Potential Tube Strikes

Certain Tube trade unions have announced strike action this week.Tube strike has been suspended

The strike by the RMT, TSSA and Unite unions that was set to disrupt Tube services has been suspended, London Underground (LU) has confirmed.

But London Underground services are still set to be disrupted on September 8 and 10 next month if a new deal is not made for workers ahead of the Night Tube launch, the RMT said.

Tuesday 25 August

Tube services will start at the usual time in the morning but will stop running from around 18:30. Please complete all Tube journeys by this time. We expect services to be exceptionally busy between 16:30-18:30.

Wednesday 26 August

Most Tube services are unlikely to run at all and those that do will be less frequent than normal. Services that do run may only serve some stations, and may only run for part of the day. Other transport services will operate as normal and will be much busier than usual. You are strongly advised, if possible, to travel outside the morning and evening peaks.

Thursday 27 August

We are planning to start Tube services at the usual time, however there may be some lasting impact from the previous strike action on Wednesday and you are advised to check before you travel. Further strike action will begin in the afternoon.

Tube services will stop running from around 18:30. Please complete all Tube journeys by this time. We expect services to be exceptionally busy between 16:30-18:30.

Friday 28 August

If it goes ahead.Tube services will be affected between Tuesday 25 and Friday 28 August.

Staff on the bus network, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail, tram, Emirates Air Line and River services will not be on strike.

We will provide you with more information as soon as the impact of the potential strikes have been assessed.

The RMT and TSSA unions are to strike on London Underground on August 25-28 over plans to introduce all-night services – but RAIL understands that drivers’ union ASLEF may be prepared to reach a deal on pay and conditions.

The 24-hour strikes are planned to run from 1830 on August 25, and again from 1830 on August 27.

They follow a 24-hour strike that began at 1830 on August 5. Estimates of the economic damage caused range from £10 million to £300m per day.

The RMT, ASLEF and the TSSA (Transport & Salaried Staff Association) rejected a revised offer from LU (see panel below).

LU has estimated that were it to accept the union demands, the cost would be £1.4 billion over the course of the Transport for London business plan to 2023/24.

It says this money would have to come from an immediate 6.5% increase in fares on top of the annual increase already assumed, equating to a £152 increase on an annual Zone 1-6 Travelcard. Alternatively, the funds would have to come from a “wholesale scaling back of vital modernisation plans”.

“No responsible management could even contemplate such demands,“ said LU Chief Operating Officer Steve Griffiths.