Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August.
The RMT, TSSA, and Unite have decided to strike. So which days are the train strikes ?
It’s Thursday, August 18, and Saturday, August 20 with disruption on Friday, August 19,. The train sector has put its backup plans into action to limit customer interruption.
Full report at : https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/301926.aspx
The majority of train operating firms will use modified schedules on Thursday, August 18, and Saturday, August 20. Services may also be interrupted the day before, during, and after the strike.
WHICH DAYS ARE THE TRAIN STRIKES?
August 18, 2018, and August 20, 2018:
On Thursday, August 18, and Saturday, August 20, all National Rail train operating firms will be impacted by the RMT union’s strike action. Full list of train operators striking are :
West Coast Avanti
c2c
Scottish Sleeper
Railways Chiltern
CrossCountry
Northeastern Railway
line Elizabeth
Express to Gatwick
Big Central
Superior Northern
Great Northern
Great Western Railway
Greater Anglia
Heathrow Express
Hull Trains
LNER
London Northwestern Railway
London Overground
Lumo Merseyrail
Northern ScotRail
South Western Railway
Southeastern
Southern
Stansted Express
Thameslink
TransPennine Express
Transport for Wales
West Midlands Railway
West Midlands Railway have released an updated.
Full report on https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/service-disruption/industrial-action
What is going on?
The RMT union plans to go on strike from Thursday, August 18, 2022, to Saturday, August 20, 2022, and the TSSA union members voted in favour of non-strike action from Thursday, August 18, 2022, to Saturday, August 20, 2022.
On Thursday, August 18 and Saturday, August 20, a drastically condensed timetable will be in effect throughout the network if this action proceeds. On Friday, August 19, services will also be considerably affected. Nearer to the strike date, further information on the services that will be provided will be posted on this website.
Schedule information: August 18 on Thursday and 20 on Saturday
West Midlands Railway services will operate despite the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ (RMT) strike.
Summary of timetables on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August 2022:
A limited timetable will be in operation on the following routes only. London Northwestern Railway services will not be running on other routes.
- Birmingham – Northampton – London Euston
- Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
- Lichfield – Birmingham – Bromsgrove / Redditch
First and last trains on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August 2022:
Birmingham New Street – Northampton – London Euston
First Trains
- Northampton – London Euston (calling at all stations except for Bushey, Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central): 07.40
- Birmingham New Street- Northampton (calling at all stations except for Adderley Park, Stechford, Lea Hall, Hampton-in-Arden and Canley): 07.34
- Birmingham New Street – Birmingham International (calling at all local stations): 08.17
- Birmingham International – Birmingham New Street (calling at all local stations): 07.42
- Northampton – Birmingham New Street (calling at all stations except for Lea Hall, Stechford and Adderley Park): 07.38
- London Euston – Northampton (calling at all stations except for Bushey, Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central): 07.33
Last Trains
- Birmingham International – Birmingham New Street (calling at all local stations): 17.42
- Northampton – Birmingham New Street (calling at Long Buckby, Rugby, Coventry and Birmingham International): 17.38
- London Euston – Northampton (calling at all local stations except for Bushey, Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central): 17.03
- London Euston – Bletchley (Calling at Watford Junction, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Leighton Buzzard): 17.30
- Birmingham New Street – Northampton: 17.14
- Birmingham New Street – Birmingham International: 18.10
Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Crewe
First Trains
- Birmingham New Street – Crewe: 08.03
- Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton (all local stations): 08.07
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street (calling at Smethwick Galton Bridge only): 07.32
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street (calling at all local stations): 07.50
- Crewe – Birmingham New Street: 07.51
Last Trains
- Birmingham New Street – Crewe: 17.04
- Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton (all local stations): 18.00
- Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton (calling at Smethwick Galton Bridge only): 18.07
- Crewe – Birmingham New Street: 16.53
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street (all local stations): 17.48
Lichfield – Birmingham – Bromsgrove / Redditch
First Trains
- Birmingham New Street – Redditch: 07.53
- Four Oaks – Bromsgrove: 07.56
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Bromsgrove: 08.38
- Birmingham New Street – Lichfield Trent Valley: 07.36
- Bromsgrove – Lichfield Trent Valley: 08.34
- Redditch – Lichfield Trent Valley: 08.55
Last Trains
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Redditch: 16.08
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Bromsgrove: 16.38
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Birmingham New Street (all stations): 17.24
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Birmingham New Street (all stations except for Chester Road, Erdington and Gravelly Hill): 17.52
- Redditch – Lichfield Trent Valley: 15.55
- Bromsgrove – Lichfield Trent Valley: 16.29
- Bromsgrove – Birmingham New Street: 17.29
- Redditch – Birmingham New Street 17.42
Timetable details: Friday 19 August
Due to the knock-on effect of strike by the RMT union on Thursday 18 August, and action short of a strike by the TSSA union, a reduced timetable will also be in operation on Friday 19 August. Online journey planners for this date will be updated on Saturday 13 August 2022. PDF timetables are available here.
