Greater Anglia has cancelled all services along its route through the east of the borough on two successive Saturdays

The West Anglia Main Line in eastern Enfield

The railway line that connects four stations in the east of Enfield borough with central London will be shut down during the latest industrial action – on two successive Saturdays.

Greater Anglia announced that no trains will run between Bishop’s Stortford and Stratford, Hertford East and London Liverpool Street, and Meridian Water and Stratford on both Saturday, 26th August and Saturday, 2nd September. It means Enfield Lock, Brimsdown, Ponders End and Meridian Water will not be served by any trains on these days.

The cancellations have been made as members of the RMT trade union will be taking industrial action on both days. The ASLEF trade union has also announced strike action on Friday, 1st September and although Greater Anglia has yet to confirm any cancellations for this day, it has suggested the impact will be similar.

Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia’s managing director, said: “With industrial action taking place, on 26th August and 2nd September there will be some alterations and cancellations across our network, plus some routes where no trains will run at all, while on 1st September it is expected that trains only will operate on four routes, with no services at all on the rest of the network.

“We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by these service alterations and advise customers to plan ahead and check before they travel.”

Great Northern, which runs rail services on routes through the west of Enfield, has stated that two trains per hour will continue to run this Saturday (26th) on its route between London King’s Cross and Stevenage, calling at Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill, Grange Park, Enfield Chase, Gordon Hill and Crews Hill. Two trains per hour will also run between London King’s Cross and Welwyn Garden City, calling at New Southgate and Hadley Wood as well as other stations on the route.

Great Northern has not confirmed its level of service for the strike dates in September.

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