Industrial action and planned station closures will affect train and tube travel this weekend and into next week.
Published: Wednesday, 28th September 2022
Train and tube services to and from Hounslow will be affected this weekend, with a series of planned closures and industrial action.
There will be no service on the entire London Overground network from around 4am on Saturday morning, due to strike action
South Western Railways (SWR) has announced that its drivers will be taking part in strike action on Saturday, 1 October and Sunday, 2 October.
Services on Saturday will be reduced between 7.30am and 6.30pm, with much of the network having no service.
On Sunday, train services will start much later than usual and will be very busy.
SWR ask travellers to avoid using the service on these days, if possible.
There will be further industrial action by SWR drivers on Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 9 October. The service will issue information about which trains will be running nearer the time.
Passengers should look for regular updates at: www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey/industrial-action
Meanwhile, there will be weekend disruption to tube services to Heathrow between Saturday and Sunday (Oct 1 and 2).
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that, due to planned closures, there will be no Piccadilly Line service between Acton Town and Heathrow.
TfL is urging passengers to plan their journey in advance and is encouraging customers travelling to Heathrow to use the Elizabeth Line, rail replacement buses (running from both Acton Town and Hammersmith) or coaches to and from Heathrow.
As the Elizabeth line will also be impacted by Network Rail staff being on strike on Saturday, there will be no rail services to the airport after around 5.30pm on Saturday until Elizabeth line services resume on Sunday morning at around 8am.
Heathrow Express services will not be operating throughout the day due to a lack of drivers because of the industrial action.
Travellers should be aware that strike action will take place on national rail services on 1, 5 and 8 October. This will impact London Overground and Elizabeth Line services as well as some of the London Underground. Full information will be available at tfl.gov.uk/strikes.
Passengers can plan an alternate route at: www.tfl.gov.uk
