Travel disruption tomorrow due to industrial action

Rail passengers are advised not to travel unless their journey is essential on a number of routes this Saturday due to the impact of industrial action.

Transport for Wales (TfW) is not involved in Saturday’s industrial action by members of the train driver’s union ASLEF, but some of its services are likely to be extremely busy as a result of the severely-reduced timetable put in place by other operators.

TfW services in South Wales between Carmarthen and Newport are expected to be very busy because there are no Great Western Railway (GWR) services running in Wales. TfW will be running additional services along this route in order to provide extra capacity.

Services between Cardiff and Lydney, Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton* and services along the North Wales Coast are expected to be very busy with no CrossCountry, West Midlands Trains and Avanti West Coast services operating at all on Saturday 13 August.

TfW is advising customers not to travel unless their journey is essential between:

• Carmarthen and Newport
• Cardiff and Lydney
• Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton
• North Wales Coast

West Midlands Railway will also be affected by strike action. There will be no service between Hereford and Birmingham New Street tomorrow.