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During rail strikes and periods of industrial action, the rail industry does all it can to minimise the impact for our passengers and help you plan around it. This page is updated regularly with the latest travel information
On Wednesday 20 March 2024, strike action was announced by the ASLEF Union for the following train operators on the following days:
Friday 5 April - Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway.
Saturday 6 April - Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express.
Monday 8 April - c2c, Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Greater Anglia (including Stansted Express), South Western Railway (including Island Line), Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink. London Underground drivers who are members of ASLEF are also set to go on strike on this day.
In addition, the above train operators will have an overtime ban from Thursday 4 April to Saturday 6 April, and from Monday 8 April to Tuesday 9 April.
This page will be updated when more information becomes available. You can also see more information on the National Rail service disruption page.
On the days where full strike action is taking place this is likely to result in little or no services across large areas of the network operated by the affected train companies. Services are also likely to be disrupted and start later on the day immediately following a full strike day. Passengers are warned to expect significant disruption and advised to plan ahead and check before you travel.
Check before you travel:
Please check your journey again nearer the time for the amended strike day timetables. The National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner is currently showing the normal planned service for the strike days, until such time as each train company can amend their timetables in the main timetable database. Dates from when you can check your journey will be published here when we receive notification from each train company.
Please ensure that you check your entire journey to ensure that it can be completed. Where services are running on strike days, they are likely to start later and finish earlier, so please check in particular your first and last trains.
Trains that are running may be busier than usual. Remember to also check your train times if you are travelling the day immediately after a full strike day as these may also be impacted.
If you purchased your ticket before the strikes were announced on 20 March 2024 then you will be able to use your ticket on an alternative day. For further details, please visit the FAQ section below, under 'Can I get a refund or travel on a different day?'.
If you were affected by earlier industrial action, you can find the relevant dates and train companies below.
If you need assistance when travelling on National Rail services during strike days, staff will continue to provide help so that you can get to where you need to get to safely. Please be aware that normal staffing levels may vary across the network on the days affected by strikes.
We will do everything we can to help passengers on their journeys. If your chosen train is running, then assistance will be provided.
If your journey is affected by the strike action and you have Passenger Assistance booked, your train operator or train operators will contact you to discuss how you might want to change or re-arrange your journey. If you decide not to travel, please contact your train company using the information on the Passenger Assist page.
Turn up and go assistance will still be provided for services running – please check your journey for information before travelling.
You will be able to book assistance on services planned on the strike days where the timetable has been confirmed. Please contact the train company you are travelling with for more information.