Some of the biggest rail strikes for decades are set to impact train services throughout this week.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) confirmed that strikes at Network Rail and 13 train operators will go ahead on Tuesday, Thursday and next Saturday.
The RMT Union has said this is the biggest strike action on Britain’s railways since 1989 with an estimated 50,000 workers walking out and there will be very limited service from services on the strike days, with most trains only running between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
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On Wednesday, Friday and Sunday it's reported that about 60% of the service will run and will start later than usual while on Monday a few evening services will terminate earlier.
Network Rail has urged passengers to check ahead with train operators and advised to only travel if necessary on strike days.
This disruption will heavily impact Leeds and the whole of Yorkshire, so here is a list of all the services which will be hit by the strikes.
Northern Rail
Northern Rail says it will have “extremely limited availability” of train staff which means the majority of its services will not be able to run. In fact, due to the strikes causing disruption on non-strike days as well due to the company not being able to position the fleet correctly, Northern Rail has recommended you do not travel between Tuesday 21 June and Sunday 26 June.
There will only be seven services running from Northern on the actual days of the strikes, with five of them being in Yorkshire. These are:
N3 Darlington - Saltburn
N15 Liverpool Lime Street - Alderley Edge
N35 York - Leeds
N39 Ilkley - Bradford FS - Leeds
N40 Skipton - Bradford FS - Leeds
N42 Leeds - Sheffield
N46 Leeds - Bradford FS
There will be no replacement buses or alternative travel provided. You can check out Northern Rail’s complete timetables here.
Transpennine Express
Transpennine Express will also experience serious disruption and will be closing a number of stations during the strike period. Like Northern, Transpennine has said there will be significant disruption on the days between the strike, Wednesday 22 and Friday 24.
There will be roughly one train an hour between Manchester and York, and every two to four hours on other routes, and no trains at all to the following stations:
Yarm
Scarborough
Seamer
Malton
Selby
Brough
Hull
In addition, some services will only have limited availability. These are:
Anglo-Scottish Route (Manchester Airport - Preston)
North Route (Manchester Piccadilly - York)
Borders Route (Newcastle - Edinburgh)
South Route (Cleethorpes - Sheffield)
You can check out their full timetables here.
London North Eastern Railway
LNER will also be impacted by the strikes. They recommend avoiding travel if it is possible to do so and say they will be running around 38% of their usual trains, meaning the trains which are in service are likely to be crowded.
There will be no services between Leeds, Harrogate, Hull, Skipton and Bradford Forster Square. The Leeds to London service will also be extremely limited with only one train every hour. Many of the last services will departing in the early afternoon.
You can look for more information on how the strikes are impacting LNER services here.
CrossCountry
CrossCountry has also said it expects “significant” disruption over the strike period. The company is currently still finalising its timetable but have already suspended advance tickets for the strike dates.
You can access CrossCountry’s strike timetables from here.
East Midlands Railway
On strike days there will be one fast train an hour between Nottingham, Sheffield, Corby and London and one an hour on routes between Derby, Matlock, Nottingham, Leicester and Sheffield. Other lines will be closed.
For more information on the impact to East Midlands Railway's services click here.
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