How latest strike by train drivers affects rail services
No Gatwick Express or Great Northern trains will run.
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Your support makes all the difference.Trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will not run on Tuesday and stations will be closed because of a fresh strike by drivers in a long-running pay dispute.
This is how operators will be affected:
– No Southern services apart from a limited shuttle non-stop between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
– No Thameslink trains apart from a limited shuttle calling at Luton, Luton Airport Parkway and London St Pancras and another limited service between London Kings Cross and Cambridge.
– No Gatwick Express or Great Northern trains will run.
– South Western Railway (SWR) advised passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary. An extremely limited service will run on a limited number of lines. SWR said large parts of its network will be closed and trains will only run between:
Basingstoke and SalisburyLondon Waterloo and BasingstokeLondon Waterloo and Feltham via TwickenhamLondon Waterloo and Guildford via WokingLondon Waterloo and Woking
– There will be no service on the Island Line.
– Southeastern said most of its stations and routes will be closed with only an extremely limited service where trains do run.
– No c2c trains will run.
– Greater Anglia said it will be running reduced train service on a small number of routes into London for fewer hours of the day in the following areas:
Norwich/Colchester and London Liverpool StreetSouthend Victoria and London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport and London Liverpool StreetCambridge and London Liverpool Street.