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Josh Salisbury

Londoners face weekend travel disruption with Elizabeth Line and Overground closures

Londoners face travel disruption this weekend due to track works on key transport routes.

On Sunday, there is a planned track closure on the Elizabeth line from Paddington and Abbey Wood / Shenfield, meaning no trains will run, according to the TfL website.

There will be a reduced service on the line between Ealing Broadway and Maidenhead and at Heathrow Terminal 4, as well as at Acton, Hanwell and West Ealing.

Parts of the London Overground will also be closed between Romford and Upminster; Shepherds Bush / Richmond and Stratford; and Gospel Oak and Woodgrange Park.

Throughout the weekend, the Metropolitan line will not run between Wembley Park and Amersham / Chesham / Uxbridge / Watford, and Chiltern Railways services will not run between Marylebone and Amersham.

The Piccadilly line will not run between South Harrow and Uxbridge.

Meanwhile on National Rail routes, no Gatwick Express services will run on Sunday due to engineering works, while Greater Anglia services between London and Witham on Sunday because of construction work for the new Beaulieu Park railway station.

It will disrupt the plans of some hoping to make use of the capital’s “unseasonable” weather this weekend, with London reaching a high of 24C.

It comes after planned strikes for the London Underground for Friday were called off following “significant progress" in talks over jobs and conditions.

Around 3,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) were due to walk out.

The RMT said that following talks at the conciliation service Acas it has managed to save jobs, prevent detrimental changes to rosters and secure protection of earnings around grading changes.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “I congratulate all our members who were prepared to take strike action and our negotiations team for securing this victory in our Tube dispute.

“Without the unity and industrial power of our members, there is no way we would have been able to make the progress we have.

“We still remain in dispute over outstanding issues around pensions and working agreements and will continue to pursue a negotiated settlement.”

Nick Dent, London Underground’s director of customer operations, said: “We are pleased that the RMT has withdrawn its planned industrial action this week and that the dispute on our change proposals in stations is now resolved.

“This is good news for London and we will continue to work closely with our trade unions as we evolve London Underground to ensure we can continue to support the capital in the most effective way.”

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