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Tube and National Rail Strikes: October 2023

October 3, 2023
    Tube
    • Most Tube services will be severely affected or will not run on strike days
    • There will be no Night Tube on Friday 6 October
    • Tube services the following mornings will be disrupted until around 08:00 (Thursday 5 and Saturday 7 October)
    • Stations that do open may only be open for limited periods
    Elizabeth line
    • There are no strikes on the Elizabeth line
    • The central section of the line could be subject to last minute changes, including non-stopping at stations in central London
    • You may need to get off at Paddington, Liverpool Street or Whitechapel station and continue your journey using alternative transport options
    • The rest of the Elizabeth line is expected to operate normally outside central London
    • Services will be busier than usual
    London Overground
    • There are no strikes on London Overground services
    • There may be last minute changes, including trains non-stopping at stations shared with London Underground
    • Services will be much busier than usual
    • Night Overground will run on Friday 6 October but will not stop at Whitechapel and Canada Water stations
    DLR
    • There are no strikes on the DLR
    • There may be last minute changes, including trains non-stopping at stations shared with London Underground
    • Services may be much busier than usual
    • Night Overground will run on Friday 6 October but will not stop at Whitechapel and Canada Water stations
    Buses and trams
    • There are no strikes on buses and trams
    • Services will run normally
    • Services may be extremely busy
    National Rail

    There is also a national rail strike planned on Wednesday 4 October, with severely reduced services running.

    This is likely to significantly affect the following train companies:

    • Avanti West Coast

    • c2c

    • Chiltern Railways

    • CrossCountry

    • East Midlands Railway

    • Gatwick Express

    • Great Northern

    • Great Western Railway

    • Greater Anglia (including Stansted Express)

    • Heathrow Express

    • LNER

    • London Northwestern Railway

    • Northern

    • South Western Railway (including Island Line)

    • Southeastern

    • Southern

    • Thameslink

    • TransPennine Express

    • West Midlands Railway

     

    Source: TfL & National Rail

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