I've just seen that ASL&F, the main train drivers union (think Engineers in the US, the person at the front of the train) are voting on extensive nation-wide train strikes.
Drivers at 3 rail companies have already voted to strike but haven't announced dates.
14 days' notice must be given.
Drivers at a further 10 companies are voting now, with results to be announced on Monday.
Regarding the 3 days of national strikes last month with Network Rail, station staff and train crew striking, no further dates have been announced yet. Talks are ongoing but it seems that government (Grant Shapps, Minister) are blocking resolution. With the chaos currently in the government with multiple scandals and multiple resignations I think it unlikely they can fully concentrate on issues.
Then there are the TSSA strikes. Quoting the i,
It comes as station and ticket office staff from the Transport
Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) also voted on whether to go on
strike, with members balloted across a dozen train companies and
Network Rail.This afternoon, it was revealed that more than three hundred TSSA
members at CrossCountry and East Midlands Railway have voted for
industrial action.A spokesperson for the union, speaking to i, accused the Government of
being “the real wreckers” in the dispute between the union and rail
firms.
This will be of impact to visitors to the whole of the UK, not just England including from these Forums.
Part of the impact on tourists will be the uncertainty of when, how extensive, and how long the upcoming strikes will be. That's just what happened last month.
Update 7/7: TSSA members have voted for strike - probably coordinated with others - on LNER (Kings Cross to Scotland and the North East) and C2C (east from Fenchurch Street towards Southend, unlikely for tourists unless going to Southend Airport or a day on the south Essex coast).
The vote on the ASL&F (ASLEF) strikes will be announced on Monday. 2 weeks' notice required to strike.
Update 9 July: Some movement in another union's dispute may be a good omen. RMT Union has announced that they have reached a settlement with Merseyrail (Liverpool and surrounding area, as far as Chester, 3rd rail commuter railway) in their 5 year long dispute about the role of Guards. The position will be retained, a victory for the staff, even on new trains. The 16 strikes there can now end. Since what passes for government pulls the strings this may be - only may be - a harbinger of something good for the rest of the travelling public this summer.
The results of the ASLEF ballots should be announced on Monday.
Update 11 July: Bad News.
The results are in from 8 of the train companies potentially impacted and 9 to 1 all ASLEF members voted to strike. Over 80 percent of eligible members voted across the 8. The affected companies are Southeastern, Chiltern, LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express, Arriva Rail London, Great Western, and West Midlands Trains. West Midland Trains includes London Northwestern. Arriva Rail London operate the London Overground, the lines coloured orange on the maps.
Further Update 11 July: Good News.
ASLEF members at Scotrail have agreed a settlement which means that the emergency timetable and all its cancelled trains will be going away, exactly when unknown. But no strikes at Scotrail now.
Yet Another Update 11 July: More Bad News.
TSSA members have voted for strikes at Southeastern. Southeastern serves Kent, East Sussex, some West Sussex, and the quadrant of outer London from the river generally to where Southern take over, including Greenwich and all along the south bank of the estuary.
I expect further developments.
STRIKE 27 July
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