Greater Anglia service alterations due to industrial action: 1 September and 2 September 2023

Norwich - London Liverpool Street: hourly

Stansted Airport - London Liverpool Street: hourly

Colchester - London Liverpool Street: hourly

Southend Victoria - London Liverpool Street: hourly

Greater Anglia customers are advised to check before they travel due to industrial action taking place on Friday 1 September and Saturday 2 September.

Service Plans for 2 September

Trains will be running across the company’s network between 07:00 and 23:00, with many routes having a normal or near normal service between those hours. Some routes will have a reduced frequency and certain routes will see no services at all.

The following services will not run:

• Ipswich – Felixstowe
• Colchester – Walton-on-the-Naze via Colchester Town
• Marks Tey – Sudbury
• Manningtree – Harwich Town
• Bishop’s Stortford – Stratford
• Hertford East - London Liverpool Street
• Meridian Water – Stratford

Passengers should be aware that our routes will run at the following frequency:

• Braintree - London Liverpool Street: hourly
• Cambridge/Cambridge North – London Liverpool Street: hourly
• Clacton-on-Sea - London Liverpool Street: hourly
• Colchester Town - Colchester: every 35 minutes
• Ipswich - London Liverpool Street: hourly
• Southend Victoria - London Liverpool Street: every 20 minutes
• Stansted Airport - London Liverpool Street: every 30 minutes

• Ipswich - Lowestoft: two hourly
• Bury St Edmunds - Cambridge: hourly
• Bury St Edmunds - Peterborough: two hourly

• Norwich - Great Yarmouth: hourly
• Norwich - Lowestoft: hourly
• Norwich - Sheringham: hourly
• Norwich - Stansted Airport: hourly

• Wickford – Southminster: every 80 minutes

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

Supporters visiting Portman Road are advised to check before they travel due to industrial action and engineering work taking place on our network.

Due to track and overhead line work being carried out on our network, a rail replacement service will replace trains all weekend:

• between Norwich and Ipswich (direct bus: 90 minutes / all-stations bus: two hours)
• between Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds

A summary of the service patterns for each route on affected dates is available on either National Rail Enquiries or www.greateranglia.co.uk.

Some services are also affected by engineering works.

Engineering work summary – Saturday 2 September & Sunday 3 September

Due to track and overhead line work being carried out on our network, a rail replacement service will replace trains all weekend:

• between Norwich and Ipswich (direct bus: 90 minutes / all-stations bus: two hours)
• between Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds

On all days affected by industrial action, there is a risk of short-notice service alterations or cancellations. Services on the days after strike days also start slightly later than normal.

Other train operators are also affected by both sets of industrial action.

Passenger assistance arrangements will be available as usual on all days, but anyone requiring assistance should plan their journey and book assistance in advance if possible.

Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia’s managing director, said:

“With industrial action taking place on Saturday 2 September, there will be some alterations and cancellations across our network, plus some routes where no trains will run at all, while on 1 September it is expected that trains only will operate on four routes, with no services at all on the rest of the network.

“We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by these service alterations and advise customers to plan ahead and check before they travel.”

Customers can find all train times by using journey planners on either National Rail Enquiries or www.greateranglia.co.uk

Journey planners will be updated with exact train times 3 days before each strike date.