Chiltern Railway is advising customers travelling on its network of ongoing industrial action and engineering works which will bring significant impact to services.
Strike action by union ASLEF will see its overtime ban continue from Monday the 7th to Saturday the 12th of August and will see some of the rail operator's services cancelled altogether. The services cancellation will avoid the risk of on-the-day cancellations which will provide passengers with more certainty with regard to travel during the industrial action period.
Chiltern Railways will not be able to support The Betfred Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday the 12th of August with services. Customers making their way to the event are advised to travel using London Underground services.
Chiltern Railways passengers are advised to check their travel plans ahead of making a journey via the rail operator's website by clicking here or via its app. Industry systems may not have seen all cancelled services removed and therefore, a note has been applied to specific trains informing customers that they will not operate next week.
Major railway upgrades will also impact Chiltern Railways services between Aylesbury, Princes Risborough and Amersham from the week commencing 7th of August. The work which will be carried out by Network Rail will see permanent repairs to a Victorian drainage culvert which runs under the railway at Aylesbury. The work comes following the discovery of faults in the structure earlier this year which has seen a number of short-notice closures creating disruption for those travelling. The work will require the following closures to take place between Monday the 7th and Friday the 18th of August:
- Between Aylesbury Vale Parkway and Amersham
- Between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough
During the closure, rail replacement buses will be in operation between:
- Amersham, Great Missenden, Wendover, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury and Aylesbury Vale Parkway for connections with London Underground
- Princes Risborough, Monks Risborough, Little Kimble and Aylesbury
From the 19th of August to the 29th of October, further work will get underway which will enable HS2 to pass beneath the current railway and will once again see rail replacement buses continue to operate between:
- Princes Risborough, Monks Risborough, Little Kimble and Aylesbury
Sunday the 13th of August will also see engineering work take place between Oxford and Oxford Parkway which will also see a rail replacement bus service operating between the two stations.
Lock all sides in a room and hide the key until they come up with settlement of all these various disputes in the industry. The disruptions been going on for far too long now and the public has had more than enough. People are getting more and more angry.