Scheduled engineering works/outages or striking possible?
Dec 7, 2023, 10:25 am
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Scheduled engineering works/outages or striking possible?
I have travel planned on the tube and SE rail from 12/20-12/29. Are there any looming outages scheduled I should be aware of?
Dec 7, 2023, 11:00 am
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It's too early to know about potential strikes, as legally only 14 days' notice is required. The only remaining threat to services is now from the drivers, represented by Aslef. They've moved to rolling strikes over a week so different rail companies are affected each day.
For Engineering works, clearly it depends on route but as you're almost certainly aware as a frequent rail traveller you can get the details on the National Rail website along with that of the train operating company.
For Engineering works, clearly it depends on route but as you're almost certainly aware as a frequent rail traveller you can get the details on the National Rail website along with that of the train operating company.
Dec 7, 2023, 11:21 am
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And for Transport for London which includes the tube they publish a 6 month ahead PDF that is updated every couple of weeks.
https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/do...k-closures.pdf
https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/do...k-closures.pdf
Dec 7, 2023, 12:31 pm
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Trainline aren't great because they charge extra fees, but they do have a handy page summarising all the engineering works going on over the festive period - https://www.thetrainline.com/trains/...s-and-new-year
Dec 10, 2023, 8:05 pm
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Dec 11, 2023, 4:51 am
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There is a very limited on Southern. With one train an hour between Brighton and Victoria to serve LGW and an extra hourly Victoria - Gatwick in addition.(plus some other very limited services)
None on Southeastern (which is of more interest to our OP), Thameslink, LNER, Avanti, Great Western (I've not checled them all but you get the picture).
Some of the localised regional services may be operating very limited services with late starts and early finishes but those services will be rare.
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/trave...ion/christmas/