Rail strikes have caused travel chaos throughout the summer, with unions locked in long-running disputes with Network Rail over pay and working conditions. Union leaders have slammed Network Rail’s “insignificant” pay offers and are seeking increases in line with inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming departures.
When are the train strikes this week?
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organized strikes on Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August. These major departures are expected to involve 40,000 workers – around 20,000 from Network Rail, including signaling and track maintenance workers – and the rest from train operating companies. That means the scale of the disruption is likely to be similar to June’s debilitating outage, which involved 13 operators. Here are the participating companies:
Chiltern Railways Crosscountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains Southeast South Western Railway TransPennine Express Avanti West Coast West Midlands Trains GTR (including Gatwick Express) London Underground Hull Trains London North Western Railway
How will services be affected?
The strikes are expected to cause disruption across the country. Network Rail has published a timetable for the days of the strike and you can check your journey with their planner here. If you have a ticket for travel on a strike day, you can use it either the day before the ticket or the two days after. If your service is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Here’s what each operator had to say about the strikes: Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to only travel where absolutely necessary. It runs a significantly reduced schedule, with trains starting around 8am and ending at 5pm. Find full information here. Crosscountry CrossCountry operates a reduced service. Find full information here. Greater Anglia Greater Anglia said to avoid using its services on strike days. “Our services will be severely reduced and disrupted. It is likely that most routes will not have train or bus replacements,” it said. She adds that her train is likely to be disrupted in the morning after the strike days. Find full information here. LNER The LNER runs reduced services with trains starting later and finishing earlier. Find full information here. East Midlands Railway East Midlands says it will “operate a significantly reduced service” on strike days. “If you decide to travel, plan ahead and allow extra time for disruption and short-notice changes,” she says. Services between Nottingham and Sheffield and services between Leicester and Nottingham will not run at all, while many other services will only have one train per hour. Find full information here. c2c c2c asks customers to only travel where necessary on Thursday and Saturday. also expects severe disruption on Friday and Sunday. Less than a third of its scheduled services will operate on strike days. Find full information here. Great Western Railway GWR says: “On strike days an extremely limited service will run between 7am. and 6:30 p.m., and the last trains will depart much earlier. Due to the timing of the strike action, services after strike days will also be affected. “Where trains can run, they will be extremely busy. “Passengers are advised to find alternative modes of travel these days. Travel only if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.” Find full information here. Northern Trains Northern Trains is advising people not to travel on strike days and that services will be significantly reduced. Find full information here. Southeast South Eastern says: “There will be limited service on the rail network and some services will be closed. Please only travel by train if absolutely necessary. If you are traveling to expect severe disruption, plan ahead and check your entire trip.” Severe disruption is also expected in the morning after the strike days. Only 44 of the 180 stations it serves will be open on Thursday and 43 on Saturday. There will be no rail replacement buses. Find full information here. South Western Railway A severely reduced South Western service will run between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days. Large parts of its network will have no service at all. Find full information here. TransPennine Express TransPennine said: “Customers are asked to only take rail journeys if absolutely necessary during the planned RMT strike on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August. “The industrial action is set to cause significant disruption to rail services across the country and TPE will only operate a small proportion of its normal route. Disruption is also expected in the days following the strike (Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August) and customers are advised to plan travel carefully on these days as services will start later and finish earlier than usual. Find full information here. Avanti West Coast Avanti said: “On August 18 and 20, customers should expect our existing timetable to be significantly reduced and the services that are running are expected to be very busy. “We strongly advise you to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on August 18 or 20. If your travel is essential, please plan ahead as your entire trip is likely to be severely disrupted. The days after the industrial action will also be affected.” Find full information here. West Midlands Trains West Midlands says it will run on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes. The last trains will tend to leave between 4-6pm. Find full information here. GTR (including Gatwick Express) GTR says: “The railway will operate limited hours with services starting later than normal and finishing in the late afternoon. Please check your first and last train carefully as there will be no alternative journey outside these services.” Find full information here. London Underground London Overground will operate a reduced service between 8am and 6 p.m. There will be no trains before or after. The Elizabeth line will also run a reduced service on strike days and services will also be severely disrupted in the following days. Find full information here. Hull Trains Hull Trains will run reduced services between Doncaster and London on strike days. A near normal route will run with some changes on Friday and there will be a reduced route on Sunday. Find full information here. London North Western Railway London Northwestern said: “London Northwestern Railway services will operate on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes (similar to the recent timetable on 27 July). Other routes will not be served. As there will be a very limited service during this period, we advise that you only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on these dates.” Services will only run on the following routes:
Birmingham – Northampton – London Houston Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
Find full information here.
