London Tube strikes live: Commuters face travel misery as second major walkout in a week begins

Do you support the industrial action, or do you think the strikes are unjustified?

The entire London Underground network will be impacted by the strikes.

These are the lines facing total or partial closures on Thursday:

Circle Line: No service expected across the entire line.Piccadilly Line: No service expected across the entire line.Central Line: No service between White City and Liverpool Street.Metropolitan Line: No service between Baker Street and Aldgate

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged RMT bosses to return to the negotiating table as commuters brace for a second 24-hour walkout this week.

“RMT and TfL need to get round the table and sort their differences,” Mayor Khan said on BBC London Radio yesterday.

“Another strike is planned on Thursday and there is still time for RMT to call that off. The workers on strike lose a day’s salary, TfL loses revenue, businesses are losing their customers, people who have hospital appointments can’t get to them. It is a massive inconvenience,” he added.

Oyster and contactless card taps were only down by about 10 per cent on Tuesday’s strike.

A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said: “We are grateful to our customers for their patience while they made their journeys yesterday in spite of the disruption on our network caused by the RMT’s industrial action.

“Oyster and contactless card taps were only down by around 10% across the whole day, showing that Londoners and visitors to the city were still able to travel despite the strike action.

“We managed to run services on most lines, with the Jubilee line in particular running almost 90% of normally scheduled kilometres. We also saw that over 60% of drivers came to work across the day, helping millions of people travelling across the city get around as easily as possible.

“We continue to urge the RMT to work with us to resolve their questions on the proposed four-day week and to suspend any future action while that work is completed.”

He said: “Every line, other than the planned closures of the Circle and Waterloo & City lines, ran some service.

“Across the day, over 60% of Tube drivers had turned up to work, meaning TfL was able to run a four-to-six minute service frequency on most lines.

“This morning, up to 10am, usage across the transport network was at 99% of the equivalent day last year, showing that there has been no residual impact from yesterday’s strike action.”

Here’s everything that commuters whose working arrangements are affected by the action need to know:

TfL says the strikes will affect the whole Tube network, but a reduced service will still run on most lines with significant disruption.

However, there will be no service on the:

Piccadilly and Circle lines Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate Central line between White City and Liverpool Street

Elizabeth line, DLR, London Overground, and tram services will be running normally on strike days, but are likely to be very busy.

Barts NHS Health Trust, one of London’s largest, has issued guidance for its patients regarding the tube strikes.

Those attending appointments at its five hospitals are urged to check their travel routes and inform relevant teams if they are delayed.

The trust confirmed it would be “flexible with appointment timings” for those delayed, however patients might experience a wait upon arrival.

All hospitals operated by Barts NHS Health Trust will be open during the strike action.

Patients are encouraged to “plan ahead” and “allow extra time” for their journeys.

Oyster and contactless card taps were only down by about 10 per cent on Tuesday’s strike.

Commenting on the impact of Tuesday’s strike, a Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said: “Oyster and contactless card taps were only down by around 10% across the whole day, showing that Londoners and visitors to the city were still able to travel despite the strike action.

“We managed to run services on most lines, with the Jubilee line in particular running almost 90% of normally scheduled kilometres. We also saw that over 60% of drivers came to work across the day, helping millions of people travelling across the city get around as easily as possible.”