Train and airport strikes taking place in May - full list of travel affected

Husna Anjum

2 May 2024 at 10:05 am·2-min read

The scene at Heathrow — Strikes are planned at Heathrow Airport. -Credit:Alex Whittles/X

Thousands of rail and airline passengers face major disruption next week with strike action planned. A pay dispute is behind industrial action on the railways while job cut threats have triggered planned walkouts at Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow.

Rail

Aslef members at 16 train companies, including West Midlands Railway, will launch a six-day ban on overtime on Bank Holiday Monday, followed by strikes at different operators on three separate days between May 7 and 9. West Midlands Railway said it would not be running any services on Wednesday, May 8 and services on all other days between Monday, May 6 and Saturday, May 11, would be subject to disruption and cancellation.

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Strike days involving other operators:

MAY 7: Aslef members at c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern, Gatwick Express and South Western Railway on strike

MAY 8: Aslef members at Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway on strike.

MAY 9: Train drivers at LNER, Northern Trains and TransPennine Trains on strike.

Industrial action has been announced -Credit:West Midlands Railway

Passengers with tickets for travel between May 7 and 9 can use them on any day between May 6 and 13 providing they were paid for before April 22, West Midlands Railway said. London Underground services are excluded.

Rail replacement buses between Leamington Spa and Nuneaton will be available between May 6 and 11, excluding May 8. There will be a some service reductions on these routes:

Birmingham - Hereford

Birmingham - Shrewsbury

Birmingham - Rugeley Trent Valley

Heathrow Airport

Eight hundred staff members will walk out from May 7 to 13 over announcements that hundreds of roles will be outsourced due to cost cutting. Staff in passenger services, trolley operations and campus security roles will all down tools.

Other workers are expected to join the strike, including firefighters and airside operations. Trade union Unite claimed Heathrow Airport Ltd had refused to discuss alternatives to outsourcing, which the company said would save £40million.

Unite said the 'substantial reduction in the number of workers' would create 'serious security concerns'. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "Heathrow Airport's actions are deplorable, it is raking in massive profits for the bosses while trying to squeeze every last penny out of its workforce.

"Unite is fully focussed on defending its member's jobs, pay and conditions and our members at Heathrow will receive the union's unrelenting support during this dispute."

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