More about Strikes
Why do workers strike?
Union leaders rejected Network Rail’s “insignificant” offer of a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernisation milestones”. Instead, they asked for an increase in line with inflation, which stands at nearly 10%. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said workers were “more determined than ever” to secure their demands. He claimed Network Rail had “made no improvement” on their previous pay offer and had “upped the ante” by threatening workers with compulsory redundancies. “Network Rail is still seeking to make our members poorer when we have earned in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators,” he added. “The train operators remain stubborn and refuse to make any new offer regarding job security and pay. “Strike action is the only way we have to get both the rail industry and the government to understand that this dispute will continue for as long as necessary until we reach a negotiated settlement.” Network Rail’s chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, said the RMT had “walked away from ongoing and constructive talks” and had made it “very clear that their political campaigning takes precedence over representing their members’ interests”.
title: “Is There A Train Strike Today How Rail Strikes On Thursday 18 August Will Affect Services Across The Uk Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Traci Smith”
Rail strikes have caused travel chaos throughout the summer, with unions locked in long-running disputes with Network Rail over pay and working conditions. Union leaders have slammed Network Rail’s “insignificant” pay offers and are seeking increases in line with inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming departures.
When are the train strikes this week?
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organized strikes on Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August. These major departures are expected to involve 40,000 workers – around 20,000 from Network Rail, including signaling and track maintenance workers – and the rest from train operating companies. That means the scale of the disruption is likely to be similar to June’s debilitating outage, which involved 13 operators. Here are the participating companies:
Chiltern Railways Crosscountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains Southeast South Western Railway TransPennine Express Avanti West Coast West Midlands Trains GTR (including Gatwick Express) London Underground Hull Trains London North Western Railway
How will services be affected?
The strikes are expected to cause disruption across the country. Network Rail has published a timetable for the days of the strike and you can check your journey with their planner here. If you have a ticket for travel on a strike day, you can use it either the day before the ticket or the two days after. If your service is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Here’s what each operator had to say about the strikes: Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to only travel where absolutely necessary. It runs a significantly reduced schedule, with trains starting around 8am and ending at 5pm. Find full information here. Crosscountry CrossCountry operates a reduced service. Find full information here. Greater Anglia Greater Anglia said to avoid using its services on strike days. “Our services will be severely reduced and disrupted. It is likely that most routes will not have train or bus replacements,” it said. She adds that her train is likely to be disrupted in the morning after the strike days. Find full information here. LNER The LNER runs reduced services with trains starting later and finishing earlier. Find full information here. East Midlands Railway East Midlands says it will “operate a significantly reduced service” on strike days. “If you decide to travel, plan ahead and allow extra time for disruption and short-notice changes,” she says. Services between Nottingham and Sheffield and services between Leicester and Nottingham will not run at all, while many other services will only have one train per hour. Find full information here. c2c c2c asks customers to only travel where necessary on Thursday and Saturday. also expects severe disruption on Friday and Sunday. Less than a third of its scheduled services will operate on strike days. Find full information here. Great Western Railway GWR says: “On strike days an extremely limited service will run between 7am. and 6:30 p.m., and the last trains will depart much earlier. Due to the timing of the strike action, services after strike days will also be affected. “Where trains can run, they will be extremely busy. “Passengers are advised to find alternative modes of travel these days. Travel only if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.” Find full information here. Northern Trains Northern Trains is advising people not to travel on strike days and that services will be significantly reduced. Find full information here. Southeast South Eastern says: “There will be limited service on the rail network and some services will be closed. Please only travel by train if absolutely necessary. If you are traveling to expect severe disruption, plan ahead and check your entire trip.” Severe disruption is also expected in the morning after the strike days. Only 44 of the 180 stations it serves will be open on Thursday and 43 on Saturday. There will be no rail replacement buses. Find full information