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Many train firms will not run any services on Wednesday or Friday as Britain’s train services will be decimated by strike action on two days this week.
Train driver members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Wednesday and Friday in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
Here is a breakdown of each operator’s plan for strike days:
– Avanti West Coast
No trains will operate.
– c2c
Services will be unaffected.
– Caledonian Sleeper
Services will be unaffected.
– Chiltern Railways
No trains will operate.
– CrossCountry
No trains will operate.
– East Midlands Railway
No trains will operate.
– Gatwick Express
No trains will operate.
– Grand Central
Services will be unaffected.
– Great Northern
No trains will operate.
– Great Western Railway
An extremely limited service will operate, and only between 7.30am and 7.30pm.
The only routes served by trains will be: Between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads; between Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff; between Reading and Basingstoke, Oxford and Redhill; between Swindon and Westbury; between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth and Paignton; between Plymouth and Gunnislake; and between Penzance and St Ives.
– Greater Anglia
A very limited service will operate with one train per hour in each direction between London Liverpool Street and each of Norwich, Colchester, Cambridge and Southend Victoria.
Services will start from 8am and finish earlier than usual.
No other routes will be served by trains.
– Heathrow Express
No trains will operate.
– Hull Trains
Services will be unaffected.
– London North Eastern Railway
An extremely limited timetable will operate.
It will run just five trains in each direction between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh, with a handful of other services.
– London Northwestern Railway
No trains will operate.
– Lumo
Services will be unaffected.
– Merseyrail
Services will be unaffected.
– Northern
No trains will operate.
– ScotRail
Services will be unaffected.
– South Western Railway
The operator intends to run a full service on the mainland but there will be no trains on the Isle of Wight.
– Southeastern
No trains will operate.
– Southern
No trains will operate.
– Stansted Express
One train per hour will run in each direction between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport.
– Thameslink
No trains will operate.
– TransPennine Express
No trains will operate.
– Transport for Wales
Services will be unaffected.
West Midlands Railway
No trains will operate.
