Trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will not run on Tuesday and stations will be closed because of a fresh strike by drivers in a long-running pay dispute.
This is how operators will be affected:
– No Southern services apart from a limited shuttle non-stop between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
📢 May Industrial action
Today, 6: Bank Holiday Monday timetable
Tomorrow, 7: NO TRAINS, on the vast majority of the network
8 (late start up) – 10: Amended timetable, fewer services
11: Usual Saturday timetable (except for some engineering works)
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— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) May 6, 2024
– No Thameslink trains apart from a limited shuttle calling at Luton, Luton Airport Parkway and London St Pancras and another limited service between London Kings Cross and Cambridge.
– No Gatwick Express or Great Northern trains will run.
– South Western Railway (SWR) advised passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary. An extremely limited service will run on a limited number of lines. SWR said large parts of its network will be closed and trains will only run between:
Basingstoke and Salisbury
London Waterloo and Basingstoke
London Waterloo and Feltham via Twickenham
London Waterloo and Guildford via Woking
London Waterloo and Woking
⚠️ Industrial action by the ASLEF union will mean a reduced service between Monday 6 and Saturday 11 May
⚠️ On Tuesday 7 May full strike action will mean a significantly reduced service on a limited number of lines
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— SWR Help (@SW_Help) April 30, 2024
– There will be no service on the Island Line.
– Southeastern said most of its stations and routes will be closed with only an extremely limited service where trains do run.
– No c2c trains will run.
📢 Industrial action – Tuesday 7 May
Due to industrial action by members of the ASLEF union, Greater Anglia services will be affected by strike action on Tuesday 7 May.
Further information will be made available in due course ⬇️
— Greater Anglia (@greateranglia) April 22, 2024
– Greater Anglia said it will be running reduced train service on a small number of routes into London for fewer hours of the day in the following areas:
Norwich/Colchester and London Liverpool Street
Southend Victoria and London Liverpool Street
Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street
Cambridge and London Liverpool Street.