{"id":17287,"date":"2026-04-19T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/17287\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:20:10","slug":"why-are-tube-strikes-happening-and-how-much-disruption-will-there-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/17287\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Tube strikes happening and how much disruption will there be?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WEST<\/p>\n

Drivers who are members of The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT<\/a>) will walk out for 24 hours from midday on Tuesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n

They are the first walkouts in a series of six 24-hour strikes by drivers on the Tube.<\/p>\n

But why are the drivers striking, when are they and how much disruption can passengers expect? Here is all you need to know.<\/p>\n

When are the Tube strikes?<\/p>\n

As it stands, members of the RMT union will strike at the following times (all BST)<\/p>\n

21\u201322 April (12pm Tuesday – 11:59am Wednesday) 23\u201324 April (12pm Thursday – 11:59am Friday) 19\u201320 May (12pm Tuesday – 11:59am Wednesday) 21\u201322 May (12pm Thursday – 11:59am Friday) 16\u201317 June (12pm Tuesday – 11:59am Wednesday) 18\u201319 June (12pm Thursday – 11:59am Friday) <\/p>\n

Why is the strike taking place on the Tube?<\/p>\n

Transport for London (TfL<\/a>) are offering Tube drivers the chance to work a four-day week, but the RMT has rejected the offer.<\/p>\n

Under the plans the majority of drivers would see their working week reduced from 36 hours to 35 hours – but they would work longer shifts on days they work.<\/p>\n

But the RMT argues the working day would be too long under the proposals, risking driver fatigue and potentially compromising safety.<\/p>\n

The union instead wants to negotiate a 32-hour week over four days for drivers, meaning they would work three fewer hours each week for the same salary.<\/p>\n

TfL is currently rejecting the RMT proposals, saying drivers do not need to take up the four day week offer and could remain on a five-day week if they want.<\/p>\n

Members of the Aslef union have also already voted to accept TFL\u2019s four day week offer.<\/p>\n

How much disruption is expected?<\/p>\n

All London Underground lines will be affected by the Tube strikes<\/a> between April 21 and 24, TfL has said.<\/p>\n

No service is expected at all on the Piccadilly and Circle lines during the strikes.<\/p>\n

A reduced service will run across other lines but \u201csignificant disruption\u201d is expected.<\/p>\n

Any services that do run will be less frequent, very busy, and you may not be able to board the first train, TfL is warning.<\/p>\n

No service is expected on the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate <\/p>\n

No service is expected on the Central line between White City and Liverpool Street <\/p>\n

Outside of the specific strike times disruption is also expected.<\/p>\n

While normal services will be expected until mid-morning on the Tuesday and Thursday, services will then begin to ramp-down before the 24-hour strikes.<\/p>\n

Tube services that do run on Tuesday and Thursday will finish early – you should aim to have completed your journey by 8pm, TfL has said.<\/p>\n

On the Wednesday and Friday, significant disruption will take place on all lines until midday.<\/p>\n

Tube services that do run will start later than normal with no service expected before 7.30am on Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon on those days some disruption is expected until the evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers who are members of The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out for 24 hours…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27,1044,8024,1457,8023],"class_list":{"0":"post-17287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-london","9":"tag-london-underground","10":"tag-rmt","11":"tag-tfl","12":"tag-tube-strikes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116432524230117320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}