here. South Western Railway A severely reduced South Western service will run between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days. Large parts of its network will have no service at all. Find full information here. TransPennine Express TransPennine said: “Customers are asked to only take rail journeys if absolutely necessary during the planned RMT strike on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August. “The industrial action is set to cause significant disruption to rail services across the country and TPE will only operate a small proportion of its normal route. Disruption is also expected in the days following the strike (Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August) and customers are advised to plan travel carefully on these days as services will start later and finish earlier than usual. Find full information here. Avanti West Coast Avanti said: “On August 18 and 20, customers should expect our existing timetable to be significantly reduced and the services that are running are expected to be very busy. “We strongly advise you to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on August 18 or 20. If your travel is essential, please plan ahead as your entire trip is likely to be severely disrupted. The days after the industrial action will also be affected.” Find full information here. West Midlands Trains West Midlands says it will run on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes. The last trains will tend to leave between 4-6pm. Find full information here. GTR (including Gatwick Express) GTR says: “The railway will operate limited hours with services starting later than normal and finishing in the late afternoon. Please check your first and last train carefully as there will be no alternative journey outside these services.” Find full information here. London Underground London Overground will operate a reduced service between 8am and 6 p.m. There will be no trains before or after. The Elizabeth line will also run a reduced service on strike days and services will also be severely disrupted in the following days. Find full information here. Hull Trains Hull Trains will run reduced services between Doncaster and London on strike days. A near normal route will run with some changes on Friday and there will be a reduced route on Sunday. Find full information here. London North Western Railway London Northwestern said: “London Northwestern Railway services will operate on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes (similar to the recent timetable on 27 July). Other routes will not be served. As there will be a very limited service during this period, we advise that you only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on these dates.” Services will only run on the following routes:
Birmingham – Northampton – London Houston Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
Find full information here.
More about Strikes
Why do workers strike?
Union leaders rejected Network Rail’s “insignificant” offer of a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernisation milestones”. Instead, they asked for an increase in line with inflation, which stands at nearly 10%. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said workers were “more determined than ever” to secure their demands. He claimed Network Rail had “made no improvement” on their previous pay offer and had “upped the ante” by threatening workers with compulsory redundancies. “Network Rail is still seeking to make our members poorer when we have earned in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators,” he added. “The train operators remain stubborn and refuse to make any new offer regarding job security and pay. “Strike action is the only way we have to get both the rail industry and the government to understand that this dispute will continue for as long as necessary until we reach a negotiated settlement.” Network Rail’s chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, said the RMT had “walked away from ongoing and constructive talks” and had made it “very clear that their political campaigning takes precedence over representing their members’ interests”.
title: “Is There A Train Strike Today How Rail Strikes On Thursday 18 August Will Affect Services Across The Uk Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Christine Applegate”
Rail strikes have caused travel chaos throughout the summer, with unions locked in long-running disputes with Network Rail over pay and working conditions. Union leaders have slammed Network Rail’s “insignificant” pay offers and are seeking increases in line with inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming departures.
When are the train strikes this week?
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organized strikes on Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August. These major departures are expected to involve 40,000 workers – around 20,000 from Network Rail, including signaling and track maintenance workers – and the rest from train operating companies. That means the scale of the disruption is likely to be similar to June’s debilitating outage, which involved 13 operators. Here are the participating companies:
Chiltern Railways Crosscountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains Southeast South Western Railway TransPennine Express Avanti West Coast West Midlands Trains GTR (including Gatwick Express) London Underground Hull Trains London North Western Railway
How will services be affected?
