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London Tube Network Largely Shuts as Rolling RMT Strikes Take Hold

The walkouts stem from a dispute over pay, fatigue and a union push for a 32-hour week, with TfL holding to a 3.4% offer and saying a shorter week is unaffordable.

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Overview

  • Transport for London warns of little to no Underground service from Monday to Thursday, with a phased restart after 8 a.m. on Friday.
  • The Docklands Light Railway will be closed on Tuesday and Thursday, while the Elizabeth line and Overground are running but expected to be extremely busy with some station restrictions.
  • About 10,000 RMT members across driver, station, signalling and engineering grades are striking over pay, shift patterns and fatigue, and the union cites around 2,000 fewer Underground staff since 2018.
  • TfL says its 3.4% pay offer is fair and urges the RMT to suspend action and ballot members, rejecting the demand to move from a 35-hour to a 32-hour week as impractical and unaffordable.
  • Analysts estimate direct economic losses could top £230 million, and major events have been reshuffled, with Coldplay and Post Malone rescheduling London shows.