Full list of Greater Anglia train changes as strike action hits Essex

More strikes are taking place by railway staff this weekend and next week - meaning services for Essex commuters are set to be severely disrupted. Greater Anglia has announced a string of changes due to upcoming industrial action.

Customers are advised to check before they travel due to industrial action taking place until Friday, October 6. On Saturday (September 30) and Wednesday (October 4), strike action will take place. A heavily reduced train service will operate, on an hourly basis, only on four core routes.

These routes are Norwich to London, Colchester to London, Southend Victoria to London, and Stansted Airport to London, generally starting much later and finishing earlier than normal. There will also be a very small number of Cambridge to London trains on October 4. Customers are also advised that due to planned engineering work, a replacement bus service will be in place between Norwich and Ipswich on Saturday, September 30.

On Monday, October 2, Tuesday, October 3, Thursday, October 5, and Friday, October 6, there will be action short of a strike by members of the ASLEF union. The normal timetable will be in place, with most services operating on all Greater Anglia routes, but with some planned cancellations, which are listed below.

Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia’s managing director, said: "Unfortunately on the strike days, on September 30 and October 4, on most Greater Anglia routes no services will run at all, with just an hourly service for limited hours on the Norwich to London, Colchester to London, Southend Victoria to London, and Stansted Airport to London routes, plus a very small number of trains between Cambridge and London on October 4.

“On the days affected by action short of a strike, the vast majority of services will be running as normal, but there will be some alterations and cancellations across our network. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by these service alterations and advise customers to plan ahead and check before they travel.”

Further details of the impact on services are listed as follows in date order :

Saturday, September 30 – ASLEF Strike day

Trains will operate on the following routes only (with no services on any other routes):

Norwich – London Liverpool Street: replacement buses between Norwich and Ipswich, with an hourly train service between Ipswich and London as follows:

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

10.30

21.30

Ipswich

08.42

19.42

Stansted Airport – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

04.40

23.25

Stansted Airport

05.43

23.45

Colchester – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

10.00

22.00

Colchester

08.13

20.13

Southend Victoria – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

09.47

23.45

Southend Victoria

08.13

22.00

Customers are advised that planned engineering work is taking place between Norwich and Ipswich, so a replacement bus service will be in operation, connecting with the trains between Ipswich and London.

Norwich City v Birmingham City – Saturday 30 September: Any supporters travelling to the match via the Norwich to London route are reminded that the combination of industrial action and planned engineering work means far fewer services are available and the journey will take much longer with a rail replacement bus service in place between Norwich and Ipswich.

Sunday, October 1 – no strike action

Services are likely to start later than normal. A full service will run across the Greater Anglia network. However, engineering work is taking place on some routes. Customers are advised to check before they travel.

Monday, October 2 & Tuesday, October 3 - cancellations due to ASLEF action short of strike:

Norwich to London Liverpool Street – 11.32, 13.30, 16.30
London Liverpool Street to Norwich – 14.00, 16.00, 19.02
Norwich to Cambridge – 07.30
Cambridge to Norwich – 09.13
Norwich to Sheringham – 09.45, 18.55
Sheringham to Norwich – 10.46, 19.54
Norwich to Great Yarmouth – 07.36, 08.36, 10.35, 12.34, 14.40, 16.40
Great Yarmouth to Norwich – 08.17, 09.17, 11.17, 13.17, 15.17, 17.17
Norwich to Lowestoft – 05.36, 12.05
Lowestoft to Norwich – 06.35, 07.50, 12.57, 22.48
Ipswich to Lowestoft – 13.16, 15.16, 18.13, 21.17
Lowestoft to Ipswich – 06.14, 15.06, 17.02, 20.07
Ipswich to Felixstowe – 08.25
Felixstowe to Ipswich – 08.54
Ipswich to Cambridge – 11.21, 13.21, 17.21
Cambridge to Ipswich – 12.47, 14.47, 18.47
Ipswich to Peterborough – 11.56
Peterborough to Ipswich – 13.50
London Liverpool Street to Ely – 19.07
Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street – 14.53, 20.53
London Liverpool Street to Cambridge North – 18.37
Bishops Stortford to Stratford – 09.47, 14.47, 21.15
Stratford to Bishops Stortford – 08.04, 11.30, 20.00, 23.00
Hertford East to London Liverpool Street –17.39, 22.09, 23.39
London Liverpool Street to Hertford East – 21.12, 23.12
Hertford East to Stratford – 06.21
Stratford to Hertford East – 16.30
Broxbourne to Hertford East – 05.43
Meridian Water to Stratford – 07.38, 11.08, 16.08, 19.36, 22.38
Stratford to Meridian Water – 07.17, 10.46, 15.46, 19.00, 22.16

