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Piccadilly Line Tube strikes suspended ahead of talks | Piccadilly Line Tube strikes suspended ahead of talks |
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Planned strikes on a busy London Tube line that serves Heathrow Airport have been suspended to allow further talks to take place. | Planned strikes on a busy London Tube line that serves Heathrow Airport have been suspended to allow further talks to take place. |
About 400 drivers on the Piccadilly Line were planning to stage two 24-hour walk outs on Tuesday and Thursday. | About 400 drivers on the Piccadilly Line were planning to stage two 24-hour walk outs on Tuesday and Thursday. |
The dispute is over concerns including driver and passenger safety and accusations around bullying of staff. | |
Mick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said "progress" had been made in talks. | Mick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said "progress" had been made in talks. |
However, he said the dispute was "not over yet" and discussions with London Underground (LU) would continue. | |
Tube operations director Pat Hansberry said talks had been "constructive... which have enabled us to reach an agreement on the way forward to resolve this dispute". | |
Hundreds of drivers took part in a previous strike in March. | Hundreds of drivers took part in a previous strike in March. |
The Piccadilly Line, which carries some 600,000 passengers a day, has some of the oldest trains on the network known as "1973 stock". | |
A train had to be taken out of service in January when a door opened while it was heading into a station. |
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