Upcoming travel disruption
Mon 4 December
Amended timetable
post-strike
Tue 5 December*
Normal service
expected
Wed 6 December*
Normal service
expected
Thu 7 December*
Normal service
expected
Fri 8 December*
Normal service
expected
Sat 9 December
Amended timetable
& busy services
Sun 10 December
New December
timetable
*Other train companies are affected by strike action on these dates. More information can be found here under ‘Travel flexibly’. An overtime ban is also planned from 1 to 9 December, read more below.
ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, has announced strike action affecting 16 train companies between 2 and 8 December.
The strike affecting Avanti West Coast on Sunday 3 December has now concluded but services on 4 December are also affected, along with industrial action impacting other train companies throughout the week, so we recommend you check your entire journey before you travel.
If your journey is affected by strike action and you're no longer able to travel, you can claim a full, fee-free refund from your point of purchase. Alternatively, customers who booked tickets to travel on strike days (during or before the industrial action was announced on Thursday 16 November) can use these on alternative travel dates. Find out more below.
To minimise the number of people disrupted, we suspend ticket sales for our services on strike days as soon as they're announced. Online journey planners now accurately show the amended strike timetables for Friday 1 to Friday 8 December.
Customers should continue to check our website, and those of other operators, for updates. We’re disappointed with this industrial action, and we are sorry for the inconvenience it will cause.
ASLEF has also announced that their members will withdraw from working any overtime between 1 and 9 December.
Though we plan to run our normal timetable during this period (with changes instead relating to the full strike action on 3 December and the resulting impact on 2 and 4 December), we recommend you check before you travel. as the overtime ban’s impact will vary from route to route, and your entire journey across multiple train operators may be affected.
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