National Rail Enquiries - Industrial Action (2023)

FAQs

What date is the rail strike 2022? ›

Strike action affected the network nationally on the following dates: Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December 2022 - action by the RMT union. 18:00 Saturday 24 to 06:00 Tuesday 27 December - action by the RMT union. Friday 16 and Saturday 17 December 2022 - action by the RMT union.

The ASLEF union of train drivers has announced that its members will strike over pay on Thursday 5 January 2023, joining their RMT counterparts in undertaking industrial action in the first week of the new year and leaving rail commuters stranded for five consecutive days.

Monday 19 September has now been confirmed as a Bank Holiday, which means there will be no time restrictions on the use of Off-Peak or Super Off- Peak tickets. Our trains will be running a normal Monday service and Journey planners have been updated for you to check your journey.

Strikes start this Saturday (1st October) when ASLEF (train drivers), the RMT (on board and station staff, and Network Rail signallers) and Unite (engineering staff) are on strike.

Announcements of any delays or cancellations are also made at train stations, so anyone travelling by train should keep a close eye on the departures board. Anyone affected by the strike can contact their train operator to request a refund.

After disrupting rail travel throughout much of last year, train strikes are continuing into 2023. Trade unions have been calling for better pay for their members amid the cost of living crisis, with inflation now close to 11 per cent, but negotiations have been stalling for months.

How long is the tube strike planned for? ›

The RMT has confirmed that there will be a further six months of strikes across the National Rail and the tube in 2023 following a ballot: 94 percent of its members voted to continue industrial action over pay and pensions.

There is no planned industrial action at the minute. Unions must provide 14 days notice, so there will be no disruption due to strikes for at least 14 days.

Currently, there are no confirmed dates for train strikes in January. However, both the RMT and ASLEF unions have announced that there will be train strikes on February 1 and February 3, 2023. The last round of union action across the rail networks took place earlier this month, lasting from January 3 to 7.

When are the rail strike dates in January 2023? Strike action will take place across two 48-hour periods in January. The first strikes will be taking place from Tuesday, January 3 until Wednesday, January 4. There will also be a day of strike action on Thursday, January 5 by the Aslef union.

The CWU has formally notified Royal Mail they plan to call on their members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters to take 24 hours of national strike action from 1230hrs on Thursday 16 February until 1230hrs Friday 17 February 2023.

Passengers are advised Translink will be operating a Saturday timetable for services on Bank Holiday Monday, 19th September 2022.

Most lines will run an extended service with last trains at 1am, and some partial closures in place. The Bakerloo, Victoria, Jubilee, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will all operate an extended service across their whole lines on the bank holiday, (Monday, September 19).

The Holiday Train program sends two trains, one across Canada and one through the U.S., to raise awareness of food insecurity. The event went virtual for the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the pandemic but is returning in 2022 to collect food and money for community food banks along the CP network.

The RMT Union has announced that it has suspended rail strike action on 5, 7, 8 and 9 November 2022.

Members of the Unite union at East Midlands Railway are staging two days of strikes on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 October.

Is there a train strike on the 8th of October? ›

Rail strikes: Saturday 8 October disruption and which lines are affected - including some Overground and Tube services. Travellers will face disruption to rail services for a third day of action on 8 October.

If train is cancelled, e-ticket will be automatically cancelled and user will receive SMS informing him/her about the cancellation of e-ticket. To check the cancellation status of such tickets, Please login to IRCTC e-ticketing website and visit: My Account→My Transactions→Ticket Cancellation History.

There are currently no Train Cancellations reported.

On Wednesday 27 July and Saturday 30 July 2022 passengers travelling by train experienced disruption as a result of a strikes by members of the RMT (27) and Aslef (30) unions.

When are the train strikes in July? The train strikes will take place in July on Wednesday 27 July and Saturday 30 July. Network Rail and RMT staff are walking out today over disputes about pay and working conditions.

RMT union members voted to strike after their demand for a 7% pay rise was rejected in favour of a 3% offer, and an initial three days of industrial action were scheduled for 21, 23 and 25 June, with further disruption taking place in July and August, and over the following autumn and winter.

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate voted to stave off a strike by railway workers that could potentially devastate the US economy. The bill approved by Congress would bind companies and workers to a September agreement brokered by the Biden administration.