The latest travel information about upcoming and past rail strikes and overtime bans.
Last updated on 18 January 2025.
The RMT union has announced the following industrial action affecting Avanti West Coast:
Sunday 2 February 2025 affecting:
Sunday 9 February 2025 affecting:
Sunday 16 February 2025 affecting:
Sunday 23 February 2025 affecting:
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Sunday 27 April 2025 affecting:
Sunday 4 May 2025 affecting:
Sunday 11 May 2025 affecting:
Sunday 18 May 2025 affecting:
Sunday 25 May 2025 affecting:
If you are affected by industrial action and decide not to travel, you can always request a refund using an instant online form.
The industrial action is being caused by ongoing disputes between the two main rail trade unions, the RMT union of transport workers and the ASLEF union of train drivers, and the train companies, Network Rail, and the government. The disputes are over wages, planned changes to working practices, and the threat of redundancies.
So far, the industrial action has consisted of both strikes and overtime bans. Overtime bans are often referred to as “action short of a strike” because they still cause significant disruption without technically striking; they’re effective because many train operators rely on staff doing voluntary overtime to run a full service.
All the days industrial action has taken place so far this year.
All the days industrial action took place last year.
All the days industrial action took place in 2023.
RMT union strike and ASLEF union overtime ban.
RMT union strike and ASLEF union overtime ban.
A planned RMT union strike was suspended.
A planned RMT union strike was suspended.
ASLEF union and RMT union strikes.
ASLEF union and RMT union strikes.