Reduced rail services as ASLEF members strike

GWR are running a very limited service this weekend

Author: Chris TatePublished 6th Apr 2024

Rail passengers across Surrey and East Hampshire are being urged to check before travelling - as fresh strike action takes place.

GWR drivers have walked out today....on Monday - SWR drivers will strike.

Passengers are being warned to expect some significant disruption.

James Davis from GWR says passengers should also check before travelling over the next few days: "There will be no long distance trains. That's the trains that would run from London, through Reading and Oxford and towards Hereford and Worcester, for example. No trains between Bristol and London, no trains between Devon, Cornwall and London.

"There will be some trains between Reading and Oxford for example. But no trains beyond Oxford and no trains beyond Reading and into London Paddington."

"That's because we've chosen, with our colleagues from Network Rail, to carry out some vital engineering work while the strike action is taking place."

ASLEF say drivers haven't had a salary increase since 2019 and has called for talks - the Government says there's a pay offer on the table.