Train strikes - please allow more time to get to appointments
22 Jan 2024
January and February will see a series of National Rail strikes that may affect your journey to one of our services.
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ASLEF have announced that due to industrial action, there will be extremely limited services running on certain dates in late January and early February:
Tuesday 30 January, affecting:
- Gatwick Express
- Great Northern
- South Western Railway (including Island Line)
- Southeastern
- Southern
- Thameslink
Wednesday 31 January, affecting:
- Northern
- TransPennine Express
Friday 2 February, affecting:
- c2c
- Greater Anglia (including Stansted Express)
- LNER
Saturday 3 February, affecting:
- Avanti West Coast
- East Midlands Railway
- London Northwestern Railway
- West Midlands Railway
Monday 5 February, affecting:
- Chiltern Railways
- CrossCountry
- Great Western Railway
Please note the dates above, remembering that travel disruption is possible the day after each strike due to the knock-on impact from reduced staffing and services.
To check which transport areas are affected by the strike, head to the National Rail industrial action page.
Plan your journey here.
If you have a face-to-face appointment, please allow more time for your journey to make sure that you arrive on time. Telephone and video appointments should not be affected.
If you are unable to attend your face-to-face appointment, please contact us to reschedule. You can contact us using the details on your appointment letter or alternatively you can call us on 020 7288 5511.
Whittington Health staff will be working hard to minimise any impact on services on days affected by the strikes. Knowing in advance if you can no longer attend your appointment will help us to ensure that services continue to run as smoothly as possible.