Unions once again fail to bring London to a halt.
"Although Londoners will doubtless face some disruption, we have 40 per cent of Tube trains running and, together with additional bus and river services, we are keeping London moving"
Howard Collins
Chief Operating Officer of London Underground

Although Londoners will doubtless face some disruption, we have 40 per cent of Tube trains running and, together with additional bus and river services, we are keeping London moving

  • Around 40 per cent of Tube services now operating
  • In central London, most stations open and most services running

More and more Tube services are now running as the 'paralysis' predicted by the leaderships of the RMT and TSSA unions has once again failed to materialise.

Trains are now running on 10 of the 11 lines, with the Central line operating between White City and Leytonstone, and the Waterloo & City line now running. 

All key stations operating

Some 40 per cent of services are operating across the network and work is underway to operate more services wherever possible.

All of London's key stations are operating, including Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Victoria, Euston, Stratford, Waterloo, Holborn, Heathrow, Kings Cross, Finsbury Park, Paddington, Earl's Court, and Whitechapel.

Services are currently operating as follows:

  • A service is operating on the Central line between Leytonstone and White City
  • The Waterloo & City line is operating a good service
  • A service is operating across the length of the Northern line
  • The Bakerloo line is operating between Queen's Park and Elephant & Castle
  • The Victoria line is operating between Seven Sisters and Brixton
  • The Jubilee line is operating between Wembley Park and Stratford
  • The District line is operating between Ealing Broadway/Wimbledon and Barking
  • The Metropolitan line is operating between Moorgate and Amersham/Chesham, Uxbridge and Watford
  • The Piccadilly line is operating a service between Acton Town and Heathrow 123, and a service at the northern end of the line
  • The Hammersmith & City line is operating between Hammersmith and Aldgate

The situation continues to be fluid, with other Tube services operating services when possible.

Disruption is possible and some stations will be closed on sections of the lines that are being served. Passengers are advised to check before travelling at www.tfl.gov.uk

Good services are operating on the bus network, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), and London Overground.

Extra bus services

Extra bus services have been provided, along with extra capacity for an additional 10,000 journeys on river services and marshalled taxi ranks.

Volunteers are on hand at bus, Tube, and rail stations to help passengers and distribute walking maps and other useful information.

Howard Collins, Chief Operating Officer of London Underground, said: 'We are running more services and serving more of the network than during the last strike. 

'The unions have once again failed to bring London to a halt. Although Londoners will doubtless face some disruption, we have 40 per cent of Tube trains running and, together with additional bus and river services, we are keeping London moving.

'It is incredible that the two union leaderships have pursued this action when they have been given cast-iron assurances that the staffing changes we are making come with no compulsory redundancies or loss of earnings, that every station that currently has a ticket office will retain one, and that every station will remain staffed at all times.

'They should now see sense, and call off this pointless strike.'

Notes to editors:

  • Some LU ticket offices now regularly sell fewer than 10 tickets an hour. The quietest ticket offices include North Ealing, which sells under six tickets per hour, and Latimer Road and Moor Park, which sell only around seven tickets per hour
  • Overall, sales from ticket offices are down 28 per cent over the last four years as more and more people switch to Oyster, just one in 20 Tube journeys now starts with a visit to a ticket office
  • Under LU's proposals staff will be more effectively deployed to areas of stations where they can better assist customers, removing duplication of roles whilst delivering the best possible value for fare and taxpayers
  • The proposed changes would mean a reduction in the total number of posts across LU, but will involve no compulsory redundancies, and will have no impact on the Tube's high safety standards
  • The changes would not affect Tube drivers, and the majority of the roughly 800 posts that are identified for reduction are ticket office staff; this also includes a saving of around 150 posts from reductions in management and administrative staff. This is out of a total of around 19,000 LU staff, so represents less than five per cent of the workforce. Some 250 positions are already, or are expected to become vacant, so these would merely not be filled