Strikes Affecting Greater Anglia Services On 1st And 3rd February

Rail passengers in Cambridgeshire are being reminded about industrial action which will affect Greater Anglia services on some days next week.

Passengers are advised to avoid travelling with Greater Anglia, and to check before they do travel, if they do need to make a rail journey, on 1 and 3 February, when strike action will affect train services.

Members of the train drivers’ union ASLEF and train drivers who are members of the RMT union, who work for Greater Anglia are striking on Wednesday 1 and Friday 3 February.

Greater Anglia services will be severely disrupted, with the company only able to run a fraction of its services and no services at all running on regional or branch lines.

The only services running will be a much-reduced service for limited hours between Norwich and London Liverpool Street, Colchester and London, Southend Victoria and London, Cambridge and London and Stansted Airport and London.

The company is therefore advising people to avoid travelling on its trains on strike days, as services will be severely disrupted.

Revised timetables are now available on Greater Anglia’s website, along with first and last train times, with the service planned to operate as follows on the strike days:

- Significantly reduced train service between Norwich and London Liverpool Street; Colchester and London Liverpool Street; Cambridge and London Liverpool Street; and between Southend Victoria and London Liverpool Street

- Limited Stansted Express services between Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street

- Trains that do run are expected to start from 7.30am onwards, operating only to an hourly frequency, with all last trains then completing their journeys earlier than usual

- No services running on other lines, including on regional/branch lines

There will be no rail replacement buses to replace trains not running due to the strike.

First services on Thursday 2 and Saturday 4 February will also start later than usual due to the strikes and Greater Anglia advises that its network won’t be back to normal full service on 2 and 4 February until the early afternoon. Other train operators are also affected by the strike action.