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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Seren Morris and Beril Naz Hassan

How to get around London this weekend during TfL and rail strikes

Various rail and Tube strikes by the RMT and Aslef unions will be disrupting public transport in London this week.

As well as national rail and the Underground, the Overground and the Elizabeth Line are expected to be impacted.

Londoners may struggle to travel around the capital in the coming days, and commuters are expected to face difficulty getting in and out of the city.

Find out below which public transport services are affected and how to get around London during the strikes.

Public transport on Friday, March 17

There are no strikes on Friday, but the impacts of Thursday’s strike will still be felt.

Services affected by Thursday’s strikes (such as the Overground and Elizabeth Line) are expected to be disrupted until late morning.

Other public transport services, like the Tube and London buses, should run as normal.

Public transport on Saturday, March 18

A national rail strike on Saturday will impact the Elizabeth Line, with no service running between Shenfield and Brentwood before 7am and after 11pm, and no service between Maidenhead and Reading before 7am and after 7pm.

The rest of the line will run as normal.

There will be no service on the Overground between Highbury & Islington and New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon.

There will be no service on the Hammersmith and City line until 2pm.

Public transport on Sunday, March 19

There will be no service on the Overground between Highbury & Islington and New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace, and West Croydon.

There will also be no Overground service until 10.15am between Hackney Downs and Chingford, and Liverpool Street and Enfield Town / Cheshunt.

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