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Disruption as Tube drivers stage 24-hour walkout Disruption after Tube drivers' 24-hour walkout
(about 14 hours later)
Passengers have faced delays and disruption during a 24-hour walkout by Tube drivers. Passengers faced delays and disruption during a 24-hour walkout by Tube drivers.
Rail and Maritime Transport (RMT) members are protesting about relocation plans. Central, Waterloo and City lines are affected. The strike on Central and Waterloo & City lines ended at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday. Services are not expected to return to normal until Thursday.
Action started at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday but services are not expected to return to normal until Thursday. Tube bosses said the strike was "unnecessary". Rail and Maritime Transport (RMT) members were protesting about relocation plans. Tube bosses said the strike was "unnecessary".
Meanwhile, Southern Railway conductors have gone on strike for the 29th time.Meanwhile, Southern Railway conductors have gone on strike for the 29th time.
That dispute centres on a long-running row over the role of train guards.That dispute centres on a long-running row over the role of train guards.
The Tube dispute involves a plan to move eight train operators from an east London depot to one in the west of the city.The Tube dispute involves a plan to move eight train operators from an east London depot to one in the west of the city.
The RMT reiterated calls for London Underground to "take the issues at the heart of the dispute seriously".The RMT reiterated calls for London Underground to "take the issues at the heart of the dispute seriously".
Aslef union members have also taken part in the strike.Aslef union members have also taken part in the strike.
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Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central Line, apologised for the disruption.Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central Line, apologised for the disruption.
He added: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute through talking."He added: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute through talking."
At the scene: BBC Radio London's Jason Rosam
I'm outside the Royal Exchange in the City and there's no one here, it's empty.
I've been chatting to the guy who hands out the City AM newspaper and normally at this time people are streaming out here.
It seems some people have taken the bus, but even that looks not too bad and that's because people aren't here.
It's looking really empty in the City.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said the "door has been slammed in our faces", despite "strenuous efforts" to resolve the dispute.RMT 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."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.
Maintenance workers on London Underground have separately voted to strike over a breakdown in relations. No date has been set for action.Maintenance workers on London Underground have separately voted to strike over a breakdown in relations. No date has been set for action.
Members voted to strike by two to one, and by nine to one for other forms of industrial action.Members 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 its action should take.The RMT is now considering what form its action should take.
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.