London transport news LIVE: Aslef overtime ban hits rail network amid Tube train shortage on Central Line

How will tomorrow’s strikes affect you?

No Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink or Great Northern services will be running tomorrow.

There will be a “very limited shuttle service” on the following routes:

Southern shuttle service calling at Gatwick Airport and London Victoria onlyThameslink shuttle service calling at London St Pancras International, Luton Airport Parkway and Luton onlyThameslink shuttle service calling at London Kings Cross and Cambridge only

Aslef train strikes begin tomorrow

Train drivers who are members of Aslef will will stop work region-by-region from tomorrow until February 5 (Monday).

Tomorrow’s strikes will affect:

Gatwick ExpressGreat NorthernSouth Western Railway (including Island Line)SoutheasternSouthernThameslink

Today’s Great Northern services:

The Great Northern’s website is currently unavailable, but you can check National Rail for its amended timetable.

London King’s Cross and King’s Lynn – one train per hour, rising to two trains per hour during peakLondon King’s Cross and Peterborough – one train per hour (peak only)London King’s Cross and Cambridge – one train per hourMoorgate and Welwyn Garden City – two trains per hourMoorgate and Stevenage via Hertford North – two trains per hour

Today’s Thameslink services:

Peterborough and Horsham via Redhill – one train per hourCambridge and Three Bridges via Redhill – one train per hourBedford and Brighton – two trains per hourLondon Blackfriars and Sutton via Wimbledon – two trains per hourSt Albans City and Sutton via Mitcham Eastfields – two trains per hourLuton and Rainham – one train per hourLondon Blackfriars and Sevenoaks – two trains per hour

Today’s Southern services running to or from London Bridge:

Uckfield – one service in the morning peak, one in the evening peakCaterham – one train per hourTattenham Corner – one train per hourEast Croydon via Tulse Hill & Selhurst – two trains per hourBeckenham Junction via Tulse Hill – two trains per hour (peak only)

Today’s Southern services running to or from London Victoria:

Brighton – two trains per hourEastbourne / Ore – one train per hourPortsmouth / Bognor Regis via Horsham – one train per hourLittlehampton via Preston Park– one train per hourEast Grinstead – one train per hour (two trains per hour in peak)Dorking – one train per hourHorsham via Dorking – one train per hourWest Croydon via Crystal Palace – two trains per hour (peak only)Epsom Downs via Selhurst – two trains per hourLondon Bridge – two trains per hour

How will the overtime ban affect the Gatwick Express?

Gatwick Express services will not be running between today and February 2 (Friday) or February 5 and 6 (Monday and Tuesday).

A normal Gatwick Express service will operate on February 3 and 4 (Saturday and Sunday).

You can get to the airport using Southern/Thameslink alternatives, but make sure to check their amended timetables.

What train operators are being hit with an overtime ban today?

The following operators will be affected by industrial action from today until February 6:

South Western Railway (including Island Line)SoutheasternSouthernNorthernTransPennine Expressc2cGreat NorthernLNERAvanti West CoastEast Midlands RailwayWest Midlands RailwayChiltern RailwaysCrossCountryGreat Western Railway

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Today is the first day of a nine-day overtime ban called by the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (Aslef), meaning its members will refuse to work outside of their contractual hours.

Although this will have less disruption than a full walkout, Aslef says no train operator “employs enough drivers to provide the service they promise passengers and businesses they will deliver without asking drivers to work their days off”.

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