Chiltern Metropolitan Line services to be impacted by London Underground industrial action next week
Chiltern Railways is warning customers travelling on its Metropolitan Line services between Aylesbury and London via Amersham that their journey will likely be affected due to industrial action by London Underground staff next week (7 - 12 January 2024).
The impact of the strike action by London Underground staff on Chiltern Railways will differ each day due to the nature of the action, where different teams are taking action on different days.
Chiltern's Metropolitan Line trains to Aylesbury via Amersham operate on London Underground infrastructure which is controlled and signalled by London Underground staff. For this reason, timetables will be heavily amended next week.
All other Chiltern Railways services will operate as normal, including services between Aylesbury and London Marylebone (via High Wycombe), with some additional services in place along this route to support customers who wish to travel between Aylesbury and London.
A summary of service levels is as follows:
Sunday 7 January
Normal timetable will run on all routes. Where possible, after 18:00 trains will be formed of more carriages than normal on the Chiltern Railways route that runs along the London Underground Metropolitan Line via Amersham.
Monday 8 January
Before 08:00, a limited shuttle service will operate between Aylesbury Vale Parkway/Aylesbury - stations to Great Missenden.
From 08:00, Chiltern Railways services will operate between Aylesbury / Aylesbury Vale Parkway and London Marylebone, however no trains are able to call at London Underground managed stations all day: Amersham, Chalfont & Latimer, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, or Harrow-on-the-Hill.
No Chiltern Railways services will call at South Ruislip all day.
Tuesday 9 January & Thursday 11 January
No Chiltern Railways services between London Marylebone and Great Missenden. A shuttle service will operate from Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Great Missenden (it will not be possible to travel beyond Great Missenden towards London).
Customers should travel to Aylesbury for services to London via High Wycombe.
No Chiltern Railways services will call at South Ruislip until 08:00.
Wednesday 10 January
Before 09:00, a limited shuttle service will operate between Aylesbury Vale Parkway/Aylesbury - stations to Great Missenden.
From 09:00, Chiltern Railways services will operate between Aylesbury Vale Parkway/Aylesbury and London Marylebone, however no trains are able to call at London Underground managed stations all day: Amersham, Chalfont & Latimer, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, or Harrow-on-the-Hill all day.
No Chiltern Railways services will call at South Ruislip all day.
Friday 12 January
Before 09:00, a limited shuttle service will operate between Aylesbury Vale Parkway/Aylesbury - stations to Great Missenden.
From 09:00, Chiltern Railways services will operate between Aylesbury Vale Parkway/Aylesbury and London Marylebone, and will be able to call at all stations, including London Underground managed stations.
Chiltern Metropolitan Line customers are reminded that Aylesbury to London Marylebone services via High Wycombe are running as normal throughout this period. Customers can see how the London Underground industrial action might affect them by visiting www.chilternrailways.co.uk/strike.
Contact Information
Matt Turner
Notes to editors
About Chiltern:
- Chiltern Railways is part of the Arriva group, one of the leading providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing around 38,000 people and delivering around 1.5 billion passenger journeys across 10 European countries. Arriva are part of Deutsche Bahn (DB), one of the world’s leading passenger and logistics companies, responsible for DB's passenger transport services outside Germany.
- Chiltern operates commuter/regional rail passenger services from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance services to the West Midlands along two routes. Services on the Chiltern Main Line run from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford, with some peak-hour services to Stourbridge Junction.
- Chiltern also runs trains on the London to Aylesbury Line to Aylesbury (with some trains terminating at Aylesbury Vale Parkway instead), on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury and Oxford to Bicester branch lines.