Birmingham New Street – Liverpool Lime Street
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Birmingham – Liverpool: 08.03
- Liverpool – Birmingham: 09.07
Birmingham New Street – Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent
- Buses replace trains between Stafford – Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent and local stations. Customers are advised to use alternative services between Birmingham New Street – Crewe, and Stafford – Crewe.
Birmingham New Street – Rugeley Trent Valley
- Services will start up later than usual between Birmingham – Walsall. Buses replace trains between Rugeley Trent Valley – Walsall.
First Trains
- Birmingham – Walsall: 07.57
- Walsall – Birmingham: 08.00
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton (via local stations)
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Birmingham – Wolverhampton: 07.39
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham: 07.50
Birmingham New Street – Shrewsbury
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury via local stations: 07.47
- Birmingham – Shrewsbury: 08.34
- Shrewsbury – Birmingham: 07.47
Lichfield Trent Valley – Birmingham New Street – Redditch / Bromsgrove
- A reduced timetable will be in operation, comprising of:
- 1 Lichfield Trent Valley – Bromsgrove service per hour (calling at all stations)
- 1 Lichfield Trent Valley – Redditch service per hour (calling at all stations)
- Services will also start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Birmingham New Street – Redditch: 07.53
- Birmingham New Street – Bromsgrove: 08.23
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Bromsgrove: 08.39
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Redditch: 09.09
- Birmingham New Street – Lichfield Trent Valley: 07.35
- Redditch – Birmingham New Street: 08.54
- Bromsgrove – Redditch: 09.29
Birmingham New Street – Hereford
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Great Malvern – Birmingham New Street: 08.36
- Hereford – Birmingham New Street: 10.39
- Birmingham New Street – Hereford: 08.50
Snow Hill Lines
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Birmingham Snow Hill – Stratford-upon-Avon: 07.59
- Birmingham Snow Hill – Whitlocks End: 08.04
- Stourbridge Junction – Dorridge: 08.27
- Worcester Shrub Hill – Whitlocks End: 08.04
- Birmingham Snow Hill – Kidderminster: 07.48
- Birmingham Snow Hill – Worcester Shrub Hill: 08.06
- Whitlocks End – Worcester Foregate Street: 08.40
- Stratford-upon-Avon – Worcester Foregate Street: 08.52
Leamington Spa – Nuneaton via Coventry
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Leamington Spa – Nuneaton: 08.02
- Nuneaton – Leamington Spa: 09.16
Birmingham New Street – Northampton
- Services will start up later than usual.
First Trains
- Birmingham – Northampton: 08.14
- Birmingham– Birmingham International via local stations: 08.39
- Northampton – Birmingham: 08.39
- Coventry – Birmingham: 07.50
- Birmingham International – Birmingham via local stations: 08.16
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