The strikes are expected to cause disruption across the country. Network Rail has published a timetable for the days of the strike and you can check your journey with their planner here. If you have a ticket for travel on a strike day, you can use it either the day before the ticket or the two days after. If your service is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Here’s what each operator had to say about the strikes: Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to only travel where absolutely necessary. It runs a significantly reduced schedule, with trains starting around 8am and ending at 5pm. Find full information here. Crosscountry CrossCountry operates a reduced service. Find full information here. Greater Anglia Greater Anglia said to avoid using its services on strike days. “Our services will be severely reduced and disrupted. It is likely that most routes will not have train or bus replacements,” it said. She adds that her train is likely to be disrupted in the morning after the strike days. Find full information here. LNER The LNER runs reduced services with trains starting later and finishing earlier. Find full information here. East Midlands Railway East Midlands says it will “operate a significantly reduced service” on strike days. “If you decide to travel, plan ahead and allow extra time for disruption and short-notice changes,” she says. Services between Nottingham and Sheffield and services between Leicester and Nottingham will not run at all, while many other services will only have one train per hour. Find full information here. c2c c2c asks customers to only travel where necessary on Thursday and Saturday. also expects severe disruption on Friday and Sunday. Less than a third of its scheduled services will operate on strike days. Find full information here. Great Western Railway GWR says: “On strike days an extremely limited service will run between 7am. and 6:30 p.m., and the last trains will depart much earlier. Due to the timing of the strike action, services after strike days will also be affected. “Where trains can run, they will be extremely busy. “Passengers are advised to find alternative modes of travel these days. Travel only if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.” Find full information here. Northern Trains Northern Trains is advising people not to travel on strike days and that services will be significantly reduced. Find full information here. Southeast South Eastern says: “There will be limited service on the rail network and some services will be closed. Please only travel by train if absolutely necessary. If you are traveling to expect severe disruption, plan ahead and check your entire trip.” Severe disruption is also expected in the morning after the strike days. Only 44 of the 180 stations it serves will be open on Thursday and 43 on Saturday. There will be no rail replacement buses. Find full information here. South Western Railway A severely reduced South Western service will run between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days. Large parts of its network will have no service at all. Find full information here. TransPennine Express TransPennine said: “Customers are asked to only take rail journeys if absolutely necessary during the planned RMT strike on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August. “The industrial action is set to cause significant disruption to rail services across the country and TPE will only operate a small proportion of its normal route. Disruption is also expected in the days following the strike (Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August) and customers are advised to plan travel carefully on these days as services will start later and finish earlier than usual. Find full information here. Avanti West Coast Avanti said: “On August 18 and 20, customers should expect our existing timetable to be significantly reduced and the services that are running are expected to be very busy. “We strongly advise you to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on August 18 or 20. If your travel is essential, please plan ahead as your entire trip is likely to be severely disrupted. The days after the industrial action will also be affected.” Find full information here. West Midlands Trains West Midlands says it will run on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes. The last trains will tend to leave between 4-6pm. Find full information here. GTR (including Gatwick Express) GTR says: “The railway will operate limited hours with services starting later than normal and finishing in the late afternoon. Please check your first and last train carefully as there will be no alternative journey outside these services.” Find full information here. London Underground London Overground will operate a reduced service between 8am and 6 p.m. There will be no trains before or after. The Elizabeth line will also run a reduced service on strike days and services will also be severely disrupted in the following days. Find full information here. Hull Trains Hull Trains will run reduced services between Doncaster and London on strike days. A near normal route will run with some changes on Friday and there will be a reduced route on Sunday. Find full information here. London North Western Railway London Northwestern said: “London Northwestern Railway services will operate on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes (similar to the recent timetable on 27 July). Other routes will not be served. As there will be a very limited service during this period, we advise that you only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on these dates.” Services will only run on the following routes:
Birmingham – Northampton – London Houston Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
Find full information here.
More about Strikes
Why do workers strike?
