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Central Line tube strike triggers travel chaos for London Underground commuters

Friday, October 5, 2018

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Central-Line-strikeA 24-hour strike on two London Underground lines triggered a massive travel chaos for a large number of commuters availing this route after talks broke down.

 

Londoners can expect a triple-whammy of disruption as Tube drivers strike on the Central and Waterloo & City lines and rail workers on South Western Railway (SWR) walk out.

 

The Tube strikes, by Aslef train drivers, began just after midnight and a normal service on the busy Central line, used by 800,000 passengers a day, will be affected until Saturday.

 

The 24-hour walkout was due to a dispute over industrial relations and it is also likely to affect the Waterloo & City line and Central line Night Tube services on Friday.

 

Transport for London said it remains open for discussions on how to resolve the dispute, and apologised to customers for the disruption they will face on their commutes.

 

It comes as those using SWR services into Waterloo face hundreds of train cancellations at the start of the 48-hour strike by RMT union train guards.

 

There will now be fresh attempts to get the union and Tube bosses talking again before a further damaging 24-hour walkout on November 7.

 

Finn Brennan, ASLEF’s organiser on the Underground, said in a statement that the issues at the heart of this dispute are about people being treated fairly and with dignity at work.

 

During the planned strike, there will be limited or no Central and Waterloo & City line services all day on Friday, Transport for London said.

 

Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Mile End, Woodford, Leytonstone and White City stations will also be busier, TfL warned.

 

Passengers have been advised to use alternative routes on Tube, Rail and bus networks throughout the strike.

 

TfL said other lines will run normally but it warned that some may be busier than usual, including the Jubilee line from Stratford, and the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines from Liverpool Street.

 

The issues at the heart of this dispute are about people being treated fairly and with dignity at work. It is simply wrong that a driver with 25 years of excellent service should be summarily dismissed for one error of judgment when dealing with a defective train or permanently removed from driving duties because they have time off sick after a traumatic incident.

 

SWR said it will be forced to cancel a third of services, 550 trains, today and 750 on Saturday in the latest in a series of walkouts by guards protesting the implementation of driver-only operation.

 

London Overground, TfL Rail and DLR services will operate normally during the Tube strike, TfL said. But TfL Rail services via Ilford are expected to be busy.

 

National Rail services including Greater Anglia between Stratford and Liverpool are also expected to be busy.

 

Buses, DLR, London Overground and TfL Rail will accept Tube single and return tickets and National Rail cross-London tickets on reasonable alternative routes, TfL said.

 

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