Wednesday, October 4 – ASLEF Strike day

Trains will operate on the following routes only (with no services on any other routes):

Cambridge – London Liverpool Street: approx. every two hours

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

09.58

18.58

Cambridge

08.20

17.20

Norwich – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

10.30

21.30

Norwich

08.00

19.00

Stansted Airport – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

04.40

23.25

Stansted Airport

05.43

23.45

Colchester – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

10.00

22.00

Colchester

08.13

20.13

Southend Victoria – London Liverpool Street: hourly

Departure from…

First train

Last train

London

09.47

23.45

Southend Victoria

08.13

22.00

Thursday, October 5: ASLEF action short of a strike – cancellations

Norwich to London Liverpool Street - 05.05, 05.30, 06.04, 06.28, 09.32, 11.32, 13.30, 16.30
London Liverpool Street to Norwich - 06.00, 06.25, 07.30, 12.00, 14.00, 16.00, 19.02
Witham to Braintree - 00.06, 05.21
Braintree to Witham - 00.27, 05.43
Witham to London Liverpool Street - 06.18
London Liverpool Street to Witham - 06.48
Shenfield to Braintree – 05.45
Braintree to London Liverpool Street - 06.40
London Liverpool Street to Braintree - 06.16
Clacton-on-Sea to London Liverpool Street - 05.20, 05.40, 06.05, 06.34
London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea - 05.23
Clacton-on-Sea to Walton-on-The-Naze - 06.12
Walton-on-The-Naze to Colchester - 06.28
Walton-on-The-Naze to Thorpe-le-Soken – 05.33, 06.55
Colchester to London Liverpool Street – 04.43, 05.12
London Liverpool Street to Colchester – 00.18, 00.46
Colchester to Colchester Town – 06.20
Colchester Town to Colchester – 06.11
Colchester to Ipswich – 06.15
Harwich Town to Manningtree – 05.24, 06.26
Manningtree to Harwich Town – 05.53
Ipswich to London Liverpool Street – 05.12
Marks Tey to Sudbury – 05.58
Sudbury to Marks Tey – 05.30, 06.32
Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street – 04.00, 04.28, 05.01, 05.20, 05.40, 06.00, 06.22, 06.35, 06.46
London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria – 00.15, 00.50, 04.35, 05.36, 05.55, 06.18, 06.35, 06.50, 07.12, 07.57
Shenfield to Southminster – 05.52
Wickford to Southminster – 05.16
Southminster to Wickford – 05.26
Southminster to London Liverpool Street – 06.05, 06.46
Norwich to Great Yarmouth – 05.08, 06.11, 07.36, 08.36, 10.35, 12.34, 14.40, 16.40
Great Yarmouth to Norwich – 05.43, 06.24, 06.58, 08.17, 09.17, 11.17, 13.17, 15.17, 17.17
Norwich to Lowestoft – 05.36, 06.23, 06.45, 12.05
Lowestoft to Norwich – 05.37, 06.35, 07.33, 07.50, 12.57, 22.48
Norwich to Sheringham – 05.12, 05.40, 09.45, 18.55
Cromer to Norwich – 05.51
Sheringham to Norwich – 06.18, 07.14, 10.46, 19.54
Norwich to Cambridge – 05.33, 07.30
Cambridge to Norwich – 06.01, 09.13
Some trains between Norwich and Stansted Airport will terminate/start back at Cambridge. Customers should check before they travel.
Bury St Edmunds to Ipswich – 05.30, 06.26
Cambridge to Ipswich – 06.41, 12.47, 14.47, 18.47
Ipswich to Cambridge – 05.10, 06.17, 11.21, 13.21, 17.21
Ipswich to Felixstowe – 05.04, 06.04, 06.25, 08.25
Felixstowe to Ipswich – 05.34, 06.36, 08.54
Colchester to Peterborough – 05.40
Ipswich to Peterborough – 11.56
Peterborough to Ipswich – 13.50
Ipswich to Saxmundham – 06.20
Ipswich to Lowestoft – 13.16, 15.16, 18.13, 21.17
Lowestoft to Ipswich – 06.14, 06.40, 15.06, 17.02, 20.07
London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport – 04.40, 05.10, 05.25, 05.40, 05.55, 06.10, 06.25, 06.40, 06.55, 07.10, 07.40
Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street – 06.00, 06.15, 06.28, 06.45, 06.58, 07.15, 07.28, 07.43, 08.15, 08.45
Bishop’s Stortford to Stratford – 05.30, 06.32, 09.47, 14.47, 21.15
Stratford to Bishop’s Stortford – 07.04, 08.04, 11.30, 20.00, 23.00
Bishop’s Stortford to London Liverpool Street – 05.39
Bishop’s Stortford to Cambridge – 05.59
Cambridge to London Liverpool Street – 04.48, 05.20, 05.50, 06.20, 06.50
Cambridge to Stratford – 05.31
London Liverpool Street to Cambridge – 05.28, 05.58, 06.28, 06.58, 08.03, 16.28
Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street – 06.38, 14.53, 20.53
London Liverpool Street to Cambridge North – 18.37
Ely to London Liverpool Street – 05.52
London Liverpool Street to Ely – 19.07
Broxbourne to Hertford East – 05.43
Hertford East to London Liverpool Street – 05.25, 06.07, 06.45, 07.15, 07.45, 17.39, 22.09
London Liverpool Street to Hertford East – 05.42, 05.52, 06.12, 06.42, 07.12, 07.42, 08.12, 21.12, 23.12
Hertford East to Stratford – 06.21, 07.21
Stratford to Hertford East – 06.36, 16.30
Meridian Water to Stratford – 06.22, 07.08, 07.38, 08.08, 11.08, 16.08, 19.36, 22.38
Stratford to Meridian Water – 05.52, 06.44, 07.17, 07.47, 10.46, 15.46, 19.00, 22.16

