Will I be able to get a train to or from the airport during the rail strikes?
1 year, 7 months ago

Will I be able to get a train to or from the airport during the rail strikes?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many trains that would normally serve rail stations have been cancelled – yet there are still train options available at the UK’s busiest rail stations. Stansted airport On Friday hourly services are running from London Liverpool Street to Stansted until around 11pm. Saturday: frequent trains from London St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway, with a shuttle connection to the terminal, from around 7am to 9pm. Northern Trains stopping service via Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street, taking 80 minutes for the whole journey.

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Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail line
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail line

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. No trains are currently running on the Chat Moss line between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly, with the line …

How to reach Heathrow airport with all trains cancelled
8 months, 4 weeks ago

How to reach Heathrow airport with all trains cancelled

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Passengers relying on the Heathrow Express or Elizabeth Line have been forced to change their plans, after the tunnel linking …

Rail strike: How can you reach the airport by train?
1 year, 2 months ago

Rail strike: How can you reach the airport by train?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Passengers using London Gatwick will be significantly affected on the first day of strikes, Tuesday 30 January, when no Gatwick …

Train strikes today: Everything you need to know about rail disruption
1 year, 3 months ago

Train strikes today: Everything you need to know about rail disruption

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They are: Intercity operators: Avanti West Coast CrossCountry East Midlands Railway Great Western Railway LNER TransPennine Express London commuter operators: …

Gatwick Express hit by latest train strike as drivers walk-out across five southern rail operators
1 year, 3 months ago

Gatwick Express hit by latest train strike as drivers walk-out across five southern rail operators

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Holidaymakers are the latest travellers to be hit by this week’s rail strikes, as Wednesday’s walk-out …

Commuters face travel chaos today as striking rail workers bring Britain's trains to a juddering halt with strikes - with NO services on c2c and disruption on Greater Anglia
1 year, 3 months ago

Commuters face travel chaos today as striking rail workers bring Britain's trains to a juddering halt with strikes - with NO services on c2c and disruption on Greater Anglia

Daily Mail  

Rail strike misery continued for passengers in Britain today with no trains on the entire c2c network and a limited service on Greater Anglia and Stansted Express. The next strikes are: Tomorrow - Gatwick Express, South Western Railway, Southeastern & Southern Thursday - CrossCountry, Great Western Railway & Heathrow Express Friday - Northern and TransPennine Express Train drivers across England …

How are the train strikes affecting each operator?
1 year, 7 months ago

How are the train strikes affecting each operator?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Saturday: One train per hour will run in each …

Manchester Piccadilly station cancels all trains on Sunday
2 years, 2 months ago

Manchester Piccadilly station cancels all trains on Sunday

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In another blow for rail travellers, Manchester Piccadilly station has cancelled all trains this coming Sunday. …

Britain’s rail network decimated as third consecutive train strike day of week begins
2 years, 2 months ago

Britain’s rail network decimated as third consecutive train strike day of week begins

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain’s rail network is running a massively reduced service on Thursday as the third consecutive strike …

Northern rail strike today: Which trains are cancelled?
2 years, 7 months ago

Northern rail strike today: Which trains are cancelled?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Chiltern Railways CrossCountry Greater Anglia LNER East Midlands Railway c2c Great Western Railway Northern Trains South Eastern South Western Railway …

Rail strikes WILL go ahead tomorrow: Millions of workers face another battle to work
2 years, 9 months ago

Rail strikes WILL go ahead tomorrow: Millions of workers face another battle to work

Daily Mail  

Mick Lynch's militant RMT has declared that tomorrow's rail strikes will go ahead from midnight, in a move that condemns millions of commuters, patients and students to misery, undermines Boris Johnson's anti-WFH push, and delivers yet another hammerblow to Britain's flailing economy. The Met Office said there is a chance of further rail and bus cancellations due to lightning strikes, …

When are rail strikes happening, are trains running and are there cancellations?
2 years, 9 months ago

When are rail strikes happening, are trains running and are there cancellations?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. – Great Northern No more than two trains per …

Gatwick Express airport train service to restart in April
3 years ago

Gatwick Express airport train service to restart in April

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Gatwick Express, offering nonstop trains from London to the West Sussex airport, will finally resume …

Rush to catch flight, wrong name on booking, airport strikes
5 years, 7 months ago

Rush to catch flight, wrong name on booking, airport strikes

The Independent  

Q Can I possibly leave the Birmingham NEC at 11am tomorrow and hope to catch a Ryanair flight from Stansted to Carcassonne at 2.10pm? Covering the 140-mile rail distance between the West Midlands exhibition centre and the Essex airport in time for the flight is feasible – but only just. Even the furthest gate is only seven minutes swift walk …

Gatwick airport travel chaos as trains from London cancelled over next three Sundays
7 years, 1 month ago

Gatwick airport travel chaos as trains from London cancelled over next three Sundays

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gatwick airport will be cut off from London by rail for the next three Sundays. David …

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