Britain is set for a week of rail disruption as thousands of staff working on the network and for train operators are due to go on strike for three days. Staff who are members of the RMT union are due to walk out on Tuesday June 21, Thursday June 23 and Saturday June 25.
There will be, at best, a very limited service on those days. Operators are urging passengers not to travel. Passengers are warned there will also be issues on the days either side of the strike dates.
In addition to the operators below, expect cancellations on the entire network, as Network Rail staff are set to strike too. The Tyne-Wear Metro is set to cancel trains too as it shares part of its network with the railway in the Gateshead to Sunderland area.
Read more: When rail strikes are confirmed and proposed in summer 2022
How RMT rail strike in June 2022 will affect train timetables
Some operators plan to run a reduced timetable during the June strike. On some routes, no trains will run at all.
Avanti West Coast
A limited service of around a quarter of the normal timetable will operate, and only between 8am and 6pm.
A number of routes will not be served, such as to North Wales, Stoke and Edinburgh. The operator has suspended ticket sales for travel between Tuesday and Sunday to “help reduce disruption and overcrowding”.
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It will operate fewer than a third of normal services, only between 7.30am and 6.30pm. This will include two trains per hour from London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Laindon, and the same frequency from London Fenchurch Street to Pitsea via Rainham.
No trains will run via Ockendon or Chafford Hundred.
Caledonian Sleeper
All departures are cancelled between Monday and Friday.
Chiltern Railways
No trains will run north of Banbury or to Oxford between Tuesday and Saturday. Services will be suspended on “most routes” on strike days due to “extremely limited availability of staff”.
CrossCountry
Timetables are being finalised but there will be a “significantly reduced service” on strike days.
East Midlands Railway
Services will be reduced between Tuesday and Sunday. Just one train per hour will run in each direction on most routes.
Gatwick Express
No service on strike days. A Sunday service will run on the days after the strikes, with late starts and early finishes.
Grand Central
On strike days it will run a “limited service” on the Grand Central's route, which connects Sunderland to London.
Great Northern
Very few trains on strike days, with no services east of Ely to King’s Lynn. An amended Sunday service will be in place on the days after strikes.
Great Western Railway
Services will be “severely affected” between Tuesday and Saturday. Timetables for those days have not yet been released.
Greater Anglia
On strike days the firm will not run any trains on its regional and branch lines. A “very limited service” will operate on some routes to and from London Liverpool Street for part of the day.
Heathrow Express
A reduced frequency service will be in place, with later first trains and earlier last trains.
Hull Trains
On strike days, trains will only run between Doncaster and London King’s Cross.
London North Eastern Railway
Around 38% of usual service levels are planned. Trains that do run “are likely to be very busy”.
London Northwestern Railway
Services on strike days will be “very limited”. This includes just two trains per hour between London Euston and Northampton, and one per hour between Birmingham New Street and Northampton. No trains will operate between London Euston and Crewe.
Lumo
There will be “some disruption” to services throughout the week.
Merseyrail
There will be a “significant impact” on services.
Northern
Passengers are urged “not to travel” between Tuesday and Sunday as services will be suspended “on most routes” during strike days, and there will be a “significant impact” on non-strike days.
ScotRail
No trains will run north of Glasgow or Edinburgh on strike days. Just two trains per hour will run between the cities via Falkirk.
South Western Railway
A “severely limited service” will run between 7.15am and 6.30pm on strike days, and only on some routes. This includes only four trains per hour between London Waterloo and Woking, and two per hour between London Waterloo and Basingstoke.
Southeastern
Most stations and routes will be closed on strike days, and a “severely reduced service” will operate elsewhere.
Southern
Much of the network will be shut down on strike days. Services will run on the Brighton Mainline to London Bridge and London Victoria, with additional trains from Tattenham Corner, Epsom Downs, Sutton and West Croydon, via Crystal Palace. An amended Sunday service will operate after each strike day.
Stansted Express
A reduced frequency will be in place, with later first trains and earlier last trains.
Thameslink
There will be far fewer trains than normal on strike days. Services will be split north and south, with nothing running between London St Pancras and London Bridge. An amended Sunday service will operate after each strike day.
TransPennine Express
There will be a “significant reduction in available services” on strike days. Several stations will be closed, such as Middlesbrough, Scarborough and Selby. There will also be significant disruption on Wednesday and Friday.
Transport for Wales
The majority of lines will be closed on strike days, with reduced frequencies on those that remain open.
West Midlands Railway
The industrial action will have a “considerable impact on the number of trains” that run on strike days. There will also be a “very limited service” on Wednesday and Friday.
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