Greater Anglia service alterations due to industrial action: 29 July and 31 July – 5 August 2023

A Greater Anglia train. Credit: Greater Anglia Greater Anglia customers are advised to check before they travel due to industrial action taking place this weekend (Saturday 29 July) and next week (Monday 31 July to Saturday 5 August). The RMT trade union has announced strike action on Saturday 29 July. As a result, trains will be running across the company’s network between 07:00 and 23:00, with many routes having a normal or near normal service between those hours, but some routes having a reduced frequency and certain routes seeing no services at all. The services which will not run at all are as follows: Ipswich – Felixstowe Manningtree – Harwich Town Colchester – Walton-on-the-Naze via Colchester Town Bishop’s Stortford – Stratford Hertford East – London Liverpool Street Meridian Water – Stratford A summary of the service patterns for each route on 29 July are provided at the end of this release and more details are available on the Greater Anglia website. Separate industrial action short of a strike, called by the ASLEF trade union, will affect the Greater Anglia network between the start of Monday 31 July and the end of Saturday 5 August inclusive. It means there will be a small number of cancellations on most Greater Anglia routes while the action takes place. A full list of the trains that will be cancelled from 31 July to 4 August inclusive is provided at the end of this release, as well as on the Greater Anglia website. Alterations for Saturday 5 August are still being worked on and will be published as soon as possible. Action short of a strike has also been announced by ASLEF for Monday 7 August to Saturday 12 August. This action is likely to have a similar impact to next week’s action, i.e. a small number of cancellations on most routes, but details will be confirmed as soon as they are available. On all days affected by industrial action there is a risk of short notice service alterations or cancellations. Other train operators are also affected by both sets of industrial action. Passenger assistance arrangements will be available as usual on all days, but anyone requiring assistance should plan their journey and book assistance in advance if possible. Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia’s managing director, said: “While the majority of services will be running as normal during the periods affected by industrial action, there will be some alterations and cancellations across our network, plus some routes where no trains will run at all on 29 July. “We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by these service alterations and advise customers to plan ahead and check before they travel.” Customers can find all train times by using journey planners on either National Rail Enquiries or www.greateranglia.co.uk The full list of train frequencies by route for Saturday 29 July and alterations and cancellations for Monday 31 July to Friday 4 August is shown below. Service frequencies – Saturday 29 July (RMT strike action) The frequency of each route will be: Braintree to London Liverpool Street: every hour Cambridge/Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street: every 30 minutes Clacton-on-Sea to London Liverpool Street: every hour, with trains calling additionally at Hythe Colchester Town to London Liverpool Street: every hour Ipswich to London Liverpool Street: every hour Norwich to London Liverpool Street: every hour Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street: every 20 minutes Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street: every 30 minutes Ipswich to Cambridge: every hour Ipswich to Lowestoft: every two hours, with trains calling additionally at Westerfield Ipswich to Peterborough: every two hours Marks Tey to Sudbury: every hour Norwich to Great Yarmouth: every hour Norwich to Lowestoft: every hour Norwich to Sheringham: every hour Norwich to Cambridge/Stansted Airport: services affected by planned engineering work with buses between Norwich and Ely, connecting with trains between Ely and Cambridge/Stansted Airport (please note that passengers may need to change at Cambridge when travelling to/from Stansted Airport) Wickford to Southminster: every 40 minutes Routes with no service: Colchester to Walton-on-the-Naze via Colchester Town Manningtree to Harwich Town Ipswich to Felixstowe Hertford East to London Liverpool Street Bishop’s Stortford to Stratford Meridian Water to Stratford Service cancellations – Monday 31 July to Friday 4 August inclusive (ASLEF action short of strike) Norwich to London Liverpool Street – 11.32, 13.30, 16.30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich – 14.00, 16.00, 19.02 Norwich to Cambridge – 07.30 Cambridge to Norwich – 09.13 Norwich to Sheringham – 09.45, 18.55 Sheringham to Norwich – 10.46, 19.54 Norwich to Great Yarmouth – 07.36, 08.36, 10.35, 12.34, 14.40, 16.40 Great Yarmouth to Norwich – 08.17, 09.17, 11.17, 13.17, 15.17, 17.17 Norwich to Lowestoft – 05.36, 12.05 Lowestoft to Norwich – 06.35, 07.50, 12.57, 22.48 Ipswich to Lowestoft – 13.16, 15.16, 18.13, 21.17 Lowestoft to Ipswich – 06.14, 15.06, 17.02, 20.07 Ipswich to Felixstowe – 08.25 Felixstowe to Ipswich – 08.54 Ipswich to Cambridge – 11.21, 13.21, 17.21 Cambridge to Ipswich – 12.47, 14.47, 18.47 Ipswich to Peterborough – 11.56 Peterborough to Ipswich – 13.50 London Liverpool Street to Ely – 19.07 Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street – 14.53, 20.53 London Liverpool Street to Cambridge North – 18.37 Bishops Stortford to Stratford – 09.47, 14.47, 21.15 Stratford to Bishops Stortford – 08.04, 11.30, 20.00, 23.00 Hertford East to London Liverpool Street – 00.07, 17.39, 22.09 London Liverpool Street to Hertford East – 21.12, 23.12 Hertford East to Stratford – 06.21 Stratford to Hertford East – 16.30 Broxbourne to Hertford East – 05.43 Meridian Water to Stratford – 07.38, 11.08, 16.08, 19.36, 22.38 Stratford to Meridian Water – 07.17, 10.46, 15.46, 19.00, 22.16 For further information about this press release, please ring the Greater Anglia Press Office on 0330 109 7555. 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