Union leaders rejected Network Rail’s “insignificant” offer of a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernisation milestones”. Instead, they asked for an increase in line with inflation, which stands at nearly 10%. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said workers were “more determined than ever” to secure their demands. He claimed Network Rail had “made no improvement” on their previous pay offer and had “upped the ante” by threatening workers with compulsory redundancies. “Network Rail is still seeking to make our members poorer when we have earned in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators,” he added. “The train operators remain stubborn and refuse to make any new offer regarding job security and pay. “Strike action is the only way we have to get both the rail industry and the government to understand that this dispute will continue for as long as necessary until we reach a negotiated settlement.” Network Rail’s chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, said the RMT had “walked away from ongoing and constructive talks” and had made it “very clear that their political campaigning takes precedence over representing their members’ interests”.
title: “Is There A Train Strike Today How Rail Strikes On Thursday 18 August Will Affect Services Across The Uk Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Tammara Vazquez”
Rail strikes have caused travel chaos throughout the summer, with unions locked in long-running disputes with Network Rail over pay and working conditions. Union leaders have slammed Network Rail’s “insignificant” pay offers and are seeking increases in line with inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming departures.
When are the train strikes this week?
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organized strikes on Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August. These major departures are expected to involve 40,000 workers – around 20,000 from Network Rail, including signaling and track maintenance workers – and the rest from train operating companies. That means the scale of the disruption is likely to be similar to June’s debilitating outage, which involved 13 operators. Here are the participating companies:
Chiltern Railways Crosscountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains Southeast South Western Railway TransPennine Express Avanti West Coast West Midlands Trains GTR (including Gatwick Express) London Underground Hull Trains London North Western Railway
How will services be affected?
The strikes are expected to cause disruption across the country. Network Rail has published a timetable for the days of the strike and you can check your journey with their planner here. If you have a ticket for travel on a strike day, you can use it either the day before the ticket or the two days after. If your service is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Here’s what each operator had to say about the strikes: Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to only travel where absolutely necessary. It runs a significantly reduced schedule, with trains starting around 8am and ending at 5pm. Find full information here. Crosscountry CrossCountry operates a reduced service. Find full information here. Greater Anglia Greater Anglia said to avoid using its services on strike days. “Our services will be severely reduced and disrupted. It is likely that most routes will not have train or bus replacements,” it said. She adds that her train is likely to be disrupted in the morning after the strike days. Find full information here. LNER The LNER runs reduced services with trains starting later and finishing earlier. Find full information here. East Midlands Railway East Midlands says it will “operate a significantly reduced service” on strike days. “If you decide to travel, plan ahead and allow extra time for disruption and short-notice changes,” she says. Services between Nottingham and Sheffield and services between Leicester and Nottingham will not run at all, while many other services will only have one train per hour. Find full information here. c2c c2c asks customers to only travel where necessary on Thursday and Saturday. also expects severe disruption on Friday and Sunday. Less than a third of its scheduled services will operate on strike days. Find full information here. Great Western Railway GWR says: “On strike days an extremely limited service will run between 7am. and 6:30 p.m., and the last trains will depart much earlier. Due to the timing of the strike action, services after strike days will also be affected. “Where trains can run, they will be extremely busy. “Passengers are advised to find alternative modes of travel these days. Travel only if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.” Find full information here. Northern Trains Northern Trains is advising people not to travel on strike days and that services will be significantly reduced. Find full information here. Southeast South Eastern says: “There will be limited service on the rail network and some services will be closed. Please only travel by train if absolutely necessary. If you are traveling to expect severe disruption, plan ahead and check your entire trip.” Severe disruption is also expected in the morning after the strike days. Only 44 of the 180 stations it serves will be open on Thursday and 43 on Saturday. There will be no rail replacement buses. Find full information here. South Western