West Midlands Railway is advising its passengers to plan their travel ahead as industrial action is set to take place on:
- Thursday the 16th of March
- Saturday the 18th of March
- Thursday the 30th of March
- Saturday the 1st of April
The planned action set to take place by RMT members at Network Rail has now been suspended, however, RMT will continue with planned strike action for train operating companies.
All four strike days will see West Midlands Railway operate a limited timetable and will see no trains run before 7am with last services set to take place in the early evening.
Days between strikes action will also be affected in the mornings and, once again, passengers are advised to check their travel plans ahead of making their journeys.
Other rail operator's services will also be impacted by the industrial action and services which are able to operate are anticipated to be extremely busy.
Jonny Wiseman, WMR customer experience director, said:
“It is disappointing that industrial action is continuing to affect our passengers' journeys.
“I would like to remind passengers to plan their journeys carefully as services will be heavily limited on strike days and morning services will be affected on the following days.
“Anyone holding a ticket for travel on a strike day can use their ticket on a different day or claim a full refund.”
To find out more about the upcoming strike days and for details regarding tickets and refunds, please visit www.wmr.uk/industrialaction
West Midlands Railway should start introducing the 3-Car Class 730/0 Aventra units that are to replace the Class 323 on the Cross-City Line. And the Class 730/1/2 5-Car later this year. And to retain the Class 350/1/3 & /4 Desiro units. With the Class 350/2 and Class 319 to be stored.
London Northwestern Railway could perhaps inherit the Class 379 Electrostars that would be useful for the London Euston-Tring, Milton Keynes Central and Northampton stopper services and Watford Junction-St. Albans Abbey shuttle. And the Class 350/3 & /4 to operate on the Chase Line.
If drivers want more money, don’t go on strike.