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Londoners brace for more travel mayhem today as the second day of strikes gets underway.
The capital was brought to a standstill yesterday, and the Elizabeth line and buses were overwhelmed when the members of the RMT union started their strike action on the Tube.
Commuters reported crowding on the Elizabeth line, which remains open, busy taxis and Ubers being unavailable, plus gridlocked roads.
Today is set to test the patience of Londoners battling to get to work as the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is also closed.
There is no DLR service today or Thursday as part of separate industrial action. Most Tube lines have little to no service today either.
Mandy Charlton, who is known as Mandy the TikTok mum on social media and was travelling in the capital for work, said her four-mile Uber journey in London yesterday cost £38 as the roads were clogged up and her car took ’45 minutes to crawl across the city.’
She said the taxi queue at King’s Cross was ‘immense’ yesterday.
‘I love London, but right now I just want to go home,’ Mandy said.
Another passenger, who did not wish to be named, told Metro that Liverpool Street Elizabeth line station was ‘very busy, chaos’ with one escalator out of action.
They said it was an ‘accident waiting to happen.’
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The strikes are going ahead after the talks between the Rail, Maritime and Transport union and TfL have stalled. RMT members are calling for a 32-hour working week, which TfL has described as ‘neither practical and affordable.’
TfL offered the union a 3.4% pay increase instead.
Commuters and London leaders have urged RMT and TfL to reach an agreement soon.
One frustrated commuter told TfL to give the staff ‘whatever they want man, I’m having a horrific morning.’
No 10 Downing Street weighed in on the transport drama, calling for RMT and TfL to ‘get back around the table when it comes to these strikes.’
What lines have no service today?
Here are all the Tube lines that are suspended today with no service.
- Bakerloo
- Central
- Circle
- District
- DLR
- Hammersmith & City
- Jubilee
- Metropolitan
- Northern
- Piccadilly
- Victoria
- Waterloo & City
The Tube will be suspended between Monday and Thursday inclusive, while the DLR is not running on Tuesday and Thursday.
What TfL services are open today?
Most of the Elizabeth line, the majority of the Overground routes, buses and the tram are running today.
The Mildmay Overground line has no southbound service from Willesden Junction to Shepherd’s Bush.
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