Railway A severely reduced South Western service will run between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days. Large parts of its network will have no service at all. Find full information here. TransPennine Express TransPennine said: “Customers are asked to only take rail journeys if absolutely necessary during the planned RMT strike on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August. “The industrial action is set to cause significant disruption to rail services across the country and TPE will only operate a small proportion of its normal route. Disruption is also expected in the days following the strike (Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August) and customers are advised to plan travel carefully on these days as services will start later and finish earlier than usual. Find full information here. Avanti West Coast Avanti said: “On August 18 and 20, customers should expect our existing timetable to be significantly reduced and the services that are running are expected to be very busy. “We strongly advise you to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on August 18 or 20. If your travel is essential, please plan ahead as your entire trip is likely to be severely disrupted. The days after the industrial action will also be affected.” Find full information here. West Midlands Trains West Midlands says it will run on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes. The last trains will tend to leave between 4-6pm. Find full information here. GTR (including Gatwick Express) GTR says: “The railway will operate limited hours with services starting later than normal and finishing in the late afternoon. Please check your first and last train carefully as there will be no alternative journey outside these services.” Find full information here. London Underground London Overground will operate a reduced service between 8am and 6 p.m. There will be no trains before or after. The Elizabeth line will also run a reduced service on strike days and services will also be severely disrupted in the following days. Find full information here. Hull Trains Hull Trains will run reduced services between Doncaster and London on strike days. A near normal route will run with some changes on Friday and there will be a reduced route on Sunday. Find full information here. London North Western Railway London Northwestern said: “London Northwestern Railway services will operate on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes (similar to the recent timetable on 27 July). Other routes will not be served. As there will be a very limited service during this period, we advise that you only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on these dates.” Services will only run on the following routes:
Birmingham – Northampton – London Houston Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
Find full information here.
More about Strikes
Why do workers strike?
Union leaders rejected Network Rail’s “insignificant” offer of a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernisation milestones”. Instead, they asked for an increase in line with inflation, which stands at nearly 10%. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said workers were “more determined than ever” to secure their demands. He claimed Network Rail had “made no improvement” on their previous pay offer and had “upped the ante” by threatening workers with compulsory redundancies. “Network Rail is still seeking to make our members poorer when we have earned in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators,” he added. “The train operators remain stubborn and refuse to make any new offer regarding job security and pay. “Strike action is the only way we have to get both the rail industry and the government to understand that this dispute will continue for as long as necessary until we reach a negotiated settlement.” Network Rail’s chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, said the RMT had “walked away from ongoing and constructive talks” and had made it “very clear that their political campaigning takes precedence over representing their members’ interests”.
title: “Is There A Train Strike Today How Rail Strikes On Thursday 18 August Will Affect Services Across The Uk Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Catherine Brown”
Rail strikes have caused travel chaos throughout the summer, with unions locked in long-running disputes with Network Rail over pay and working conditions. Union leaders have slammed Network Rail’s “insignificant” pay offers and are seeking increases in line with inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming departures.
When are the train strikes this week?
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organized strikes on Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August. These major departures are expected to involve 40,000 workers – around 20,000 from Network Rail, including signaling and track maintenance workers – and the rest from train operating companies. That means the scale of the disruption is likely to be similar to June’s debilitating outage, which involved 13 operators. Here are the participating companies:
Chiltern Railways Crosscountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains Southeast South Western Railway TransPennine Express Avanti West Coast West Midlands Trains GTR (including Gatwick Express) London Underground Hull Trains London North Western Railway
How will services be affected?
