Londoners have endured almost a full week of Tube strikes with rammed Elizabeth line, buses, and Lime bike battles – with a couple more hours of disruption ahead.
This week has tested commuters’ patience while most of the Underground was closed after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out, leading to services been crippled since Monday with few underground trains running.
The commuter hell was made worse by heavy rain battering Londoners trying to get into work by any means possible, with long queues for taxis and surge pricing for private hire cars.
Metro spoke with locals and tourists who had their plans upended by the strike, with nurses and retail workers battling to get into central London on time.
This strike has been dominated by the ‘strikelist’ trend as riders who wouldn’t normally cycle filled already busy cycle lanes – and a battle for Lime bikes taking a more extreme turn as pedals were reportedly removed so that no one else could take the bike.
The Tube strike has officially ended – but it isn’t back to business as usual quite yet.
When will the Tube service be back to normal?
Will the strike affect Tube this weekend?
The strike officially ended late yesterday, so the Tube should be back to business as usual by the weekend.
Although the strikes end officially on Thursday, there is no Tube service before 8am today, the latest advice from TfL says.
Normal Tube service is expected on all lines by late Friday morning.
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