The ASLEF Union will be holding industrial action this May and passengers are being asked to check their travel plans with changes to services expected.
16 train companies will see strike action on 7th, 8th and 9th May 2024, with an overtime ban being in place between Monday 6th May and Saturday 11th May.
Strike action will mean that some stations will see no service at all, whilst others may see trains starting and finishing earlier.
We can only apologise to our customers for this wholly unnecessary strike action called by the ASLEF leadership which will sadly disrupt journeys once again
Spokesperson for Rail Delivery Group
Also taking place during the action will be Network Rail's Bank Holiday engineering work, with work taking place around Cambridge, Liverpool and between Birmingham Airport and Rugby / Leamington Spa.
Timetables will be available over on National Rail Enquiries by the 1st May.
Which train operators are affected?
Train drivers will take strike action on the following days
- Tuesday 7 May: c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR's Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern (including Gatwick Express), Southeastern, South Western Railway.
- Wednesday 8 May: Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, Chiltern, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, GWR and West Midlands Trains.
- Thursday 9 May: LNER, Northern, and TransPennine Express.
These strikes follow from RMT's rejection of the Network Rail offer last month.
Ticketing Information
As always, please check with your rail operator for the latest information, but Rail Delivery Group says that Advance, Anytime and Off-Peak tickets for use between 7th – 9th May can be used anytime between the 6th and 13th May (if purchased before the 22nd April).
“We can only apologise to our customers for this wholly unnecessary strike action called by the ASLEF leadership which will sadly disrupt journeys once again. It will also inflict further damage on an industry that is receiving up to an additional £54m a week in taxpayer cash to keep services running, following the covid downturn.
“While we are working with our industry partners to keep as many trains running as possible, unfortunately there will be reduced services between Monday 6 and Saturday 11 May. As the level of service will vary across the country, our advice is to check before you travel and follow the latest travel information.”
Spokesperson for Rail Delivery Group
I am not sure you are correct in that assertion.Most worker are employed in the private sector and very few of them could contemplate a strike and for many unions are non existent.Only those in the public sector can afford to strike.The rail system has had loads of money spent on it in last 20 years.It costs the taxpayers and rail traveller a fortune.This union has had a reasonable pay offer, given their already high wages.They should accept it and , for the greater good. forget their gold plated demands.
I find that these strikes are just getting boring. Soon we may find another way to travel and so their jobs will become redundant. Being greedy is never a good thing. Be grateful for work, food on the table and loved ones, or move to another place, country if you life here is SO unbearable. YOU get off your ………….and find other work!
Personally it is a disgrace..I think we have possibly the worst rail service and I have travelled in many countries. The price of rail travel is unaffordable for the average traveller. A change of government I fear will make the situation worse what with the history of labour backing many trade unions. We are rapidly becoming a third world nation. Just look at the refuse that folk deposit a the roadside , we seem powerless to address the issue. Time and time again excuses are made by various politicians and local authorities. It’s so very,very depressing.
Pay and terms are clear when you sign up for the role, as with all jobs. £65,000 for an experienced train driver is a lot of money. I pay a fortune to use a relatively unreliable train network, losing a lot of time that I could spend with my family waiting for delayed trains or planning around cancellations, that’s without the strikes that are timed to ruin key events and times for the communities these people should see themselves as serving.
Hoping that the 10.05 to Weymouth will be running on May 9th as I have changed my schedule and tickets twice already
Government has treated the rail workers very badly.
Unions have the support of the public.
Best wishes.
You must be joking they should be all sacked
What planet are you actually on? £65K to sit in a cab… get real and l’ll think you’ll find that most people with half an ounce of sense are disgusted by them. And before you start with they have people’s lives in their hands and people commit suicide and they have the emotional toll, so do other people getting paid no where near that including myself. Absolutely disgusted by them.
There are many things you could say about this disgusting and damaging strike.The main thing is, I think., is that it has contributed,more than anything, to making the railways unreliable and untrustworthy.Once you have had a big let down on rail , it is very probable you will not trust it again, for saying, and important leisure trip.What also amazes me is all the environmental protestors.Why don’t they get on to ASLEF about forcing people to use their cars.
The great British worker