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Bletchley Park & Strike

Posted by (VA) on

Hi,

Our itinerary is Bletchley Park this Sunday (May 24). We stopped by a ticket counter tonight at Euston to go ahead and get our tickets (for the 2-for-1 deal). However, we were told by the agent that there are no trains running to Bletchley Park due to a strike. He could not give us any other suggestions, so I'm at a loss as to how to salvage our day trip. When I put it in CityMapper for Sunday, it does not mention anything about a route cancellation and shows the route from Westminster to Euston on to Bletchley Park.

If there are any local experts that are in the know about Sunday's strike and getting to Bletchley Park, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks!

Posted by
1952 posts

There don’t seem to be any of the fastest trains running on Sunday until lunchtime but there are plenty of trains taking less than an hour.

Posted by
65 posts

Johnew52–I’m not sure of the difference. Citymapper is telling me to take the Birmingham New Street at 8:25 am Sunday, getting to Bletchley Park at 9:22 am. Will that train be running? And is there one running back to Euston late day? Thank you!

Posted by
1952 posts

Yes, the 8.25 is one of the trains I mentioned, taking 57 minutes. There are others roughly every 30 minutes. There are faster trains from lunchtime but I guess that you don’t want to wait that long to set out.

If you look at nationalrail.co.uk you can see all options. You can follow a link from there to buy tickets online but I guess that you want paper tickets for the 2-4-1 offer, which you can get at Euston from the ticket desk or machines, either ahead of time or just before the train.

Posted by
11891 posts

There has even been a half hourly service on the strike days. But the strike finishes at 2359 Saturday

The first train from Euston to Bletchley this Sunday is at 0655, then 0724, 0751, 0825 etc. Then half hourly back.

Saturday night/Sunday morning there is engineering work so rail replacement buses at 0200 from Euston (fast and slow buses).
The first strike day train today (Saturday) is at 0856, arrive Bletchley 0931, then two an hour back until almost midnight.

So there isn't a problem.

Posted by
65 posts

Thanks everyone! We had a wonderful day trip to Bletchley Park via train. No issues at all!

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