{"id":910517,"date":"2026-04-22T06:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910517\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:25:19","slug":"why-are-the-tube-strikes-happening-and-how-much-disruption-will-there-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910517\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are the Tube strikes happening and how much disruption will there be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/newsletter_we_final_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"WEST END FINAL\" width=\"158px\" height=\"158px\" class=\"sc-eEbqID ecGikU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Drivers who are members of The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/rmt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RMT<\/a>)  have begun the first of two 24 hour walkouts this week.<\/p>\n<p>They are the first walkouts in a series of six 24-hour strikes by drivers on the Tube.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>What time are the Tube strikes?<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, members of the RMT union are striking at the following times (all BST):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>21\u201322 April (12pm Tuesday &#8211; 11:59am Wednesday) <\/li>\n<li>23\u201324 April (12pm Thursday &#8211; 11:59am  Friday) <\/li>\n<li>19\u201320 May (12pm Tuesday &#8211; 11:59am Wednesday) <\/li>\n<li>21\u201322 May (12pm Thursday &#8211; 11:59am Friday) <\/li>\n<li>16\u201317 June (12pm Tuesday &#8211; 11:59am Wednesday) <\/li>\n<li>18\u201319 June (12pm Thursday &#8211; 11:59am Friday) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why is the strike taking place on the Tube?<\/p>\n<p>Transport for London (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/tfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TfL<\/a>)  is offering Tube drivers the chance to work a four-day week, but the RMT has rejected the offer.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plans the majority of drivers would see their working week reduced from 36 hours to 35 hours \u2013 but they would work longer shifts on days they work.<\/p>\n<p>The RMT argues the working day would be too long under the proposals, risking driver fatigue and potentially compromising safety.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Members of the Aslef union have also already voted to accept TFL\u2019s four-day week offer.<\/p>\n<p>How much disruption is expected?<\/p>\n<p>All London Underground lines will be affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/tube-strikes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tube strikes<\/a> between April 21 and 24, TfL has said.<\/p>\n<p>No service is expected at all on the Piccadilly and Circle lines during the strikes.<\/p>\n<p>A reduced service will run across other lines but \u201csignificant disruption\u201d is expected.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>No service is expected on the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate.<\/p>\n<p>No service  is expected on the Central line between White City and Liverpool Street.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the specific strike times disruption is also expected.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>On the Wednesday and Friday,  significant disruption will take place on all lines until midday.<\/p>\n<p> Tube services that do run will start later than normal with no service expected before 7.30am on Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>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) have begun the first of two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,594,20470,1264,135010,254603,16,15],"class_list":["post-910517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-london-underground","tag-rmt","tag-tfl","tag-tube-strike","tag-tube-strikes","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116446936538048269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}