Email received from Great Western Railway 29th November 2023 We wrote to you last week about ASLEF (train drivers union) industrial action starting this Friday 1 December until Sunday 10 December, with a strike at GWR on Thursday 7 December and action short of a...
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Rail strikes announced for 20, 22 & 29 July
Email received from Great Western Railway 26th June 2023 Dear Karenza You may have seen that further rail strikes have been announced to take place in July. The RMT (on board and station staff) will strike on Thursday 20, Saturday 22 and Saturday 29 July. On these...
Upcoming railworks
Email from Great Western Railway / Network Rail Western We have set out details below, but there is more information, and we regularly update our dedicated webpage on www.GWR.com/Upgrade. As these are planned works, online journey planners will be updated, and you...
Rail strikes – 1st and 3rd February 2023
Email received from Great Western Railway 18th January 2023 ASLEF (train drivers) will be taking strike action on Wednesday 1st February and Friday 3rd February. RMT train drivers will also strike on the same days. As this is train drivers, it is very likely that we...
Rail strikes – update
The Rail Maritime Transport union (RMT) are on strike from Christmas Eve through to Tuesday 27th December. Trains do not run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, but trains will finish much earlier than usual on Christmas Eve. Customers are advised to complete their...
Update ahead of RMT & ASLEF rail strikes next week
Email received 22nd July 2022: We promised to keep you updated ahead of industrial action being taken by RMT members on Wednesday 27th July, and ASLEF members (train drivers) on Saturday 30th July. Services on strike days will be extremely limited. Where trains are...