Eight train operators are staging a strike on Saturday 30 July - here's what you need to know.
There are no services north of Edinburgh on this day, and trains to London from Edinburgh will be limited to between 7.30am and 4.30pm. There is only one train from Leeds departing at 7.15am from King’s Cross. Trains to Newcastle and York are also limited. There will be no service on any London Northwestern Railway Route due to the strike action. Refunds or ticket change will apply to affected customers on this service too. Great Western Railway Most parts of the GWR network will have no train service. Norwich and Colchester to London Liverpool Street, Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street, and Stansted Airport to London Liverpool St will run one train per hour. All Overground services will be down for 24 hours so there won’t be any trains on Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday.
Rail services will be severely disrupted tomorrow and into Sunday morning due to the latest strike - with members of the drivers' union Aslef walking out ...
The clock is ticking and the time to act is now!' The summer is the perfect time for Londoners and visitors to enjoy everything in the city and we hope the full return of the Night Tube will be a further boost to the capital's recovery.' And a Port of Dover official told the Daily Mail this morning: 'There is no wait to get through. We've had the peak for today and the rest of the day is steady.' He added: 'The key thing though is that the only way these disputes are ever resolved is if Grant Shapps and the Government stops pulling the strings and allows the rail companies to talk to the trade unions. Long-running strikes on the Night Tube by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) in a dispute over shifts were suspended last week. They are an essential part of our national infrastructure and need to be acknowledged as such. Heathrow's chief commercial officer Ross Baker said: 'We are expecting a busy summer period and we want all of Heathrow's passengers and colleagues to have access to good public transport at the times they need it. The full return of the Night Tube is at the heart of my vision to build a better and safer London for everyone. With no service expected on the entire London Overground network, I advise all customers to check before they travel and use alternative routes to complete their journeys.' Drivers will face the worst delays between 11am and 3pm today and tomorrow. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: 'I'm delighted that from this Friday there will be a complete Night Tube service running once again.
Train drivers who are members of the ASLEF union at seven rail companies – including Arriva Rail London, which runs the London Overground – will walk out on ...
- 10No service to be on London Overground due to strikes The London Overground will be brought to a complete halt tomorrow due to a driver strike, with no service expected anywhere on the network. No service to be on London Overground due to strikes
Train drivers on key London routes will walk out on Saturday, the latest in a series of rail strikes to hit commuters. Members of the Associated Society of ...
- LNER:LNERsaid it has an “extremely limited timetable and our trains are going to be very busy”, urging customers to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary. - Great Western Railway:GWRhas advised passengers to find alternative transport, as there will be an “extremely limited” service between 7am and 7pm. - Greater Anglia:Greater Angliasays that customers should avoid travelling: “Our service will be heavily reduced and disrupted. - Southeastern - LNER - Hull Trains
Members of train drivers' union Aslef are refusing to accept pay cuts as taxpayer-subsidised rail operators distribute profits among their shareholders. All ...
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Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s travel liveblog. “With inflation running at north of 10 per cent that means those drivers have had a real terms pay cut over the last three years. “It’s not unreasonable to ask your employer to make sure you’re not worse off for three years in a row. The Port of Dover says: “Tourist flows normal. “With inflation running at north of 10 per cent that means those drivers have had a real terms pay cut over the last three years. “It’s not unreasonable to ask your employer to make sure you’re not worse off for three years in a row. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. We want an increase in line with the cost of living – we want to be able to buy, in 2022, what we could buy in 2021. But because Network Rail signallers will not be striking, other train firms’ services should operate normally. Only seven drivers voted against action, with 637 in favour. Especially as the train companies are doing very nicely, thank you, out of Britain’s railways – with handsome profits, dividends for shareholders, and big salaries for managers – and train drivers don’t want to work longer for less.” We want an increase in line with the cost of living – we want to be able to buy, in 2022, what we could buy in 2021.
Railway operators affected by the strike include Arriva Rail London, Greater Anglia, Great Western, Hull Trains, LNER, Southeastern and West Midlands Trains.
"And these companies are offering us nothing, saying their hands have been tied by the government. That means, in real terms, with inflation running ahead at 9%, 10%, and even 11% this year, according to which index you use, that they are being told to take a real terms pay cut. The drivers at the companies where we are striking have had a real terms pay cut over the last three years – since April 2019. “I urge train drivers to get back to work and for unions and management to get back to the negotiating table.” Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, said: "We don’t want to go on strike – strikes are the result of a failure of negotiation – and this union, since I was elected GS in 2011, has only ever been on strike, until this year, for a handful of days. The strike has been called by the train drivers union ASLEF after rail bosses failed to increase pay during the increase in the cost of living.