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Train strikes How will the latest wave of industrial action affect each train operator

Train strikes: How will the latest wave of industrial action affect each train operator?

A new round of strikes will cause additional disruption for passengers, according to Ben Chapman of ITV News.

Due to ongoing salary issues, train drivers and other workers are striking, causing further travel disruptions for rail customers.

Following strikes on Friday, members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at train operators will walk out on Saturday in connection with ongoing issues.

On May 31 and June 3, the days of the FA Cup final at Wembley, more strikes will take place.

Here is a summary of each operator’s strike day strategy:

West Coast Avanti

No trains on Friday.

With the exception of a few routes to and from Liverpool, which is hosting the Eurovision song contest, fewer trains than usual will run on Saturday and only between 7am and 7pm.

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Friday: Regular schedule.

Saturday: There won’t be any significant effects, although all services will go to/from London Fenchurch Street and won’t stop at Stratford or London Liverpool Street.

Scottish Sleeper

Friday: Regular schedule.

On Saturday nights, The Caledonian Sleeper does not run.

Railways Chiltern

No trains on Friday.

No trains will operate on Saturday north of Banbury.

Only during the hours of about 9am and 9pm will services between London Marylebone and Banbury, Oxford, and Aylesbury through Amersham be reduced to one train per hour in each direction.

CrossCountry

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, there will be no direct trains between Birmingham New Street and Aberdeen, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Nottingham, or Stansted Airport.

The services that do run will only be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Northeastern Railway

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, services are available from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Between London St Pancras and each of Nottingham, Sheffield and Corby as well as a few regional lines, such as between Derby and Matlock, they will be limited to just one train per hour in each direction.

line Elizabeth

Friday: Regular schedule.

On Saturday, there will be some service changes even though the Elizabeth line is not a party to the RMT’s labour dispute.

Between Maidenhead and Reading, there are no trains at all before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.

Express to Gatwick

No trains on Friday.

No trains will run on Saturday, however Southern and Thameslink will provide service to Gatwick.

Big Central

Friday: Regular schedule.

Saturday: There will be a few minor service changes, although Grand Central is not a party to the RMT’s labour dispute.

Superior Northern

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, only a limited service will be provided, and only from 7am to 7pm. There won’t be any trains running between King’s Lynn and Ely.

Western Great Railway

On Friday, just a restricted service will be provided from 7.30 am to 6.30 pm.

Reading and Didcot, Reading and Basingstoke, Reading and Redhill, Westbury and Swindon, Cardiff and Bristol, and Plymouth and Gunnislake will be the only lines that are available.

There will be no Night Riviera sleeper service.

On Saturday, just a limited service will be provided, from 7.30 am to 6.30 pm.

Compared to Friday, more routes will be available, including new ones between Penzance and Plymouth, Slough and Windsor, London Paddington and Didcot Parkway, and London Paddington and Cardiff.

larger Anglia

Friday: Only between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge, Norwich, Southend, and Stansted Airport will a limited service be provided.

On Saturday, trains will run from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m.

The majority of routes will have regular or almost normal service, while certain routes may have a decreased frequency.

Airport Express

No trains on Friday.

No trains on Saturday after 9 p.m.

U.K. Trains

Friday: Regular schedule.

Saturday: Regular schedule.

LNER, or London North Eastern Railway

On Friday and Saturday, only a restricted timetable between London King’s Cross and Leeds and Edinburgh will be in effect.

Northwestern Railway in London

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, only a limited service will be provided, and only from 7am to 7pm.

Only the routes connecting Birmingham New Street with London Euston, Birmingham International, and Liverpool Lime Street will be open.

British Overground

Friday: Regular schedule.

On Saturday, a few of London Overground’s services will be somewhat altered despite the fact that it is not a party to the RMT’s labour dispute.

Lumo

Saturday and Friday: Regular schedule.

Merseyrail

No strikes had an impact on Friday or Saturday. Due to Eurovision, additional services will be provided.

Northern

No trains on Friday.

Only a limited service will be provided on Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm.

There won’t be many routes operating, such as those between Darlington and Saltburn, Leeds and York, and Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester.

ScotRail

Saturday and Friday: Regular schedule.

Western South Railway

Friday: Isle of Wight trains are not running.

Between London Waterloo and Exeter, as well as in the Romsey region and on the suburban network, services will be cut back.

On Saturday, a limited service will be available exclusively from 7am to 7pm.

The only routes that will be available are those that go from London Waterloo to Windsor through Hounslow, Windsor via Richmond, Woking, and Basingstoke, between Basingstoke and Salisbury, and on the Isle of Wight.

Southeastern

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, just 58 of the 180 stations will be open, resulting in a lower level of service.

Services may begin later and end sooner than usual, and trains that do operate will likely be busier than usual.

Southern

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, there will be a limited service. Between Hemel Hempstead and Clapham Junction, London Bridge and Norwood Junction, Southampton Central and Barnham, and Eastbourne and Ashford International, no trains will operate.

St. Pancras Express

On Friday, the number of trains will be cut in half to one per hour in each direction.

On Saturday, trains will run at a frequency of one per hour in each direction, starting later and finishing sooner than usual.

Thameslink

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, only north and southbound trains will run between London St. Pancras and London Blackfriars.

Suburban Express

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, only a shortened schedule will be in effect between Liverpool Lime Street and Huddersfield, Preston, Sheffield, and Cleethorpes.

Wales’s Transport for

Friday: Regular schedule.

On Saturday, some of Transport for Wales’ services would not operate normally because of the ongoing labour dispute with the RMT.

There are several stations that will only be open from 7 am to 7 pm, including Birmingham International, Liverpool Lime Street, and Manchester Piccadilly.

Southwest Railway

No trains on Friday.

On Saturday, only a limited service will be provided, and only from 7am to 7pm.

The only routes that will be open are those between Kidderminster and Whitlocks End/Dorridge, between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town, and between Birmingham New Street and each of Wolverhampton, Rugeley Trent Valley, and Lichfield Trent Valley.

Source: hindustantimes

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