The UK's train services will be hit by strike action on Friday.
Train driver members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
Network Rail said: “Trains will be busier and likely to start later and finish earlier. There will be no services at all in some places.
“If you’re travelling, please plan ahead and check your first and last train times. For the latest travel information, visit National Rail or your train company’s website.”
The Aslef union’s general secretary Mick Whelan has insisted rail workers have the public’s support as strike action continues.
Speaking to the PA news agency on Wednesday, the biggest day of strikes in the UK in more than a decade, he said: “We’ve seen polling this week that shows that the general public are supporting all the unions that are on strike, including the rail unions.”
He has also warned that proposed anti-strike laws could backfire on the Government by prompting rail workers to stage longer periods of industrial action.
Here is a breakdown of each operator’s plan for Friday:
– Avanti West Coast
No trains will operate.
– c2c
Services will be unaffected.
– Caledonian Sleeper
Services will be unaffected.
– Chiltern Railways
No trains will operate.
– CrossCountry
No trains will operate.
– East Midlands Railway
No trains will operate.
– Elizabeth line
Services will be unaffected.
– Gatwick Express
No trains will operate.
Services to Gatwick Airport will be hit (Gareth Fuller/PA)
– Grand Central
Services will be unaffected.
– Great Northern
No trains will operate.
– Great Western Railway
Many Great Western Railway trains are cancelled (Andrew Matthews/PA)
An extremely limited service will operate, and only between 7.30am and 7.30pm.
The only routes served by trains will be: Between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads; between Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff; between Reading and Basingstoke, Oxford and Redhill; between Swindon and Westbury; between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth and Paignton; between Plymouth and Gunnislake; and between Penzance and St Ives.
– Greater Anglia
A very limited service will operate with one train per hour in each direction between London Liverpool Street and each of Norwich, Colchester, Cambridge and Southend Victoria.
Services will start from 8am and finish earlier than usual.
No other routes will be served by trains.
– Heathrow Express
No trains will operate.
– Hull Trains
Services will be unaffected.
– London North Eastern Railway
An extremely limited timetable will operate.
It will run just five trains in each direction between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh, with a handful of other services.
– London Northwestern Railway
No trains will operate.
Some operators will be running very limited services (Victoria Jones/PA)
– London Overground
Services will be unaffected.
– Lumo
Services will be unaffected.
– Merseyrail
Services will be unaffected.
– Northern
No trains will operate.
– ScotRail
Services will be unaffected.
– South Western Railway
No trains will operate on the Isle of Wight.
South Western Railway intended to run a full service on the mainland but said it was “reviewing our plans” after suffering disruption during a similar walkout on Wednesday when drivers not part of the strike refused to cross picket lines.
– Southeastern
No trains will operate.
Southeastern will not run any trains on Friday (Gareth Fuller/PA)
– Southern
No trains will operate.
– Stansted Express
One train per hour will run in each direction between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport.
– Thameslink
No trains will operate.
– TransPennine Express
No trains will operate.
– Transport for Wales
Services will be unaffected.
West Midlands Railway
No trains will operate.
