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Busy trying to co-ordinate all these strikes is
Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT)

National Express East Anglia
(NXEA)

ASLEF
800 workers
and
TSSA

All unions ASLEF, RMT and the TSSA all now have contracts till  2010.

We know nothing! Came across this site.
May or maybe not up to date.
NIXEA Cheats.
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content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW">12/12/09 Lonon, Liverpool Street station passengers on NXEA will have to take tube into the centre of London from Stratford or replacement buses from Ilford and Ingatestone. Why? Over head replacement cables.

Friday the 13, November, 09  When you wake up in am tomorrow you will be part owner in National Express East Anglia, but only for two years. Enjoy it while you can. Will be government owned by midnight tonight. You will be able to ride from London to Scotland. On your behalf the government has pledged £12m to improve facilities at main stations on the line including Newcastle, York and Peterborough, and will also abolish those nasty reservation charges on the line from January 1, 2010.

9/16/09Union leaders from ASLEF meeting today to decide whether to accept latest pay deal.  Fingers crossed.
Update:-Union has accepted a 3.5% pay deal over two years, plus a productivity settlement, which could result in an extra 0.5% for members. Strike called off. Back to work.

9/15/09 Here you go, for revised schedule, it's up.  Looks managable.

A limited train service will operate between;
Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street,
Southend Victoria and London Liverpool Street,
Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft to Norwich,
        Norwich and Colchester to London Liverpool Street.

Leave early, can you car pool?  Sharpen your elbows, those trains will be packed.  Going to Stansted airport? Why not go to the airport a day earlier?

National Express East Anglia tickets will be accepted on c2c, First Capital Connect and East Midlands Trains on these days.   In addition TfL Buses and London Underground will be accepting Travelcards and season tickets only; other passengers should buy appropriate bus or Underground tickets or use Oyster pay as you go.


9/14/09 NXEA will publish new schedule Tuesday.

9/11/09  National Express East Anglia upping the pressure today. (Hoping public will kick up a fuss in their favour with calls to company) ASLEF union announced they will strike 6 days from  Monday, September 21 to Saturday, September 26. Union members rejected a 4 percent raise, offer has been accepted by RMT and TDDS.

Here they go again! National Rail Strike.
National Express East Anglia (NXEA) strike, Monday, 21, September, 09 If a deal is not made expect strike to last a week.  Called by train drivers who belong to ASLEF. Labour's annual conference in Brighton. 27th September to 1st October 2009.  Take First Capital Connect services, London to Brighton, their strike is called off.

All services, London, Essex Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Harwich International.  Here's a good link to all routes divided into four areas by NXEA

Last time!
31, August, 09  40 services were affected on Saturday, including the Ipswich to Norwich, London to Stansted Airport, and Colchester to Clacton routes. 
Why what happened?  Drivers called in sick, Norwich train broke down twice, 5 percent of trains actually run.

28, August, 09 National Express has announced that it is walking away from its loss making East Coast rail franchise to all parties relief.

20 August,09 National Express East Anglia is providing nearly 40 extra train services on Bank Holiday Monday 25 August, to supplement the usual Bank Holiday Sunday service. 

18 August,  09 Nightmare SIX hour train delay eveningstar.co.uk

Thursday, 13 August, 09 ASLEF broken away from pack and will be back at work at midnight tonight.  Will loosen up some trains. Progress was made yesterday when management offered 3.5 percent pay raise over two years, members will consider it this week. RMT and TSSA meeting this afternoon.
All  parties happy and back to work.
Expect residual disruption tomorrow.

Rail journey times from Kent commuter towns will be slashed with the introduction of 140mph Javelin trains. From 7 September two trains will run from Ramsgate and Dover on weekday mornings to St Pancras and two will return in the evenings, cutting times by 49 minutes.

8/12/09 National Rail Strike. National Express East Anglia confirmed the strike is on
00.01 hrs Thursday 13th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 14th August
Heads up, hourly service running between Stansted Airport and London, Liverpool Street on Thursday and Friday.  Also limited service between Broxbourne and London.  Plus a bonus morning and evening peak hours.  Sorry, you can get to work and unions threatening a week long strike for next month.  "So are there any replacement bus services at all on 13th august? national express"?
Limited train service running.
London Liverpool Street and Colchester / Norwich
London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria
London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport / Cambridge
What NXEA has to say, check out the cancellations for Saturday and Sunday might be sporadic.
Tomorrow TSSA joins in with a loss of 5 percent more trains.

