Millions of people are bracing for a week of disruption amid a planned Tube strike in London.
Passengers have been told to prepare for the industrial action – starting from today – which will paralyse all London Underground lines.
Most of the London Underground network will be out of action during the industrial action announced by the RMT as talks between the union and TfL have been unfruitful.
The RMT, one of the country’s biggest transport unions, has announced four days of walk-outs that will affect the network from Sunday evening until Thursday.
A separate strike will also disrupt travel on the DLR.
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Here is a roundup of the Tube and DLR strikes in the pipeline.
What lines are affected by the Tube strike?
Strikes are planned on the Tube and DLR from midnight on Sunday, September 7, until just before midnight on Thursday, September 11.
Limited services are expected to run on the Tube on Sunday and passengers are advised to finish their journeys by 6pm.
Little to no service is expected on the Tube between Monday 8 and Thursday 11 inclusive.
Walkouts will mean there will also be no service on the DLR on both Tuesday and Thursday.
Services on the Elizabeth Line which share stations with the Undergroundmay also be disrupted, TfL has said, with trains not stopping between Whitechapel and Bond Street before 7.30am and after 10.30pm on strike days.
The commuter chaos is expected to continue until Friday, with no Tube services expected to be running before 8am.
Will the Tube strike be called off?
Discussions remain ongoing to try to reach a settlement between unions and TfL.
Previous planned walkouts have often been called off at the eleventh hour following a breakthrough in talks.
An RMT spokesperson told Metro: ‘We remain open to talks and are awaiting a revised offer.’
Michael Roberts, the CEO of London TravelWatch, said: ‘Strikes on public transport are a huge inconvenience for passengers. We urge all sides to work together and head off the threat of next week’s industrial action, but it looks like people should expect widespread disruption.
‘Passengers are advised to check online for the latest information about affected services and be prepared to make alternative arrangements.’
Will the Overground be affected by the Tube strike?
Overground services and the Elizabeth Line are not directly affected by the Tube strike.
However TfL has warned that some services may be disrupted, particularly at stations served by Tube lines.
Services are expected to be ‘extremely busy’ and may not run to their original destination at times or stop at all stations.
Why are Tube drivers striking?
The RMT union says it has called the strike due to a breakdown in talks with management over pay and conditions, including ‘extreme shift patterns’.
Jared Wood, the union’s London transport regional organiser, told BBC London News that post-Covid staffing cuts had squeezed workers
‘Our members are proud of the service they provide.. but [they] are delivering that with 2,000 fewer staff on the London Underground and that’s led to a huge intensification of work, more extreme shifts’, he said.
Wood said the union was pushing for a shorter, 32-hour four day week.
He added: ‘We’re not expecting them to deliver that in one go. We just want to see some progress.’
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