Commuters face chaos as London Tube strike goes ahead

Описание: London commuters face chaos on Tuesday morning as a Tube strike takes place across the entire underground network until midnight.

The Central and District lines are operating at a reduced service. Central is now operating between White City and Ealing Broadway as well as West Ruislip, Liverpool Street and Loughton and between Newbury Park and Leytonstone via Woodford.

District is operating between Upminster and West Ham and between High Street Kensington and Wimbledon but there is no service on the rest of the line.

Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke up after only 20 minutes on Monday and TfL said “severe disruption” was expected with a “high chance” of no Underground services. Londoners have been told to work from home if they can.

Direct talks between the RMT union and London Underground negotiators began with union sources suggesting a “political shift” from Mayor Sadiq Khan would be needed to “change the weather”.

Services will be running on London Overground, TfL Rail, DLR, London Trams and National Rail but services will be busier than usual.

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