ALL London Underground lines are suspended TODAY as Tube workers walkout over pay and pension issues.
Commuters have been left in the lurch this morning as 11 Tube lines are out of service – with more strike action set to cause disruption on Thursday.
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Today, over 10,000 Transport for London workers have walked out after a row over jobs, pensions and conditions.
Stations are closed with “no service across the network,” TfL warned.
Picket lines will be mounted outside stations across the capital.
TfL also said that on Wednesday and Friday there will likely be severe disruption across all Tube lines in the morning due to the ongoing strikes.
London Overground, DLR, TfL Rail, and London Trams are still running this morning – but for the majority of Londoners, journeys have been severely disrupted.
Commuters have been urged to not journey on the strike days unless it is essential – with the advice being to work from home.
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Buses will still be running but are predicted to be busier than usual while people are being urged to consider walking or cycling to avoid packed roads.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Our members will be taking strike action because a financial crisis at LU (London Underground) has been deliberately engineered by the Government to drive a cuts agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten their working conditions and pensions.”
Yesterday, last-ditch talks to avoid the Tube strikes broke up after only 20 minutes.
Overnight strikes on the Central and Victoria lines are still ongoing on Fridays and Saturdays.
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