Friday, October 6: ASLEF action short of a strike – cancellations

Norwich to London Liverpool Street – 11.32, 13.30, 16.30
London Liverpool Street to Norwich – 14.00, 16.00, 19.02
Norwich to Lowestoft – 05.36, 12.05
Lowestoft to Norwich – 06.35, 07.50, 12.57, 22.48
Norwich to Great Yarmouth – 07.36, 08.36, 10.35, 12.34, 14.40, 16.40
Great Yarmouth to Norwich – 08.17, 09.17, 11.17, 13.17, 15.1, 17.17
Norwich to Sheringham – 09.45, 18.55
Sheringham to Norwich – 10.46, 19.54
Norwich to Cambridge – 07.30
Cambridge to Norwich – 09.13
Some trains between Norwich and Stansted Airport will terminate/start back at Cambridge. Customers should check before they travel
Ipswich to Felixstowe – 08.25
Felixstowe to Ipswich – 08.54
Ipswich to Cambridge – 11.21, 13.21, 17.21
Cambridge to Ipswich – 12.47, 14.47, 18.47
Ipswich to Peterborough – 11.56
Peterborough to Ipswich – 13.50
Ipswich to Lowestoft – 13.16, 15.16, 18.13, 21.17
Lowestoft to Ipswich – 06.14, 15.06, 17.02, 20.07
Bishop’s Stortford to Stratford – 09.47, 14.47, 21.15
Stratford to Bishop’s Stortford – 08.04, 11.30, 20.00, 23.00
Stratford to Meridian Water – 07.17, 10.46, 15.46, 19.00, 22.16
Meridian Water to Stratford – 07.38, 11.08, 16.08, 19.36, 22.38
Broxbourne to Hertford East – 05.43
Hertford East to Stratford – 06.21
Hertford East to London Liverpool Street – 17.39, 22.09
London Liverpool Street to Hertford East – 21.12, 23.12
Cambridge North to London Liverpool Street – 14.53, 20.53
London Liverpool Street to Cambridge North – 18.37
London Liverpool Street to Cambridge – 16.28
London Liverpool Street to Ely – 19.07

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