Travelling by train during the ASLEF strike in August - would you avoid?

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The train service I’d be using just says some services will be delayed. Sorry if this is a stupid question I just can’t find much information. Would you just avoid if it’s not a necessary journey?

Yeah, these train strikes do my head in!!!

You mean the overtime ban? My family are as we have no choice.

^ yes that’s the one. I was just trying to work out whether there will be some delays or whether it’ll be chaotic and avoided unless you have to. Mine isn’t a necessary journey.

Firstly they aren't strikes. Drivers are just working their rostered days and hours. Not coming in for overtime on their days off.

Services are usually busier as there as less of them. Depending on what day and time you a travelling will dictate just how busy.

It would depend on the location and the journey.

I would t take an intercity train from Scotland to London but I would risk a smaller journey from London to somewhere not too far away.

It's not a strike, they're just not doing overtime, so timetables are reduced on some lines. Check before you travel and you should be fine.

Expect trains to be rammed. Trains on my London commuter line went from four an hour down to one, with some of those cancelled. One morning the woman crammed next to me fainted. It was pretty awful. But at less busy times it hasn't been as awful.

It would depend on the train company. Great Northern don't run much of a service at weekends even when there is no industrial action.

Was going to ask same question. We going to an expensive event in London. Paid £200 for train tickets and now stressing we won't be able to get there and can't even know until the day of travel?

@LlynTegid that's because of their roster.

On TL we are rostered to work 3 out of 4 Saturdays and they only work 1 or 2, even though technically we are the same company.

Where/when are you trying to travel?

We had to get from Bath to Gatwick a few weeks ago (to catch a plane) and I kept an eye on what was being cancelled two days before. I would have been able to catch the previous or subsequent train with my advance ticket (got that in writing from the train co).

Try to travel in the middle of the day if you can (the early and mid evening ones seem to be more susceptible to being cancelled round here).

Manchester to Newcastle, around 4/5pm.