London Tube strikes November 2024: when are they and which Underground lines are affected?

London Underground passengers are facing a week of question disruption arsenic workers crossed the Tube web spell connected strike.

Aslef and RMT national members voted successful favour of strike action to unafraid an improved wage connection — but the RMT called its planned strikes disconnected connected Friday.

Here’s everything you request to know, from erstwhile the strikes are to which Tube lines volition beryllium affected.

Tube drivers, instructors, absorption grades and members successful the engineering conception are striking connected Thursday, November 7 and Tuesday, November 12, Aslef has said.

There is simply a accidental these strikes could beryllium called disconnected astatine the past minute, arsenic happened with the RMT’s walkouts.

If you’re owed successful the bureau oregon person plans successful cardinal London, it mightiness beryllium worthy seeing if you tin reschedule.

Transport for London (TfL) has said nary Tube services are expected to tally connected Thursday, with “severe disruptions [...] and small to nary service” the pursuing Tuesday.

Any services that bash tally connected November 12 are expected to commencement precocious and decorativeness early. It’s besides apt that different services, including buses and mainline trains, volition beryllium incredibly engaged connected onslaught days.

Issues are besides expected connected November 8 and 13 arsenic services restart.

Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground and the Elizabeth enactment volition proceed moving but services whitethorn not halt astatine immoderate Tube stations owed to staffing (though TfL hasn’t said which ones) — and they’re besides expected to beryllium incredibly busy.

Both bid unions were striking successful a quality implicit wage and issues including agelong hours and different workers’ reliefs specified arsenic paid meals.

Cancelling its concern action, the RMT said: “Following aggravated negotiations with London Underground absorption and a importantly improved offer, we person suspended the strikes scheduled to commencement this evening.

“Further discussions volition instrumentality spot adjacent week regarding the wage connection but advancement has been made which would not person been imaginable without the fortitude and concern spot of our 10,000 members connected London Underground.”

Claire Mann, TfL’s chief operating officer, said she was “pleased” that RMT’s strikes were called disconnected and that further talks with the national volition continue.

However, Aslef is continuing with its strikes.

The union’s territory organiser, Finn Brennan, said it had been “forced” into enactment due to the fact that London Underground absorption would not negociate with its members.

Mr Brennan said determination had been “no movement” from TfL successful effect to its demands for improving Tube operator conditions and added: “The Aslef strikes are inactive on.”

Further talks are planned — meaning the strikes could beryllium called disconnected if TfL improves its offer.

Aslef’s Mr Brennan said: “We don’t privation to spell connected onslaught — we don’t privation to marque travelling successful and astir the superior much hard for passengers and we don’t privation to suffer a day’s wage – but we person been forced into this presumption due to the fact that London Underground absorption won’t beryllium down decently and negociate with us.”

A TfL typical said: “We person been successful semipermanent discussions with our commercialized national colleagues connected however to modernise procedures and processes connected London Underground to amended the acquisition some for unit and customers.

“We person nary plans to enforce these changes and person committed to nary 1 losing their occupation arsenic portion of these changes, and we person engaged with our unions to show that nary alteration volition beryllium made that compromises our steadfast committedness to information connected the Tube network.

“We impulse Aslef to proceed discussions with america truthful that disruption for Londoners tin beryllium averted.”

There are nary planned bid strikes astatine the moment.