The strikes are expected to cause disruption across the country. Network Rail has published a timetable for the days of the strike and you can check your journey with their planner here. If you have a ticket for travel on a strike day, you can use it either the day before the ticket or the two days after. If your service is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Here’s what each operator had to say about the strikes: Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to only travel where absolutely necessary. It runs a significantly reduced schedule, with trains starting around 8am and ending at 5pm. Find full information here. Crosscountry CrossCountry operates a reduced service. Find full information here. Greater Anglia Greater Anglia said to avoid using its services on strike days. “Our services will be severely reduced and disrupted. It is likely that most routes will not have train or bus replacements,” it said. She adds that her train is likely to be disrupted in the morning after the strike days. Find full information here. LNER The LNER runs reduced services with trains starting later and finishing earlier. Find full information here. East Midlands Railway East Midlands says it will “operate a significantly reduced service” on strike days. “If you decide to travel, plan ahead and allow extra time for disruption and short-notice changes,” she says. Services between Nottingham and Sheffield and services between Leicester and Nottingham will not run at all, while many other services will only have one train per hour. Find full information here. c2c c2c asks customers to only travel where necessary on Thursday and Saturday. also expects severe disruption on Friday and Sunday. Less than a third of its scheduled services will operate on strike days. Find full information here. Great Western Railway GWR says: “On strike days an extremely limited service will run between 7am. and 6:30 p.m., and the last trains will depart much earlier. Due to the timing of the strike action, services after strike days will also be affected. “Where trains can run, they will be extremely busy. “Passengers are advised to find alternative modes of travel these days. Travel only if absolutely necessary. The majority of train services will not operate and there will be no services on many routes.” Find full information here. Northern Trains Northern Trains is advising people not to travel on strike days and that services will be significantly reduced. Find full information here. Southeast South Eastern says: “There will be limited service on the rail network and some services will be closed. Please only travel by train if absolutely necessary. If you are traveling to expect severe disruption, plan ahead and check your entire trip.” Severe disruption is also expected in the morning after the strike days. Only 44 of the 180 stations it serves will be open on Thursday and 43 on Saturday. There will be no rail replacement buses. Find full information here. South Western Railway A severely reduced South Western service will run between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days. Large parts of its network will have no service at all. Find full information here. TransPennine Express TransPennine said: “Customers are asked to only take rail journeys if absolutely necessary during the planned RMT strike on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August. “The industrial action is set to cause significant disruption to rail services across the country and TPE will only operate a small proportion of its normal route. Disruption is also expected in the days following the strike (Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August) and customers are advised to plan travel carefully on these days as services will start later and finish earlier than usual. Find full information here. Avanti West Coast Avanti said: “On August 18 and 20, customers should expect our existing timetable to be significantly reduced and the services that are running are expected to be very busy. “We strongly advise you to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on August 18 or 20. If your travel is essential, please plan ahead as your entire trip is likely to be severely disrupted. The days after the industrial action will also be affected.” Find full information here. West Midlands Trains West Midlands says it will run on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes. The last trains will tend to leave between 4-6pm. Find full information here. GTR (including Gatwick Express) GTR says: “The railway will operate limited hours with services starting later than normal and finishing in the late afternoon. Please check your first and last train carefully as there will be no alternative journey outside these services.” Find full information here. London Underground London Overground will operate a reduced service between 8am and 6 p.m. There will be no trains before or after. The Elizabeth line will also run a reduced service on strike days and services will also be severely disrupted in the following days. Find full information here. Hull Trains Hull Trains will run reduced services between Doncaster and London on strike days. A near normal route will run with some changes on Friday and there will be a reduced route on Sunday. Find full information here. London North Western Railway London Northwestern said: “London Northwestern Railway services will operate on a limited timetable on a limited number of routes (similar to the recent timetable on 27 July). Other routes will not be served. As there will be a very limited service during this period, we advise that you only travel by rail if absolutely necessary on these dates.” Services will only run on the following routes:
Birmingham – Northampton – London Houston Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
Find full information here.
More about Strikes
Why do workers strike?
Union leaders rejected Network Rail’s “insignificant” offer of a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernisation milestones”. Instead, they asked for an increase in line with inflation, which stands at nearly 10%. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said workers were “more determined than ever” to secure their demands. He claimed Network Rail had “made no improvement” on their previous pay offer and had “upped the ante” by threatening workers with compulsory redundancies. “Network Rail is still seeking to make our members poorer when we have earned in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators,” he added. “The train operators remain stubborn and refuse to make any new offer regarding job security and pay. “Strike action is the only way we have to get both the rail industry and the government to understand that this dispute will continue for as long as necessary until we reach a negotiated settlement.” Network Rail’s chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, said the RMT had “walked away from ongoing and constructive talks” and had made it “very clear that their political campaigning takes precedence over representing their members’ interests”.
