Londoners gearing up for their fourth day of commuter hell – with queues for buses already forming at busy train stations.
Rain is forecast yet again for Londoners, meaning miserable cycling journeys and a rush to get on buses.
Private hire cars – including Uber and Bolt – are seeing price increases this morning as well while people rush to to work.
As Metro ventured towards London Victoria station this morning, the cycle lanes seemed much busier than usual, with more rental bikes like Lime cycles whizzing around.
East London was relatively calm earlier this morning until the Embankment, which looked more like a war zone.
Commuters have said they’ve seen riders of all kinds cutting corners, debris and glass on the cycle path and queueing traffic heading out of London.
Some people were seen jumping the red lights at Westminster, while a stretch of the cycle lanes seemed was blocked off, pushing riders onto the road.
What lines have no service today?
Here are the Tube lines that are suspended today with no service:
- Bakerloo
- Circle
- District
- Hammersmith & City
- Jubilee
- Piccadilly
- Victoria
- Waterloo & City
What TfL services are running today?
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Docklands Light Railway travel status today:
- DLR has no service between Bank and Shadwell due to the strike, while the rest of the line has severe delays
And here is the latest Overground status:
- Mildmay – Part closure with no southbound service from Willesden Junction to Shepherd’s Bush until 6.15 am
- Suffragette – Reduced service with 5.48 am and 6.24 am trains between Barking Riverside and Gospel Oak cancelled
- The rest of the Overground lines have good service
Is the Elizabeth line open during the strikes?
Most of the Elizabeth line is running today, along with the buses and Overground trains, but services are busy.
The Elizabeth line trains will not stop at Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street and Whitechapel stations between 7.30am and 10.30pm today, and before 8am tomorrow, Thursday.
One passenger said Paddington station this morning was ‘carnage.’
When do the Tube strikes end?
The strike is set to end by Friday, September 12. The official TfL statement reads:
‘There are strikes on the Tube and DLR between 7 and 12 September. Services are disrupted.
‘On Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 September 2025, there will also be no service on the DLR
‘From Monday 8 to Thursday 11 September 2025, Tube services are severely disrupted, with little to no service expected’
When will Tube strikes end and service is normal?
Although the strikes end officially on Thursday, there is no Tube service before 8am, the latest advice from TfL says.
Normal Tube service is expected on all lines by late Friday morning.
Why is the strike happening?
The strikes are going ahead after the talks between the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and TfL have stalled. RMT members are calling for a 32-hour working week after ‘long-term health effects from working extreme shifts and fatigue.’
RMT has said the shift patterns have become unsustainable for staff, with 4 am starts and 1 am finishes, coupled with 2,000 fewer Tube staff.
TfL has said the shorter working week is ‘neither practical and affordable,’ and it has offered a 3.4% pay increase instead.
Commuters and London leaders have urged RMT and TfL to reach an agreement soon.
One frustrated commuter told TfL to give the staff ‘whatever they want, man, I’m having a horrific morning.’
Eddie Dempsey, the general secretary of RMT, said his members are ‘absolutely furious’ over TfL’s handling of their demands.
He said that the union ‘took no pleasure’ in disrupting people’s lives but that there is a ‘crisis in industrial relations’.
