It’s going to be a busy weekend on public transport coming up! A perfect storm of a good weather forecast and ongoing rail strikes on London’s railways are set to make remaining services much busier than usual this weekend. So, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to be using the London Underground, London buses and other transport services, you need to plan and check your journey before travelling.
As well as Transport for London (TfL)’s website and ‘TfL Go’ app, we’ve got you covered here at MyLondon. As always, we’ve got all the information from our sources across London’s transport organisations and our team of reporters across the city to keep you moving.
Below we’ve got all the key changes and closures which you need to avoid this Saturday (June 3) and Sunday (June 4) on London Underground and DLR, National Rail (including Elizabeth line and London Overground ), London buses and trams, and other modes in Greater London.
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London Underground and DLR
Bakerloo – Marylebone will be close early – at 11.50pm on Friday (June 2), meaning last trains running in the early morning on Saturday won’t stop there. This is due to Chiltern strike action.
District – No service Parsons Green-Wimbledon before 6.45am or after midnight Friday and Saturday due to SWR strike action, and no service Earl’s Court-Richmond/Ealing Broadway all weekend (buses replace some trains).
DLR – Buses replace trains all weekend Prince Regent-Beckton.
Piccadilly – No service all weekend Hyde Park Corner-Acton Town, including Night Tube. Buses replace some trains. Use Elizabeth line for Heathrow.
Waterloo & City does not run on weekends
National Rail (including Elizabeth line and London Overground)
ALL SERVICES – Note that trains will be busier due to strike action by the ASLEF drivers union on June 2, and additional strike action by other unions, notably the RMT. As a result, some train operators have removed services which cannot be covered by remaining drivers. Check your journey before travelling. Here’s what’s happening in London line-by line. Below is the non-strike, engineering work disruption
c2c rail – All weekend all trains will serve Liverpool Street and Stratford instead of Fenchurch Street, Limehouse and West Ham. On Sunday, buses replace trains Upminster-Grays via Chafford Hundred Lakeside.
Greater Anglia and Stansted Express – Before 8.15am on Sunday trains will run via Seven Sisters instead of Tottenham Hale.
Great Northern – All weekend, buses replace trains Royston-Cambridge with fewer trains King’s Cross/St Pancras International-Royston.
Elizabeth line – No service on Sunday before 7.45am between Paddington and Ealing Broadway. Use night bus N207 or London Underground Central line.
London Overground – Buses replace trains Camden Road-Stratford/Highbury & Islington-Dalston Junction after 10.15pm on Sunday, and all day Surrey Quays-Clapham Junction. Also on Sunday, Chingford trains will skip Bethnal Green.
Southeastern – On Sunday, trains are diverted between Victoria and Shortlands, with buses replacing trains between Herne Hill and Bromley South calling at all stations via Denmark Hill except Nunhead and Ravensbourne. Also on Sunday, trains won’t run Cannon Street-Charlton via Greenwich – replacement buses will run Lewisham-Chalrton via New Cross and Greenwich. There will also be engineering work outside London all weekend. Check before travelling.
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Southern – No trains Watford Junction-Shepherd’s Bush 8pm Saturday-noon Sunday and 9pm-midnight Sunday. On Sunday, no service Purley-Caterham and fewer trains via Mitcham Junction/Tulse Hill. There will also be engineering work outside London all weekend. Check before travelling.
Thameslink – On Sunday, Bedford-Horsham/Three Bridges/Brighton trains won’t stop at London Bridge, Blackfriars-Sevenoaks trains will run via Beckenham Junction instead of Denmark Hill (buses run Herne Hill-Denmark Hill-Bromley South via all stations except Nunhead and Ravensbourne) and Kentish Town-Rainham trains will run Plumstead-Gravesend only due to engineering works. Also on Sunday, buses replace trains Royston-Cambridge with fewer trains King’s Cross/St Pancras International-Royston and there will be no service Streatham-Sutton via Mitcham Junction. Before 9am on Sunday buses replace trains St Pancras International-West Hampstead Thameslink.
GWR trains between West Ealing and Greenford, and Southeastern trains between Grove Park and Bromley North do not run on Sundays
London buses and trams
New Addington – No tram service King Henry’s Drive-New Addington. Walk instead.
Wembley Stadium – Roads may be busier with crowding and delays expected on Saturday due to football.
Westminster – On Saturday, buses may be delayed/diverted due to Trooping the Colour 9am-2pm.
Wimbledon – No tram service Dundonald Road-Wimbledon before 6.30am on Friday and Saturday due to SWR strike action. Walk instead or use local TfL bus services.
Other transport
Woolwich Ferry – Not running at weekends.
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