Is there a train strike on 8 October?

About 40,000 RMT members employed by Network Rail and 15 train operating companies will strike for another 24 hours on Saturday 8 October.



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What's happening this week?
  • Wednesday 4 October. Train driver strike and overtime ban to cancel or reduce services.
  • Thursday 5 October. Knock-on effect of strikes to affect early morning services. ...
  • Friday 6 October. Train driver overtime ban likely to reduce services.
  • Saturday 7 October.


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On Thursday 6 and Friday 7 October, white-collar staff belonging to the TSSA and Unite unions took industrial action at East Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway. A third national strike by RMT workers, on Saturday 8 October, is aimed at wrecking the plans of leisure passengers.

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The 2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes are an industrial dispute in the United Kingdom. The UK has seen its largest incidence of industrial action since 1989, beginning in the second Johnson ministry and continuing through the Truss ministry and Sunak ministry.



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Monday 7 November. The strike that was planned for this day has been cancelled. Unfortunately, due to the late notice of the cancelled strike, we are unable to run our full timetable.

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National strike action took place on:
  • Tuesday 3 January and Wednesday 4 January 2023 (action by the RMT union)
  • Thursday 5 January 2023 (action by the ASLEF union)
  • Friday 6 and Saturday 7 January 2023 (action by the RMT union)


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For single-use rail tickets: If you have paid for a single-use ticket, be it an advance ticket, off-peak ticket or anytime ticket, you should be eligible for a partial or full refund if your train is delayed due to the strikes.

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Often, disruption isn't just on the day of a strike. There is usually also an impact on services in the afternoon and evening on the day before each strike, as well as on the morning of the day after. This is because trains and drivers are out of their planned positions as a result of the strikes.

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If a train is cancelled (and that's what's happened here) you're entitled to take the next train that matches any restrictions on your ticket. So if your ticket is routed via a certain place, you must go that way, or if it's only valid on a certain train company, you must use that companies services.

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