Train drivers at nine rail companies will be going on strike this Saturday (13th Aug), ahead of a long weekend of more even worse disruptions to come. The strike, taking place on Saturday 13th August, has been called by Aslef in a dispute over wages.
All the train companies are advising people not to travel, even if they are able to run services as the few they can run will be very busy. Several train companies will be completely closed this Saturday — and all companies may have to make changes to their late Thursday or early Sunday timetables.
The rail companies that will be affected by the strike this coming Saturday are:
Avanti West Coast
To be confirmed, but advising people to avoid travelling
CrossCountry
There will be no CrossCountry services running.
Greater Anglia
To be confirmed, but most routes will be closed, and they’re advising people to avoid travelling
Great Western Railway (GWR)
Friday 12 August
Trains will run as planned but will be busy, and with some minor changes to late night services.
Saturday 13 August
An extremely limited service will operate
- Bristol Temple Meads-London Paddington
- Reading to Oxford
- Reading to Basingstoke
No other GWR services will run.
Heathrow Express
No Heathrow Express service — the London Underground and Elizabeth lines are running normally as an alternative.
Hull Trains
Just one service to & from London King’s Cross will run.
LNER
There will be just one return Leeds to London train all day.
They will be running one train every 2 hours between Edinburgh and London (in both directions).
They recomend only travelling if you have a seat reservation.
London Northwestern Railway
There will be no services running.
London Overground
No service expected on London Overground or Night Overground.
There will also be standard weekend closures on the Sunday affecting services between Sydenham and Crystal Palace, Hackney Downs and Chingford and between Euston and Watford Junction.
Southeastern
No trains at all.
Stansted Express
There will be some trains, but due to unrelated engineering works, the trip will be partially by bus and they are warning that the average duration will be over 2 hours — avoid.
West Midlands Railway
There will be no services running.
There will also be at least three days of disruptions next week, with srikes running from Thursday to Saturday.
- Thursday 18th August – national rail strike
- Friday 19th August – London Underground strike (and west London bus strike)
- Saturday 20th August – national rail strike
My partner and I are taking our 6 yo granddaughter for the day from accrington to Liverpool lime street return are they going to be affected by the rail strike
You should always direct enquiries like that to the train company you would be travelling with.
We’ve booked tickets on the Gatwick express for Saturday 13th. Is this likely to run as normal? We have two young children and cases to consider. Are there a set number of tickets sold or will they just cram people on?
You should always direct enquiries like that to the train company you would be travelling with.