On Saturday Apr 25 and Sunday April 26, no trains will run between Wood Green and Cockfosters, and no trains will operate between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge all weekend. Eastbound trains will not call at Barons Court until June, requiring passengers to travel to Hammersmith first.
If you're taking the Piccadilly line this week, prepare for potential delays, disruptions and even cancellations due to the strikes. Here's everything you need to know. RECOMMENDED: Strikes have been called for the Overground this month. When are the Piccadilly line strikes? The strikes aren't actually on the Piccadilly line, rather at the depot that serves the service. RMT members working at the Northfields Depot in Ealing are on strike from the evening of Sunday February 15 until the morning of Saturday February 21.
The new trains are the first of a fleet of 94 new trains being built in Yorkshire at the moment, and will eventually replace the Piccadilly line's existing 50-year old rolling stock. However, before passengers can ride the new trains, they need hundreds of hours of testing and assurance that they will work as expected. And testing has been underway ever since the first train arrived in London last year.
This weekend is probably the most macabre weekend of the year. Halloween will fill London with ghouls and poltergeist on Friday, Day of the Dead festivities will lure deceased souls from the afterlife on Saturday and early Bonfire Night fireworks displays will celebrate the gruesome executions of Guy Fawkes and his conspirators 420 years ago on Sunday. All that is to say, London's public transport will be particularly in demand over the next few days.
Several major transport services will see disruption over the weekend, including the District, Elizabeth, Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines As always, there's loads on in London this weekend to keep you busy. Whether you're going to the last bits of BFI London Film Festival, learning about hip-hop history at Somerset House, exploring the brand new Kew Gardens halloween train or getting stuck into the Black British Book Festival, you'll likely be using public transport to get around.
