Industrial Action Update April

Page last updated 4 April 2024

Following the announcement from the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), strike action is planned for Monday 8 April. Action short of strike is planned Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 April and from Monday 8 to Tuesday 9 April.

Thursday 4

• Reduced service on all lines.
• First trains unaffected.
• Engineering works between Southend Central and Shoeburyness after 23:55.

Friday 5

• Reduced service on all lines.
• First and last trains unaffected.

Saturday 6

• Reduced service on all lines.
• Engineering works on Basildon and Ockendon lines.

Sunday 7

• Engineering works on Basildon and Ockendon lines.

Monday 8

• No c2c trains on the c2c route.

Tuesday 9

• Reduced service on all lines.
• First and last trains unaffected.

Wednesday 10

• Early morning services may be affected, check before you travel.

Rob Mullen, c2c Managing Director, said: “I’m really disappointed that an agreement with ASLEF hasn’t been reached. The impact of this ongoing action is significant for our customers and colleagues. I’m hopeful that further meetings with the unions are productive and see progress made toward concluding this challenging time for the railway.”

A Rail Delivery Group Spokesperson, said: “Train companies are working through plans to manage the unnecessary disruption to our passengers caused by this damaging industrial action – minimum service levels are one potential tool for that but they are not a silver bullet. In the meantime we remain committed to resolving this dispute and our offer, which would take average driver salaries to £65,000 for a four-day week without overtime, remains on the table.”

We would advise customers to check before they travel here: www.nationalrail.co.uk

If your service is affected by disruption, cross-industry ticket acceptance and temporary removal of certain ticket restrictions may be made available. If you purchased an Off-Peak or Anytime ticket and choose not to travel because your service has been cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you may be entitled to a fee-free refund or change from the original retailer of your ticket.

Customers with Advance, Anytime or Off-Peak tickets purchased before the 20 March, for travel between Friday 5 April – Monday 8 April can instead use their tickets any time between Thursday 4 April until Wednesday 10 April.

We will do all we can to honour passengers’ tickets, however the industrial action will cause significant disruption. Customers will have the following options:

• Refunds: If your service has been cancelled, delayed or rescheduled, you will be entitled to a change or refund from the original retailer of your ticket. Find out more about applying for a refund here.
• Season Ticket holders (monthly or longer only) who are unable to travel due to timetable disruption on the day that strike action has been cancelled, can claim 100% compensation through Delay Repay for the strike dates if their journey is valid for one or more legs, on a train company impacted by industrial action.
• Flexi Season Ticket holders who have activated a day’s travel for a strike day and were then unable or choose not to travel, can claim 100% compensation for these days through Delay Repay if their journey is valid for one or more legs, on a train company impacted by industrial action.
• Season Ticket holders (all durations) who choose to travel will be eligible for Delay Repay compensation if their journey is delayed against the timetable in operation.
• Changing operator or route: To help minimise any disruption, you may be able to use your ticket on another train company or an alternative route. Please contact the train company you are due to travel with for more information.
• Travel within London: customers presenting magstripe National Rail tickets (Singles, Returns or Season Tickets) for journeys across London are permitted to travel on TfL services (bus, Tube, tram or DLR) on reasonable routes only, on the days of the National Rail industrial action only. Barcode and tickets on smartcard cannot be accepted by TfL staff. Please note if your ticket is for a journey that includes crossing London it will not be valid on London Underground services on an alternative date. Please contact the original retailer of your ticket for more information.
• Return Journey: If you do not/cannot make your outward journey because of a strike, you can have a refund on your outward and return ticket even if the latter is not affected by a strike. And the same if the return journey was affected by a strike but the outward journey was not.