Tube drivers plan ‘go slow’ protest at ‘extreme noise levels’ on the Underground

London Underground drivers volition thrust trains slower successful protestation against ‘extreme sound levels’.

Passengers volition beryllium acquainted with the dependable of wheels screeching against rails, forcing immoderate to screen their ears portion travelling connected the Victoria, Central, Northern and Jubilee lines.

But it is drivers who indispensable spent full shifts exposed to sound the RMT national describes arsenic ‘extremely uncomfortable and distressing for drivers’.

Members voted to instrumentality concern enactment abbreviated of a onslaught aft a caller a emergence successful volumes, which Transport for London (TfL) confirmed exceeds the ineligible limit.

The resulting slower speeds beneath 50mph on the Victoria enactment volition mean fewer, much crowded services connected dates that are yet to beryllium confirmed.

Mick Lynch, wide caput of the RMT, said: ‘The information that members person voted by a monolithic bulk for enactment implicit this substance should alert London Underground to the spot of feeling and enactment upon successful accordingly.

‘If London Underground workers are impacted by these unacceptable sound levels the wide nationalist are besides being affected by it.’

TfL has urged Victoria enactment drivers to deterioration receptor defenders until the contented is resolved.

But different union, Aslef, dismissed this arsenic a ‘band-aid attack to the symptoms’, saying it volition besides ballot members for concern enactment if the occupation is not fixed.

District organiser Finn Brennan said: ‘This is simply a occupation that would person been avoided if absorption had acted earlier.

‘But they take to hide their heads successful the soil and disregard the complaints of drivers and national reps.

‘Everyone has the close to a harmless moving situation and to enactment to support their ain wellness and safety. Aslef volition ever enactment members who instrumentality due steps to enactment harmless astatine work.’

Nearly £30million was spent connected reducing sound connected the London Underground successful the past 5 years.

This includes grinding rails to region bumps and abrasions.

Despite this, much than 1,300 sound complaints were made betwixt January 2020 and August 2022.

A TfL spokesperson said: ‘We regularly measurement sound levels crossed the Tube network, and caller results identified an summation successful the level of sound vulnerability that Victoria enactment bid operators are exposed to during the people of their shift.

‘We person plans successful spot to code this done further improvements to the infrastructure on the Victoria line.

‘We are encouraging our commercialized unions to enactment with america to hole this issue, truthful we tin debar unnecessary and disruptive concern enactment that volition interaction Londoners.’

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