Top News | Is the London Tube on today and why is there a strike?
LONDONERS are bracing for disruption as the Tube strike enters its second day. TfL have warned commuters to expect severe disruption on Saturday evening from 7pm, with walkouts planned on the Central and Victoria lines from 8.30pm to 4.30am.
AlamyLondon Tube drivers had plan to strike on Friday November 26 '/ ' A 24-hour strike started at 4.30am Friday on Night Tube lines – Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria – with further action scheduled for tonight. Is the London Tube on today? The Victoria, Central, Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines have been affected as RMT drivers were told not to clock in for their shifts over the weekend. As of 1pm on Saturday the service status across affected TfL train lines is as follows: \- Waterloo and City Line: Closed. \- Piccadilly Line: Part suspended between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due to ...difficult track conditions.... \- Central Line: Good service. \- Jubilee Line: Good service. \- Northern Line: Good service. \- Hammersmith and City: Severe delays due to train cancellations. \- Metropolitan: Minor delays between Moor Park and Chesham due to train cancellations. \- Victoria: Good service. \- Circle: Severe delays due to train cancellations. \- Overground: Reduced service as per weekend timetable. \- DLR: Closed from Bank to West India Quay this weekend. Advice issued from Transport for London (TfL): Allow extra time to complete your journeyConsider walking or cycling, as other lines and services are likely to be busier as people seek alternative routes Follow our safer travel guidance throughout the strikeCheck status updates before you travel using our travel tools below Why is there a strike? The ongoing dispute is over the night shifts that drivers will be required to work to enable the restart of the Night Tube. Since the start of the pandemic it has been suspended, but was due to resume overnight on Saturday for the first time. The Night Tube was ditched in March 2020 so more trains could run during the day to increase social distancing, but following the murder of Sarah Everard, thousands signed a petition to bring it back amid concerns for women's safety. The RMT claim that the workloads being forced on Tube drivers would wreck their work-life balance by "bulldozing through additional night and weekend working". But TfL say that the changes have been agreed by other unions and would bean that drivers have to work four night shifts per year. It also means that the restart of the Night Tube on the Victoria and Central line would be delayed as drivers have been ordered to not work between 8.30pm on Saturday until 4.30am on Sunday. TfL hope that the Night Tube will still be able to run but have admitted there are likely to be fewer trains than they hoped. Most read in The Sun TIME OFF Schools may have to break up early for Christmas after surge in Covid cases IN YOUR FACE Face masks to return from TUESDAY in shops and public transport SOAP DODGER I only wash & use deodorant once a week - my man calls me a soap dodger ANT AND WRECK I'm A Celeb stars evacuated after tree crash & may be off air for days EVACUATED I'm A Celeb chaos as stars are REMOVED from castle and returned to quarantine RAD PURCHASE Mum-of-22 Sue Radford shows off fancy £750-a-piece mattresses for kids' rooms Are there any other future Tube strikes I need to worry about? Further disruptions for all six lines are expected over the next three weekends on 3-5 December, 10-12 December and 17-18 December. There will also be another five-line 24-hour shutdown on the final Saturday before Christmas. TfL have called for RMT to call off the strike and enter talks about the staffing requirements of the Night Tube. Source:
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