on July 27, the RMT union has announced. More than 40,000 workers at Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will ...
We understand some people will have no choice but to travel and they should check our website for the latest updates before travelling.” We urge the unions not to press ahead with industrial action and to work with us on securing the long-term future of the railways. “This is the beginning of the summer holidays and will ruin plans for people intending to use our services to get away on a well-earned break.
RAILWAY workers have stepped up their industrial action and will now be taking three days of strike action.
SWR’s managing director Claire Mann said:’It is bitterly disappointing that the RMT has announced this latest strike date. Network Rail members will strike from 2am on Wednesday, July 27, for 24 hours. ‘We have made progress on compulsory redundancies. ‘It is again the public who will be inconvenienced by our strike action need to understand that it is the government’s shackling and impeding of Network Rail and the Train operating Companies ability to negotiate freely with us, that means the rail network will be shut down for 24 hours. ‘The offer from Network Rail represents a real terms pay cut for our members and the offer is conditional on RMT members agreeing to drastic changes in their working lives taking us back in some cases to more unsocial and unreasonable working arrangements and for less pay for some,’ said Barry. Barry West, regional organiser for the RMT, said: ‘The need to strike is a last resort and the aim of the RMT is to find a resolution and to avoid our members having to take any form of industrial action.