“Travel only if your trip is necessary,” warns London Transport Transporter Andy Lord London is preparing for mass unrest this week as the metro strike and three days of rail strike coincide with a move aimed at crippling travel networks. Transport for London (TfL) has warned against travel tomorrow as subway workers go on strike on Tuesday 21 June to coincide with the first day of a series of rail strikes that have spread throughout the week. A “serious” disruption is expected throughout Tuesday, when many stations and lines will close, says TfL. Transport bosses warn subway passengers that the few running routes are expected to be full of passengers – and buses are expected to be flooded with long queues. Drivers are warned to expect an increase in traffic as train passengers switch to road transport during railway strikes this week. Members of the Railway, Shipping and Transport Association (RMT) for the Railway Network and 13 train operators are on strike this week on June 21, 23 and 25, causing huge disruption to services. Members of RMT and Unite are on strike in the London Underground on Tuesday in a separate dispute. Rail strikes have been described as the biggest outbreak of industrial activity in the industry in a generation – with half of Britain’s railway lines closed during the strikes on 21, 23 and 25 June. TfL advises passengers who must travel during Tuesday’s strike on any of the current routes to complete their metro or train journey by 6pm. Which lines are affected by the subway strike on Tuesday? On Tuesday, June 21, the national railways and most of the TfL and national rail services will be severely disrupted or shut down.
This includes all Tube lines: Circle Line, Jubilee Line, District Line, Hammersmith and City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Central Line, Victoria Line, Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line, and Waterloo & City Line.
Due to the scale of the strikes, the following will also be disrupted:
London Overground Elizabeth’s line London Tram
The new Elizabeth trains line. Is the Elizabeth line running during Tube Strike? While the Elizabeth line, which operates on the TfL Rail as part of the Crossrail program, will continue to operate, TfL warns that its services will continue to be affected every day of the strike due to delays across the network. For passengers using the Elizabeth Line on the day of the subway strike on Tuesday, June 21, TfL issued the following as to which sections will be affected and when.
The east section of the Elizabeth Line (London Liverpool Street-Shenfield) will operate with reduced services and shorter opening hours. Passengers are advised to complete their journey by 16:00. The central section (Paddington-Abbey Wood) will operate on a reduced route and travel must be completed by 18:00. The western part (Paddington-Heathrow and Reading) will operate with a reduced route and shorter opening hours and the journeys should be completed by 16:00.
On the days of the national railway strike, on Thursday 23rd and Saturday 25th June, the central section of the Elizabeth line will be fully open and operational. However, TfL says the east and west will have reduced service and operating hours – with late start and early shifts – and the voyages should ideally be completed by 4 p.m. these two days. Also on Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25, there will also be no service from Queen’s Park to Harrow & Wealdstone on the Bakerloo Line and the District Richmond and Wimbledon branches will only be open between 07:30 and 18:30 . Will the DLR and the Overground be affected by the Tube and Railway strikes?
The DLR will not be part of the strikes, but will be affected and reduced services will operate. London Underground services run between 7.30pm and 6.30pm. every day of strike and between 7: 30-6 p.m. on Thursday 23 June and Saturday 25 June. Thameslink will also be open, but will run on a reduced schedule.
TfL warns of pressures on running services caused by the closure of other routes. A DLR train crosses London. Credit: John Stillwell / PA Wire Will there be airport trains?
The Heathrow Express, which runs regularly to Paddington Station, will operate on a reduced schedule. The Gatwick Express will not run during rail strikes.
The TfL has also informed that the buses will be extremely busy with boarding queues. What dates will the railway strikes affect London? Transport bosses warn that the three-day rail strike will have a negative effect throughout the week. As part of the nationwide railway strikes, about 50,000 railway workers will leave on Tuesday, June 21 as part of their three-day strike, following strikes on Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25. The unions warn that the departures will affect the national railway network for the whole week. Disruption is therefore expected on Wednesday 22 June and Friday 24 June, when no strikes are planned, as the trains will not be in the right places due to the measures taken in the previous days. Transport authorities warn that less than one in five trains are likely to run on strike days, only between 7am. and 7 p.m., and probably only on the main lines. Will subway or rail travel be affected on Wednesday? TfL warns of a negative result the day after the metro strike.
