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Several tube lines have started to get back to normal, following the strikes of recent days. However some lines are still closed. TfL state that they will try and have all lines back to normal towards the end of day start of tomorrow.
For the latest real-time information please go to http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/default.html
Due to industrial action by RMT members of Metronet, services are not expected to return to normal until Friday morning. The Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines are scheduled to run as normal. Except on the Piccadilly Line between Acton Town and Uxbridge.
The London Underground system will be very busy and at times stations may be closed due to overcrowding. No other London Underground lines are likely to be running.
If possible, please complete your journey by using alternative routes including DLR, National Rail and bus services.
The RMT union has said more than 2,300 members will walk out at 1800 BST on Monday 3rd September.
The RMT predicts the Tube network will “grind to a halt” as a result of the industrial action.
A spokesman said services would still run, but any problems with maintenance of trains, tracks or signalling would not be repaired.
“If anything goes wrong, it will stay wrong,” the spokesman said.
Tube managers warned that if the strike goes ahead, services on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines would start being reduced from about 1630 BST Tube managers warned that if the strike goes ahead, services on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines would start being reduced from about 1630 BST
A new deal has been offered and we are awaiting confirmation of the suspension.
Guards, Retail and Revenue staff have voted seven to one to take action against Silverlink and parent company National Express after an insulting pay increase of 3.6 percent was offered.
Strike dates are currently set as July 30th, August 13 and 27th. August 27th is also the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival.
MORE THAN 350 members of Britain’s biggest rail union at Silverlink are to take three days of strike action in a dispute over the company’s below-inflation pay offer.
Guards and retail and revenue staff voted by more than seven to one to take action after the company tabled a 3.6 per cent pay offer - way below the industry norm and considerably less than offers made to other grades at the company.
Three separate 24-hour strikes have been set for shifts that commence between 00:01 and 23:59 on July 30 and August 13 and 27.
“Our members have made it clear to Silverlink with a massive vote for strike action that they are not prepared to accept what amounts to a pay cut,” RMT general secretary Bob Crow said today.
“This isn’t just the worst pay offer in the industry this year, it is also way below the offers they have made to other members of their own workforce.
“If Silverlink’s parent, National Express, can afford to pay out £50 million in dividends to its shareholders on the back of £104 million in profits, they can afford to offer their workforce a reasonable pay deal.
“If Silverlink want to avoid strike action they should acknowledge our members’ anger, get real and sit down with us to negotiate a sensible pay deal,” Bob Crow said.
Posted: 08March2007Ok so now we know the full extent of the strike action which is taking place at the moment. You can read the details below as to why the strike is taking place.
GNER services have not really been affected with most of their services starting/finishing at Berwick on Tweed or Newcastle.
Affected services include many First ScotRail services, with all the Scottish Sleeper Services being CANCELLED tonight (Thursday 08 March).
Their will be a service operating between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street which is due to run every 30 minutes for the duration of the dispute. The last train is scheduled to leave Glasgow at 1800, while the last departure from Edinburgh will be at 1745.
Very reduced services are operating between Edinburgh and Fife, Bathgate, North Berwick and Stirling.
Some services from Glasgow will run on reduced timetables, most services have been cancelled until Friday afternoon.
The routes to Whifflet, Paisley Canal, Dumfries and Carlisle, Wemyss Bay and the Cathcart circle are suspended until Friday Evening. There are no services between Aberdeen and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. Services from Inverness to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Wick, Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh have also been cancelled.
The other cancelled services include those between Perth and Glasgow and those from Edinburgh to West Calder, Newcraighall and Glasgow via Shotts.
As always TheTicketCollector.co.uk will aim to keep you up to date.
Posted: 05March2007
Supervisory and signalling staff employed by Network Rail have voted for strike action in Scotland from noon on Wednesday 7 March to noon on Friday 9 March 2007.
This means that GNER and First ScotRail services will be affected.
The Overnight Sleeper Services to and From Scotland have been Cancelled.
A limited service will operate on GNER from stations in England to Edinburgh Waverley, GNER services to/from Inverness, Aberdeen and Glasgow Central will not operate during the strike period.
GNER has closed reservations for journeys in Scotland for Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March. So GNER has no need to worry about replacing the printer which never works anyway.
Passengers are advised to contact the Company where they purchased their tickets for further information.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said that as a result the union was also in the process of balloting all signal workers for strike action
“Network Rail management in Scotland have shown that they not prepared to negotiate sensibly on a number of issues in dispute but choose instead to ignore the genuine concerns of our members,” said Bob Crow.
“The company has failed to honour an agreement on the introduction of the 35-hour week and attempted at some locations to introduce eight-hour rosters in place of the existing 12-hour turns.
“NR managers have also cancelled safety briefing days and unilaterally sought to alter rosters and have been carrying out rule-book testing in signal boxes contrary to assurances that this would not be done.
“This kind of testing is being used by managers to intimidate and penalize staff and it is causing stress to our members who already undertake very important and difficult jobs.
“It is not too late for the management in Scotland to stop attempting to browbeat staff and to engage constructively with this union,” Bob Crow said.
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