London tube strike – live: Travel chaos continues following yesterday’s TfL walkout
Majority of Tube lines are experiencing delays
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The travel chaos continues in the capital today following yesterday’s 24-hour strike by Tube staff.
Beginning at one minute past midnight on 3 March and continuing until one minute to midnight last night, the walkout by RMT union members affected all London Underground lines.
Although the strike is officially over, many Tube lines are still being affected this morning, with the majority reporting delays.
The Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines are all experiencing “severe delays”, while the Bakerloo and Waterloo & City lines report “minor delays”.
The Central and Victoria lines are operating a good service.
A previous network-wide strike took place on Tuesday, 1 March, with the fallout continuing into Wednesday as services were disrupted for much of the morning.
Transport for London (TfL) bosses warned that the entire network would be impacted the mornings after strike days and advised Londoners to travel later in the day.
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What tube lines are affected by the strikes?
Major tube strikes are expected to affect the entire London Underground network this week.
The RMT union confirmed on Friday that talks with arbitration service Acas had broken down, writes our deputy travel editor Lucy Thackray.
Transport for London (TfL) staff will stage mass walk outs on two days in March as a result.
Is the tube strike still on tomorrow? Full list of lines affected
Why is there a tube strike? Everything you need to know
London travellers braced for ‘severe disruption’
Travellers in London are being warned of severe disruption to tube services this week because of strikes by thousands of workers in a dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Tuesday and Thursday, and Transport for London (TfL) says it expects severe disruption across all Tube lines on strike days.
The planned action is also likely to severely affect services on Wednesday and Friday, particularly in the morning peak.
TfL has criticised the industrial action, saying there are no proposals on pensions or terms and conditions, and nobody has or will lose their jobs because of the proposals it has set out.
“TfL will do all it can to provide as many transport options as possible, but customers are advised to check before they travel, consider if their travel is essential and work from home if possible. They should leave more time for journeys and travel at quieter times where possible,” it said a statement.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Our members will be taking strike action because a financial crisis at LU (London Underground) has been deliberately engineered by the government to drive a cuts agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten their working conditions and pensions ... in addition to the strike action, RMT is co-ordinating a campaign of resistance with colleagues from other unions impacted by this threat.”
Picket lines will be mounted outside Tube stations across the capital on Tuesday and Thursday.
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