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May Travel Disruption Guide

May 6th to May 13th 2024

This is your day by day guide to the upcoming national travel disruption over the next 2 weeks which will affect London and South West, in particular.

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Tue 7th to Tue 13th May

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Mon 6th May to Sat 11th May

May Travel Disruption Calendar

Date

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Train Strikes

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Heathrow Strikes

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Mon 6th May

National rail overtime ban starts

Normal Services

Tue 7th May

Train Companies

c2c, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia (includes Stansted Express), Great Northern, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway (includes Island Line) and Thameslink

All Terminals

Heathrow strike across all terminals
begins at 00:01 on Tues morning

Wed 8th May

Train Companies

Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway

All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all terminals in depatments such as Passenger services, Trolley operations, Campus security, Firefighters and Airside operations

Thu 9th May

Train Companies

LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express

All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all terminals in depatments such as Passenger services, Trolley operations, Campus security, Firefighters and Airside operations

Fri 10th May

Overtime Ban

Overtime ban continues. This is when workers decide not to work extra hours beyond their regular schedule. So, some services might not run as usual or might be less available.

All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all terminals in depatments such as Passenger services, Trolley operations, Campus security, Firefighters and Airside operations

Sat 11th May

Overtime Ban

Overtime ban ends today but some services might not run as usual or might be less available.

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All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all terminals in depatments such as Passenger services, Trolley operations, Campus security, Firefighters and Airside operations

Sun 12th May

Back to normal.

All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all terminals in depatments such as Passenger services, Trolley operations, Campus security, Firefighters and Airside operations

Mon 13th May

Back to normal.

All Terminals

Heathrow strike all day across all
Terminals ENDS at 23:59.

We Are Here To Help

Considering there are strikes over the next 2 weeks across the transport network, impacting train and even plane routes there is likely to be travel chaos. If you need to book a car call our Bookings line or click on our web booker to get a quote.

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