London commuters faced chaos on Tuesday as a Tube strike across the entire underground network resulted in long queues in the rain across the city.
Nearly all Transport for London services are currently suspended due to a 24-hour strike.
Some 10,000 London Underground workers from the RMT union have gone strike – with another strike set to go ahead on Thursday, March 3.
The strike is over a jobs dispute, with unions concerned that spending cuts could lead to hundreds of job losses and reductions in pensions and working conditions.
TfL has denied this claim, saying no jobs would be lost and it has not proposed any changes to pensions or terms and conditions.
The Central, District, Piccadilly and Northern lines are operating at a reduced service. The Central line is operating from White City to Ealing Broadway, West Ruislip, Liverpool Street and Loughton.
It is also running between Newbury Park and Leytonstone via Woodford. The District line is operating between Upminster and West Ham and between High Street Kensington and Wimbledon but there is no service on the rest of the line.
The Northern line is running from East Finchley to High Barnet and Mill Hill East at a reduced frequency. Meanwhile, the Piccadilly Line is operating between Acton Town and Hounslow Central.
Services are running on London Overground, TfL Rail, DLR, London Trams and National Rail but are busier than usual.
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has criticised the RMT union over today’s strike which brought travel chaos to London.
He said: “Having funded TfL to the tune of £5bn to protect jobs & London’s transport system throughout Covid, it’s a kick in the teeth for Londoners to suffer from @RMTunion strikes. I urge the @MayorofLondon & @TfL to get this resolved + Union to call off Thurs counterproductive strike.”
However, the union responded by reposting a comment, which read: “Nice spin. What you mean is that you’ve stripped TfL of £bns of funding that they need and deserve, and the RMT are pointing this out to you with the only means they now have left.”
