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What you need to know about the train strikes in Oxfordshire tomorrow

Byoxfordnewspaper

Aug 19, 2022

Britain’s train operators have released plans for how their services will be altered during this week’s rail strikes.

On Thursday and Saturday, only around a fifth of normal services will run, and half of lines will be closed.

Trains will only operate between 7.30am and 6.30pm on both strike days and will start later than normal on the following mornings.

Here is a breakdown of each operator’s plan for Thursday and Saturday:

– Chiltern Railways

Thursday: No trains will run north of Banbury or to/from Oxford station.

There will be one train per hour in both directions between London Marylebone and each of Aylesbury via High Wycombe; Banbury; and Oxford Parkway.

The same frequency will be in place between Aylesbury Vale Parkway and Amersham.

Saturday: No trains will run north of High Wycombe or Aylesbury due to the combination of planned engineering work and the strike.

There will be two trains per hour in both directions between London Marylebone and High Wycombe, and one per hour between London Marylebone and Aylesbury via Amersham.

– Great Western Railway

No services will run on many routes, such as all those in Cornwall, branch lines in Devon, between Cardiff and Swansea, and between Bath and Portsmouth.

– CrossCountry

Saturday: No direct services will run between Birmingham and Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham, Peterborough and Stansted Airport.