Train strikes: No c2c, Great Northern or Gatwick Express companies on Monday

Rail passengers are being warned of main disruption on Monday as practice drivers walk out over pay and dealing situations.

Staff at 16 practice firms have been participating in rolling one-day walkouts between Friday 5 April and Monday 8 April.

Passengers are suggested to examine earlier than they journey, with the motion prone to result in cancellations, delays and no companies in some areas.

Train drivers who’re members of the Aslef union are on strike for twenty-four hours from midnight at these companies:

South Western Railway will function a “considerably decreased” service on a small variety of strains, with trains working between 07:00 BST and 19:00 BST.

Southern stated there will probably be no trains working throughout nearly all of its community, however there will probably be a restricted continuous service between London Victoria and Gatwick.

There will probably be no Thameslink companies working, apart from a restricted continuous service between London Kings Cross and Cambridge and one other shuttle service between London St Pancras, Luton and Luton Airport Parkway.

There will probably be no Great Northern or Gatwick Express companies.

Southeastern stated most of its routes and stations will probably be closed, with a particularly restricted service the place trains are working.

No c2c trains will run, whereas Greater Anglia stated it’ll run an hourly practice service between Norwich/Colchester and London Liverpool Street; Southend Victoria and London Liverpool Street; Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street.

A bi-hourly practice service will run between Cambridge and London.

Aslef members may also refuse to work on relaxation days from Monday 8 to Tuesday 9 April. This can also be prone to trigger delays and cancellations.

For up-to-date details about whether or not companies are working, examine the National Rail web site.

National Express stated it was including 1000’s of extras seats throughout its coach companies.

Rail passengers with advance tickets might be refunded fee-free if the practice they’re booked on is cancelled, delayed or rescheduled because of strikes.  

If passengers have a return ticket they might even be entitled to a fee-free refund if any a part of the journey is cancelled.

Season ticket holders (flexi, month-to-month or longer) who can not journey, can declare 100% compensation for strike dates by the Delay Repay scheme.

Aslef is looking for higher pay for its members and says drivers are being requested to sacrifice working situations in trade for a wage enhance.

In April 2023, it rejected a proposal which might have seen a 4% pay rise two years in a row. There have been no formal talks since.

Train operators say methods of working want to alter for wages to rise, due to monetary challenges and equity to taxpayers.

The Department for Transport says the union must do the “proper factor” and provides members a vote.

Unions in disputes must re-ballot members each six months to see in the event that they need to proceed with industrial motion.

Currently, unions are obliged to present no less than 14 days’ discover of any strike motion.

In November final yr, RMT members, together with guards and ticket workplace employees, voted to simply accept a pay provide. This included a backdated pay rise of 5% for 2022-23 and job safety ensures.

Their acceptance means they’ll now not be concerned in industrial motion till no less than the spring.

Talks over future pay offers and dealing practices will proceed.

The Department for Transport stated it expects employers to make use of minimal service ranges “if acceptable to take action, and to ship the very best service”.

However, business insiders instructed the BBC the principles had been sophisticated to place in place. One supply stated it meant co-ordinating a decreased timetable with different operators in a brief area of time.

The Rail Delivery Group, an membership organisation of Britain’s practice working firms, stated minimal companies ranges was a possible device however not a “silver bullet”.

Unions strongly oppose it.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says median pay for “practice and tram drivers” is just below £59,000.

Train firms and the federal government say the provide rejected by Aslef would take common practice driver pay to £65,000.

If drivers are excluded (as a result of they are usually members of the Aslef union, not RMT) its estimate is £39,518. However, the RMT union stated that determine was too excessive as a result of it doesn’t embody rail cleansing employees.