More weekend disruption to Greater Anglia services due to industrial action

Travellers are advised to check before they travel due to industrial action taking place on Saturday 26 August, Friday 1 September and Saturday 2 September.

The RMT trade union has announced strike action on successive Saturdays. The ASLEF trade union has also today announced strike action on Friday 1 September and action short of a strike on Saturday 2 September. The impact on services is expected to be as follows:

Service Plans for 26 August and 2 September  

Trains will be running across the company’s network between 07:00 and 23:00 (or until 19.00 in the case of three routes on 26 August), with many routes having a normal or near normal service between those hours. Some routes will have a reduced frequency and certain routes will see no services at all.

The services which will not run at all, on both days, are as follows:

Cambridge to London Liverpool Street
Ipswich to Cambridge
Norwich to Stansted Airport
However, these three services will operate between 07:00 and 23:00 on Saturday 2 September.

Ipswich – Felixstowe
Colchester - Walton-on-the-Naze via Colchester Town
Bishop’s Stortford – Stratford
Hertford East - London Liverpool Street
Meridian Water – Stratford
Customers are also advised that on Saturday 26 August, the following services will run between 07:00 and 19:00 only:

A summary of the service patterns for each route on affected dates is available on either National Rail Enquiries or www.greateranglia.co.uk.

Some services are also affected by engineering works on both dates.

On Saturday 2 September, mainline services between Norwich and Ipswich, and regional services between Ipswich and Cambridge/ Peterborough, are also affected by engineering works.

Service Plans for 1 September 

It is likely that only a very reduced service will operate, for reduced hours, and probably only on the Norwich to London, Colchester to London, Southend to London and Stansted Airport to London routes. Greater Anglia will provide further details as soon as they are confirmed.

On all days affected by industrial action, there is a risk of short-notice service alterations or cancellations. Services on the days after strike days also start slightly later than normal.

Other train operators are also affected by both sets of industrial action.

Passenger assistance arrangements will be available as usual on all days, but anyone requiring assistance should plan their journey and book assistance in advance if possible.