No subway service will be performed before 8 p.m. Passengers are warned to avoid any subway journeys until mid-morning, as the interruption is likely to continue. Reduced service on the London Overground and Elizabeth line is expected until midnight.
Which lines are affected by the national railway strike? British train operators have released detailed information on any services they intend to carry out during this week’s rail strike. Railway workers leave on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but there will also be interruptions on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, which could affect travel to and from London and subsequent destinations. The following is an analysis of each railway operator’s plan for the strike days: West Coast Avanti A limited service, about a quarter of the regular route, will only operate between 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. Some routes will not be served, such as to North Wales, Stoke and Edinburgh. The company has suspended ticket sales for trips between Tuesday and Sunday to “help reduce the hassle and overcrowding”. Hundreds of trains are canceled during the strike C2c It will operate less than a third of regular services, only between 7.30am. and 6.30 p.m. This will include two trains per hour from London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Laindon and the same frequency from London Fenchurch Street to Pitsea via Rainham. No trains will run through Ockendon or Chafford Hundred. Caledonian Sleeper All departures are canceled between Monday and Friday. Chiltern Railways No trains will run north of Banbury or to Oxford between Tuesday and Saturday. Services will be suspended on “most routes” on strike days due to “extremely limited staff availability”. Piccadilly Line Underground trains parked in a warehouse near Boston Manor Underground Station Crosscountry Schedules are finalized, but there will be “significantly reduced service” on strike days. East Midlands Railroad Services will be reduced between Tuesday and Sunday. Only one train per hour will run in each direction on most routes. Gatwick Express No service on strike days. Sunday will be open in the days after the strikes, with delayed starts and early terminations. Grand Central On the days of the strike, a “limited service” will operate. Great North Very few trains on strike days, with no routes east of Ely to King’s Lynn. Modified Sunday service will be valid in the days after the strikes. Great Western Railway (GWR) Services will be “severely affected” between Tuesday and Saturday. Schedules for those days have not yet been published. Greater Anglia train. Credit: ITV News Anglia Greater England On strike days, the company will not run trains at its peripherals and branches. A “very limited service” will operate on certain routes to and from London Liverpool Street for part of the day. Heathrow Express There will be a reduced frequency service, with the first trains later and the last trains earlier. Hull Trains On strike days, trains will run only between Doncaster and London King’s Cross. Northeast Railway in London Approximately 38% of standard service levels are designed. The running trains “are likely to be very busy”. Drivers are warned to expect an increase in traffic as train passengers switch to road transport during railway strikes. Credit: PA North West London Railway Services on strike days will be “very limited”. This includes only two trains per hour between London Euston and Northampton, and one per hour between Birmingham New Street and Northampton. No train will run between London Euston and Crewe. Lumo There will be “some interruptions” in services throughout the week. Merseyrail There will be a “significant impact” on services. North Passengers are advised not to “travel” between Tuesday and Sunday, as services will be suspended “on most routes” on strike days and there will be a “significant impact” on non-strike days. A passenger at a quiet Waterloo station in London. ScotRail No trains will travel north of Glasgow or Edinburgh on strike days. Only two trains per hour will run between cities via Falkirk. South Western Railway (SWR) A “very limited service” will run between 7.15am. and 6.30 p.m. on strike days and only on certain routes. This includes only four trains per hour between London Waterloo and Woking, two trains per hour between London Waterloo and Basingstoke, four trains per hour each way between Waterloo and Woking and two trains per hour each way between Waterloo and Southampton. Trains will not stop at all stations on these routes, SWR warns. Island Line’s services will not be affected by industrial activity. There will be no SWR services in the rest of the network. Significant upset is expected on Wednesday …
