More Weekend Rail Disruption Due

Greater Anglia is reminding people to avoid travelling on its trains this Saturday when 90 per cent of services will not run due to a strike by train drivers’ union ASLEF.

The 24-hour strike is followed by major engineering works on Greater Anglia’s routes into London on Sunday – and the train company is warning rail replacement buses could be very busy as more people than usual are expected to travel on Sunday to avoid disruption caused by the strike on Saturday.

Timetables are now available on Greater Anglia’s website and app for Saturday - when there is no service at all on some routes and a heavily reduced service on lines into London Liverpool Street.

There will be no services between Cambridge/Bishops Stortford and London Liverpool Street or on any regional or branch lines on Saturday 23 July.

The following services will run:

- Norwich-London Liverpool Street Intercity service, one train an hour, with first and last trains from Norwich at 08.00 and 19.00, and from Liverpool Street at 10.30 and 21.30

- Colchester-London Liverpool Street, one train an hour, with first and last trains from Colchester at 08.13 and 20.13, and from Liverpool Street at 10.00 and 22.00

- Southend Victoria- London Liverpool Street, one train an hour, first and last trains from Southend Victoria at 08.13 and 22.00, and from Liverpool Street at 09.47 and 23.45

- Stansted Express Stansted Airport-London Liverpool Street, one train an hour with first and last trains from Stansted Airport at 05.30 and 00.30, and from Liverpool Street at 04.10 and 23.25

There will be no rail replacement bus service operating instead of any of the trains which are not running on that Saturday because of the strike.

Passengers can use tickets bought for a strike day either the day before or the two days after the strike day, or they can change their ticket to a different date or get a refund.

On Sunday 24 July, there are major engineering works on all routes into London Liverpool Street, with rail replacement bus services for part of the journey.

Greater Anglia is advising customers to expect rail replacement bus services on Sunday 24 July to be very busy with long queues as more people than usual are likely to travel on Sunday as a result of Saturday’s strike.

Services will also start later in the morning than usual with some early morning services not running, as a result of the strike.