Tube 'severely disrupted' by strike

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Source: Guardian

Union leaders have claimed that a strike by thousands of London Underground workers caused "severe disruption" to Tube services, with further problems forecast for Monday morning's rush hour.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association walked out at 6.30pm for 24 hours as part of a long-running dispute over 800 ticket office job cuts. It was the fourth stoppage in recent months following the collapse last week of talks aimed at breaking the deadlock.

Transport for London (TfL) pledged to run as many Tube services as possible, although it warned there will be disruption throughout the whole of Monday with services not returning to normal until Tuesday.

The RMT said there was severe disruption on the Jubilee Line due to signal failure at Westminster and station closures due to the immediate impact of the strike



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