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London Underground passengers warned of 24-hour Tube strike | London Underground passengers warned of 24-hour Tube strike |
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Passengers are being warned of a 24-hour Tube strike from 21:00 GMT. | Passengers are being warned of a 24-hour Tube strike from 21:00 GMT. |
Rail and Maritime Transport (RMT) union members are walking out in a row about staffing involving Tube drivers. Central, Waterloo and City lines will be affected. | |
Maintenance workers on London Underground have separately voted to strike over a breakdown in relations. No date has been set for action. | |
Meanwhile, Southern Railway conductors are also set to walk out on Wednesday. | |
The dispute centres on a long-running row over the role of train guards. | |
Tube strike: What you need to know | Tube strike: What you need to know |
Tuesday 21 February | Tuesday 21 February |
Wednesday 22 February | Wednesday 22 February |
Normal services are not expected to resume until Thursday. | Normal services are not expected to resume until Thursday. |
Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central Line, said the Tube drivers' strike was "unnecessary". | |
He added: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute through talking." | |
Maintenance workers have voted to strike by two to one, and by nine to one for other forms of industrial action. | |
The RMT is now considering what form action should take. | |
General secretary Mick Cash said the "door has been slammed in our faces", despite "strenuous efforts" to resolve the dispute. | |
"If London Underground is allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around at the drop of a hat, regardless of the consequences," he added. | |
Southern said it hoped to run as many trains as possible during the strike on Wednesday. | Southern said it hoped to run as many trains as possible during the strike on Wednesday. |
During the previous conductors' strike on 23 January, about three-quarters of its regular service ran, the firm said. |