Passengers planning on travelling through Liverpool Lime Street station during strike action are being warned that trains will finish much earlier than normal.
Around 40,000 rail workers up and down the country are set to take part in another 24 hour strike on Wednesday, July 27. The action is part of an ongoing pay dispute led by the RMT union.
Network Rail has now confirmed that for the duration of the strike, Only two trains per hour will depart from the station - that's compared to around 10 departures an hour on a non strike day. Nationally only 20% of trains will be running on around 50% of the railway network.
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Liverpool Lime Street's last trains will leave between 3pm and 5pm with final arrivals by 6.30pm. Passengers should also expect disruption on the morning of Thursday 28 July with a later start to services as employees return to duties.
People can also check with their individual train operators through these links:
- Avanti West Coast’s information page
- Northern’s information page
- TransPennine Express’ information page
- East Midlands Railway’s information page
- Transport for Wales’ information page
In a change to previous RMT strike days, tomorrow a limited Merseyrail service will be able to run. An hourly service between 7:30am and 6:30pm will serve selected stations only - more details can be found here Merseyrail's information page.
Separately, train drivers' union Aslef has called strike action across seven train operators on Saturday 30 July that will significantly disrupt some routes, so passengers are asked to check their journeys before travelling over the weekend as well. If passengers with an advance, off-peak or anytime ticket are affected by the strike on 27 or 30 July, they can use their ticket either on the day before the date on the ticket, or up to and including Tuesday 2 August.
Passengers can also change their tickets to travel on an alternate date, or get a refund if their train is cancelled or rescheduled. Passengers with a season ticket that is monthly or longer, or have an activated days’ worth of travel on a flexi-season ticket who choose not to travel on 27 or 30 July, can claim compensation for these days through the delay repay scheme.
For all travel information, including reduced timetables as a result of strike action, see National Rail Enquiries.
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