Rail strikes to go ahead on Saturday - full list of how services will be affected
Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union who work for train operators will stage a walkout due to a long-running dispute over pay, jobs, and working conditions. On Saturday, March 18, many operators across the country will only run trains on a limited timetable.
CrossCountry No direct services will run to and from Birmingham New Street and locations such as Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth and Stansted Airport. Great Western Railway Trains will run between London Paddington and each of Bristol Parkway, Cardiff, Exeter via Bristol Temple Meads, Newbury and Oxford.
This includes the London King’s Cross-Edinburgh route having a total of just 16 trains across both directions. On the Sevenoaks line there will be two trains per hour to and from Sevenoaks and four per hour to and from Orpington.No trains will serve Clapham Junction or Victoria, with most diverted to London Bridge.
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