Many want the tube service to come back to create a safer way of travelling around London at night. Some boroughs offer electric scooters to rent, which is the only way to legally ride one in London. One wrote: "The return of the night tube is important - especially in light of the murder of Sarah Everard - but unethical cost-cutting and such a lack of respect or concern for a workforce is not the way forward.
Another person said: "A tube strike on the weekend they were supposed to be reopening the night tube to help people get home safer? Good one". The industrial action threatens to wreak havoc upon the long-awaited return of the Night Tube that thousands of Brits were desperate for. The nighttime service had been due to resume on November 27, but was only running on the two busiest lines, Victoria and Central.
It seems the union have chosen their time to strike wisely, as it will cause chaos for bosses at Transport for London. Commuters should always check and plan their journey before they leave for their commute to see whether the lines are heavily affected. According to the Transport for London TfL conditions of carriage it is prohibited to carry opened containers of alcohol and to drink alcohol on TfL services.
Clause 2. On another occasion, a drunk man with no shoes or trousers was spotted sleeping whilst standing up on a London Tube. TfL do not publish alcohol related incidents on the London Underground, although they do state that in the first instance, a drinker will simply be spoken to politely. They say that while an arrest may be made if an incident requires this, in general staff will make an initial polite request to stop drinking if necessary. A GP raised concerns over Tube strike actions taking place while a mega mutated Covid variant is emerging.
Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football. There are also strikes planned next month, with the first starting on the 3 December. The Metropolitan and Bakerloo lines have already packed up and gone home and the shuttle service on the Piccadilly between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters is only every half hour.
Get the bus, it'll be quicker. So what have we learned today? If you want to avoid the tube either because you support the strike or don't want to risk it, the Overground is a good bet. Traffic's heavy so buses are getting stuck, but away from the major bus hubs e. And then sitting on them for a long time. In general it seems best to avoid the major interchanges of any form of transport if you can.
If you are getting the tube If today repeats itself, it'll be well after 8am until lines start running properly. London Underground says it ran about a third of its normal service today, so will probably do the same tomorrow. During rush hour expect stations to open and close because of crowding or staffing. And has the Northern line started to shake off its reputation as the misery line, or only until the next Aslef strike? Southeastern services are still grinding along painfully.
You know, in many ways we could do a liveblog like this every day, just tracking which bits of London public transport fall over at any given time. Wednesday 5 February 6. The closed stations list has taken an odd turn. As far as we can tell it's listing all the stations that are on the sections of line that are running, even the stations that are closed.
For example, the Jubilee line lists every station between Waterloo and Stratford and Finchley Road and Stanmore, even Bermondsey and Southwark which are closed.
So, er, don't rely on it. Old buses were in action today. Photo by oatsy40 from the Londonist Flickr pool Wednesday 5 February 5. TfLBusAlerts is warning that buses are delayed by up to 50 minutes in central London. Looks to be sheer volume of traffic, but at least this car vs bus smash on Oxford Street earlier seems to have cleared up. Also: two separate people tweeting photos of a group of horse riders on Oxford Street this morning.
Wednesday 5 February 3. Wednesday 5 February 2. Wednesday 5 February See our previous article for the list of planned station closures. Bear in mind that stations may close unexpectedly because of overcrowding or sudden staff shortage, and destinations may change at short notice.
We'll post updates if anything significant happens. Paddington is closed Jubilee: trains between Stanmore and Finchley Road and between Waterloo and Stratford every five minutes Metropolitan: trains between Harrow on the Hill and Aldgate roughly every 10 minutes though we have reports of some trains going as far as Rickmansworth Northern: good service, though Angel is closed and Old Street and Chalk Farm are open Piccadilly: trains between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters every 12 minutes and between Acton Town and Heathrow every 20 minutes.
We wouldn't bother Victoria: trains about every five minutes between Seven Sisters and Brixton Waterloo and City: no service. The Bakerloo line is being described as a 'planned closure'. Er, no. There are minor delays on the Northern line between Camden Town and High Barnet but will you be able to tell the difference between that and the frequencies running on the other lines?
Wednesday 5 February 10am : Joanne Oatts Oatssy draws our attention to this work of genius — a map showing where trains actually are on the network, put together by Matthew Somerville.
We'd sound one note of caution though, as it's clearly drawing its information from TfL's live running boards so the map shows trains on the Bakerloo line.
Why is the live running information still showing trains running on the Bakerloo? Is London Underground running ghost trains through there? It's driving us slightly potty. But for the other lines, you can see trains running up past Rickmansworth on the Metropolitan line, confirmed by Oatssy, and also showing Central line trains going as far as Holborn which we've also had reported on Twitter. Wednesday 5 February 9. TfL's service updates widget says Victoria line trains are running to Stockwell mainly southbound, it seems , while the live departure boards report destinations to Brixton — but, as we said earlier this morning, we wouldn't rely on them much they still say the Bakerloo's running.
Rail Maritime and Transport Union. Image source, PA. A board at Bank Station illustrated the extent of the closures. Image source, Getty Images. Many stations, like Waterloo, were crowded with passengers.
There were long queues as commuters had to rely on buses. Image source, Reuters. Many people felt they were better off walking to their destinations. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bob Crow: "We do not call strikes for the sake of it". Published 5 February Published 28 April Published 4 February
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