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Londoners face almost a week of travel disruption as Underground workers begin strike action.
There will be limited or no services for several days, and those services that are still running are expected to be busier than usual.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) voted overwhelmingly for strike action after nine months of negotiations failed to resolve a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
Transport for London (TfL) has offered a 3.4% pay rise which it described as “fair” but said it cannot afford to meet the RMT’s demand for a cut in the 35-hour working week.
Further talks have also failed to end in an agreement, but Nick Dent, London Underground’s director of customer operations, said it was not too late to call off the strikes before causing chaos in the capital.
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services will also be hit because of a strike by RMT members in a separate pay dispute.
Here is all you need to know.
When are strikes planned?
Strikes are planned from Sunday 7 September to Thursday 11 September meaning that London Underground lines and the DLR will be suspended at various times.
What’s running – and what’s not?
Sunday 7 September:
• Disruption across parts of the Tube network, with Bakerloo and Circle lines suspended and limited services running on others
• Those services that are running will finish early, with TfL encouraging people to finish journeys by 6pm
• The DLR will be running a normal service
Monday 8 September:
Tube
• Little to no service running across the entire Tube network
• No service before 8am or after 6pm
DLR
• Full service, but stations shared with the Tube network may face disruption
Tuesday 9 September:
Tube
• Little to no service running across the entire Tube network
• No service before 8am or after 6pm
DLR
• No service on the entire network
Wednesday 9…
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