Post by Dstock7080 on Sept 14, 2016 17:11:06 GMT
TfL website: H&C strike
Evening Standard:
The RMT union have announced that train operators on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines will take industrial action, the strike is planned affecting Hammersmith & City and Circle line services from 21:00 Thursday 15 September and all day Friday 16 September.
Mike Smith, General Manager of the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines said: "I'm really disappointed to see that members of the RMT Union plan to strike this week. We have met at ACAS five times with the genuine goal of resolving this dispute and we remain available for further discussions".
Key points:
If the strike goes ahead, there will be no Hammersmith & City line service and a very limited service on the Circle line from around 21:00 on Thursday and all day Friday 16 September
Circle line services will be much less frequent than usual and extremely busy, especially at peak times. Services may also be subject to short notice cancellations. First trains will start later and last trains will leave earlier
The District and Piccadilly lines will be much busier than usual, especially at peak times
Customers at stations between Hammersmith and Edgware Road via Shepherd's Bush Market are strongly advised to take alternative Tube, bus or cycle routes as the service will be very limited and they may not be able to board a train.
Mike Smith, General Manager of the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines said: "I'm really disappointed to see that members of the RMT Union plan to strike this week. We have met at ACAS five times with the genuine goal of resolving this dispute and we remain available for further discussions".
Key points:
If the strike goes ahead, there will be no Hammersmith & City line service and a very limited service on the Circle line from around 21:00 on Thursday and all day Friday 16 September
Circle line services will be much less frequent than usual and extremely busy, especially at peak times. Services may also be subject to short notice cancellations. First trains will start later and last trains will leave earlier
The District and Piccadilly lines will be much busier than usual, especially at peak times
Customers at stations between Hammersmith and Edgware Road via Shepherd's Bush Market are strongly advised to take alternative Tube, bus or cycle routes as the service will be very limited and they may not be able to board a train.
Evening Standard:
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union have planned to stage a 24-hour walk-out on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines from 9.30pm tomorrow.
If the drivers' walkout goes ahead there will be no Hammersmith and City Line services at all from 9pm tomorrow and all day on Friday, transport bosses said.
Out of the 265 drivers on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, eighty two RMT members were balloted. Fifty took part in the vote and 43 voted to go on strike.
"Very limited” Circle Line services will run but TfL have warned passengers that trains will be “much less frequent than usual and extremely busy, especially at peak times”.
Services may also be subject to last-minute cancellations.
London Underground are involved in urgent talks to have the strike called off. The walkout is over what TfL calls "local-level issues" at two out of three depots covering the lines.
Services on other Tube and Rail lines, the bus network and river services will run as normal but are expected to be busier as passengers seek alternative routes.
Some roads in west and central London could also be busier than usual.
Customers are advised to allow more time for their journeys.
Steve White, Operations Director for London Underground, said: "We are speaking to the RMT union to try to resolve the issues without disruption to our customers.
“But if the strike does go ahead, customers are advised to check our real-time travel information.
If the drivers' walkout goes ahead there will be no Hammersmith and City Line services at all from 9pm tomorrow and all day on Friday, transport bosses said.
Out of the 265 drivers on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, eighty two RMT members were balloted. Fifty took part in the vote and 43 voted to go on strike.
"Very limited” Circle Line services will run but TfL have warned passengers that trains will be “much less frequent than usual and extremely busy, especially at peak times”.
Services may also be subject to last-minute cancellations.
London Underground are involved in urgent talks to have the strike called off. The walkout is over what TfL calls "local-level issues" at two out of three depots covering the lines.
Services on other Tube and Rail lines, the bus network and river services will run as normal but are expected to be busier as passengers seek alternative routes.
Some roads in west and central London could also be busier than usual.
Customers are advised to allow more time for their journeys.
Steve White, Operations Director for London Underground, said: "We are speaking to the RMT union to try to resolve the issues without disruption to our customers.
“But if the strike does go ahead, customers are advised to check our real-time travel information.
