Which rail companies are affected?
The train companies affected by the strikes include:
- Avanti West Coast
- C2C
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Chiltern Railways
- CrossCountry
- East Midlands Railway
- Gatwick Express
- Greater Anglia
- GWR
- GTR Great Northern Thameslink
- Heathrow Express
- Island Line
- LNER
- Northern Trains
- Southeastern
- Southern
- Gatwick Express
- South Western Railway main line
- Stanstead Express
- SWR depot drivers
- TransPennine Express
- West Midlands Trains.
Advice for traveling during train strikes
National Rail advises passengers to expect “significant disruption” on strike days. Services may also be affected and may start later the following day.
National Rail recommends that passengers:
- Use the Journey Planner to check for updates close to the time of each strike date.
- Refer to the Live Trains page for the most up-to-date information on arrivals and departures.
- Plan ahead and check your entire journey, especially if you’re traveling on the first and last trains on strike days.
Closure of train station ticket offices
According to the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), almost all railway station ticket offices will be closed, and staff will be reassigned to platform and concourse duties. Ticket office facilities will only remain open at the busiest stations.
Posters will be displayed at stations to inform passengers of potential closures. The final decision on which offices will be closed will be made by the government after a consultation. The closure process is expected to last for three years.
Reasons behind Aslef’s strike
Aslef members are going on strike to demand a pay raise.
The union has criticized the government for failing to meet its negotiating team, including general secretary Mick Whelan, assistant general secretary Simon Weller, and executive committee president Dave Calfe.
The last meeting between the union representatives and the employers, the Rail Delivery Group, took place in April as part of the Rail Industry Recovery Group’s post-pandemic framework.
Mr. Whelan stated, “Do you remember Where’s Wally? Well, what we want to know is Where’s Harper? We last saw the Secretary of State for Transport in December. We last saw Huw Merriman, the Rail Minister, in January. And we last saw the train companies in April. Since then, nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not a letter, not an email, not a text message, not a phone call, not a WhatsApp. Not a word!”
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