Transport for London is urging customers to check before they travel ahead of planned strike action by RMT union members.
Strike action affecting the London Underground has been called between Friday the 5th of September and Thursday the 11th of September.
Should the strikes between Sunday and Thursday go ahead, there is expected to be severe disruption with little to no service on all London Underground lines between Monday the 8th and Thursday the 11th of September, and limited services across the network on Sunday the 7th of September.
There is no expected impact from the strike action on customers’ journeys on London Underground services on Friday the 5th and Saturday the 6th of September.
Claire Mann, TfL’s Chief Operating Officer, said: “We are disappointed that the RMT union has announced strike action.
“We regularly meet with our trade unions to discuss any concerns that they may have, and we recently met with the RMT to discuss some specific points. We are committed to ensuring our colleagues are treated fairly and, as well as offering a 3.4 per cent pay increase in our ongoing pay discussions, we have made progress on a number of previous commitments. We welcome further engagement with our unions about fatigue and rostering across London Underground, but a reduction in the contractual 35-hour working week is neither practical nor affordable.
“Given the improvements we have recently put in place in response to concerns raised by our unions, we urge the RMT to call off this action, which will only disrupt Londoners. We want them to continue to engage with us and put our fair, affordable pay offer to their members – which reflects a figure that is line with offers accepted by RMT across the rail industry. If this strike action goes ahead customers should check before they travel as on some days during the strike, there will be little to no service.”
DLR services will also be impacted by separate strike action with no service on Tuesday the 9th and Thursday the 11th of September. The DLR will run a full service on all other days, although where stations are shared with London Underground services there may still be some disruption.
Other TfL services, including the Elizabeth line, London Overground and London Trams, will be operating but are likely to be extremely busy. These services are expected to run as normal, but the closure of Tube stations may mean some services will be unable to stop at all stations or run to their normal destination.
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