There will be no other services run by National Express East Anglia on these days.
One more left
00.01 hrs Thursday 20th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 21st August

C2C, Laindon station has been picking up the slack, train and taxi's crowded.
00.01 hrs Thursday 6th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 7th August

6 August, 09 From parts of Greater London, TfL bus services and London Underground will be accepting Travelcards and season tickets only; other passengers should buy appropriate bus or Underground tickets or use Oyster pay as you go

 From parts of Essex: c2c services from Southend to London Fenchurch Street  


From parts of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire: First Capital Connect services from King’s Lynn and Cambridge to London King’s Cross


 From parts of Norfolk: a combination of East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect services from Norwich to Ely then on to London King’s Cross

For industrial action affecting National Express East Anglia and Stansted Express  on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August  and 
Saturday 8, August subject to alteration or cancellation.
Stena Line ferry sailings to / from Harwich International, replacement bus services will run at the following times:

    06:25 and 20:38 from London Liverpool Street to Harwich International
    07:10 and 20:40 from Harwich International to London Liverpool Street
nationalrail.co.uk

5, August, 09  Talks failed strike on.
5  August, Wednesday.  Talks underway, if unsuccessful booking clerks from the Transport Salaried Staff Association will join a further 48-hour stoppage next week.

Aftermath of National Rail Strike.
Service was severely disrupted for tens of thousands commuters.
4 Aug, 09 Kelvedon, Witham and Hatfield Peverel were hourly, with an extra train for Witham on the Thursday, and there had been an hourly service from Stansted Airport. No trains from Braintree to Witham. Buses were never laid on for users. Commuters were forced to sleep on office floors. Some companies had laid on coaches for employees or put them up in hotels. 

National Express East Anglia ran just 100 trains on 30 and 31 July instead of its usual 1,800 a day.

National Express managers say the unions want a 2.5% pay rise, a four-day working week and a 4% increase in the number of train drivers. 


Limited service, 3 trains would operate between Norwich, Colchester and London Liverpool Street.
Trains will run from Norwich at 5.40am, 6.40am and 7.40am and then 2pm, 3pm and 4pm into London Liverpool Street.
Return journeys will be available at 8.30am, 9.30am, 10.30am, 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm into Norwich.
National Express has said that passengers will be entitled to a refund and they can use their tickets the day before or after the strike days to avoid problems.

Take a coach to Stansted, leaves every 20mins by National Express

First strike is coming up. 00.01 hrs Thursday 30th July to 23.59 hours Friday 31st July.

7/28/09 In Essex, passengers are advised to use c2c services from Southend to London.

From parts of Norfolk, passengers can use a combination of East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect services from Norwich to Ely then on to London.

From parts of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, passengers can consider using First Capital Connect services from Kings Lynn and Cambridge to London.  See Nxia web site

7/23/09 East Midlands strike for this weekend, only, has been cancelled


Here we go again! National Rail Strike. Coinciding ASLEF strike times and dates at London East Midland

Train drivers for London services have been offered a 3% increase, taking their pay to around £38,500 a year. 

7/15/09 Ballot results in.  National Express East Anglia have voted by a massive nine to one majority in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, conditions and reorganization.
Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex prepare to strike.

RMT will be taking strike action on the following dates. ASLEF have confirmed that their members will be striking on the same days:  So far on ASLEF same dates, double whammy.

00.01 hrs Thursday 30th July to 23.59 hours Friday 31st July

00.01 hrs Thursday 6th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 7th August

00.01 hrs Thursday 13th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 14th August

00.01 hrs Thursday 20th August to 23.59 hrs Friday 21st August

7/12/09  Balloting for national rail strike, RMT union members at National Express, East Anglia over pay and working conditions. Balloting to end 15 July, 09.  

3/27/09 Friday, Strike Cancelled, "significant progress made"

Last time
National Express, East Anglia set to strike Monday, 30 March, 2009 Midnight.
Over 300 Possible job losses.100 of the 1,800 daily trains expected to run.

Per National Express website:-
All services on our Metro route between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria, Southminster and Shenfield. Will run.
All services on our West Anglia route between Liverpool Street and Chingford, Enfield Town, Hertford East and Cambridge. Will run.
All Stansted Express services between Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport
An hourly mainline service between Norwich and Liverpool Street, plus additional services at peak time. Will run.
An hourly service between Clacton, Colchester and Liverpool Street, and Braintree and Liverpool Street plus additional services at peak-time. Will run.
A morning and evening peak service between Norwich and Cambridge, and a two-hourly service between Ipswich and Cambridge. Will run.

Services are unlikely to operate on the 30 March, 09 are following routes: Walton to Thorpe, Harwich to Manningtree, Marks Tey to Sudbury, Norwich to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft & Sheringham, Ipswich to Felixstowe, Lowestoft & Peterborough

Further information on changes to train services will be advertised shortly.

We would like to apologize to our customers for any inconvenience caused by this proposed industrial action and thank you for your understanding.

National Express East Anglia says services from Cambridge to Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport will be unaffected.


RMT warning of "massive disruption".


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Attention, heads up:- National Rail Strike. Effects Standsted Airport. Check National Express site for work on the rails to airport, you may have to take a bus part way.

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National Express, East Anglia  Rail strike 2009. News, review. Service from the heart of London's financial district, Liverpool Street Station to the Greater Anglia network ie Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk in East Anglia. 
Network Rail are responsible for maintenance. National Express has made nearly half a billion pounds in profits from their rail operations over the past ten years - 2009. Allows Oyster card pay. 200,000 commuters a day between London Liverpool Street, Colchester, Southend and Norwich, A major artery  in and out of London.
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