Thameslink Core closure 27th December

[Vexed]

I've been looking at Thameslink's various notices for the period of industrial action and I spotted that there is engineering work closing the core on the 27th. I'm pretty sure when I looked a couple of weeks ago there it wasn't there.

Does anyone know if this is a new addition due to some issues cropping up or just work being moved from the 25th and 26th? Or did I completely miss it when I last looked...

Planned Changes to Train Times | Thameslink

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Engineering work is taking place at various locations on the Thameslink / Great Northern network, closing some lines.

Trains will begin much later than usual on Tuesday with some routes not having any trains until midday.

No Thameslink trains will run through central London between London St Pancras International and London Bridge.

No trains will run on the Sevenoaks or Sutton routes.

Trains will run to an amended timetable between:

• London St Pancras International and Luton / Bedford
• Moorgate and Stevenage
• Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City
• London Kings Cross and Peterborough
• London Kings Cross and Cambridge
• London Kings Cross and King's Lynn
• London Bridge and Horsham
• London Bridge and Brighton
• Dartford and Rainham

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[Bald Rick]

Because of the strike over Christmas which finishes at 0600 on 27th, engineering work is being extended to finish a few hours after 0600 rather than a few hours before. I guess there is no ‘off the shelf’ plan that has that late a start up with through core services (there hasn’t been through the strikes to date) so the existing late start up and split service plan is being used.

So technically whilst it is the engineering work being extended that is causing the changes, the root cause is the RMT strike.

 

[ComUtoR]

So technically whilst it is the engineering work being extended that is causing the changes, the root cause is the RMT strike.

The root cause is the government getting involved in pay deals and not paying people what the deserve and placing stupid conditions on their workforce.

 

[Bald Rick]

The root cause is the government getting involved in pay deals and not paying people what the deserve and placing stupid conditions on their workforce.

We’ll have to disagree on that for the NR strikes, which is the issue here.

 

[Vexed]

I guess that's sort of what I expected to hear considering everything I've been reading for the last couple months here. Thanks both.

 

[Horizon22]

Because of the strike over Christmas which finishes at 0600 on 27th, engineering work is being extended to finish a few hours after 0600 rather than a few hours before. I guess there is no ‘off the shelf’ plan that has that late a start up with through core services (there hasn’t been through the strikes to date) so the existing late start up and split service plan is being used.

So technically whilst it is the engineering work being extended that is causing the changes, the root cause is the RMT strike.

A similar approach to the Elizabeth line, although there it just reverts to the pre-November plan.