Greater Anglia has issued a reminder that because of industrial action by members of the ASLEF union, its train services will be severely affected by strike action today, Friday, 2 February, and action short of a strike until next Tuesday 6 February.
From tomorrow, Saturday, 3 to Tuesday, 6 February, a normal timetable will be in place, and most services will operate on all Greater Anglia routes, although there will be some planned cancellations.
Except for the Stansted Express service, for the rest of today, there will be a very limited train service, and only on the following five routes. Those routes and the first and last trains are:
Norwich – London Liverpool Street: hourly
- Norwich, 08.00 – 19.00
- London Liverpool Street, 10.30 – 21.30
Stansted Airport – London Liverpool Street: hourly
- Stansted Airport, 05.50 – 23.45
- London Liverpool Street, 04.40 – 23.25
Colchester – London Liverpool Street: hourly
- Colchester, 08.13 – 20.13
- London Liverpool Street, 10.00 – 22.00
Southend Victoria – London Liverpool Street: hourly
- Southend Victoria, 08.13 – 22.00
- London Liverpool Street, 09.47 – 23.45
Cambridge – London Liverpool Street: about every two hours
- Cambridge, 08.20 – 17.20
- London Liverpool Street, 10.28 – 19.28
Great Northern and Thameslink will be operating some services between Cambridge and London Kings Cross on Friday, 2 September.
There will be no services at all on any other Greater Anglia routes.
Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia's managing director, said: “Unfortunately on the 2 February, no services will run at all on most Greater Anglia routes, with just an hourly service during normal operating hours on the Stansted Airport to London route and an hourly service for limited hours on the Norwich to London, Colchester to London and Southend Victoria to London routes, plus a few services between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street.
“On the days affected by action short of a strike, the vast majority of services will be running as normal, but there will be some alterations and cancellations across our network.
“Please note that an extensive engineering works programme will also take place on Saturday 3 February and Sunday 4 February. This work is extremely important to help maintain the safe and reliable running of the railway and make it fit for the future. A rail replacement service will run while the work takes place.
“We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by these service alterations and advise customers to plan ahead and check before they travel.”
This weekend, Saturday, 3 and Sunday, 4 February, engineering work will affect Greater Anglia services with rail replacement bus service in operation.
The London Liverpool Street to Cambridge line will be closed between Audley End and Cambridge all weekend.
Services between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge will start/terminate at Audley End with a connecting rail replacement bus services to/from Cambridge North where a frequent train service will operate to Cambridge.
Stansted Airport to Norwich services will only run between Cambridge and Norwich.
There will be no London Liverpool Street to Shenfield, Southend Victoria and Southminster services all weekend. Rail replacement buses calling at all stations between Southend Victoria and Shenfield will operate between Southend Victoria and Newbury Park underground station to connect with Central Line underground services to Stratford and London Liverpool Street. Rail replacement buses will operate between Wickford and Southminster.
Norwich, Ipswich, Clacton, and Colchester to London Liverpool Street services will terminate at Shenfield. Connecting rail replacement bus services will operate from Ingatestone to Newbury Park underground station to connect with Central Line underground services to Stratford and London Liverpool Street.
Shuttle services will operate between Witham and Braintree, Marks Tey and Sudbury, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton-on-the-Naze, and between Manningtree and Harwich Town.
West Anglia London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt and Stansted Express services after 23:15 on Sunday, 4 February will be diverted between London Liverpool Street and Cheshunt, and serve Seven Sisters instead of Tottenham Hale.
