Updated 10.30

There are almost no Underground trains running in London today, as signallers stage the first of two 24-hour strikes as part of this week’s series of walkouts called by the RMT in its dispute with Transport for London over pay, conditions and working hours.

The only Underground lines with any service include the Piccadilly line, where trains are running between Rayners Lane and Hammersmith, and also now between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters. TfL has also just said that it is trying to provide a service on the Northern line, but it will be reduced and may not include all stations.

Chiltern Railways cannot run south of Great Missenden on the Aylesbury line, as the infrastructure from Amersham to Harrow-on-the-Hill is owned and managed by London Underground and closed because of the signallers’ strike. Some National Rail services calling at stations managed by London Underground may also be affected.

In addition, there are no trains on the Docklands Light Railway today, where the first of two strikes has been called in connection with a separate dispute, but TfL is reporting a ‘good service’ on the Elizabeth line and all London Overground lines. Alternative forms of transport are reported to be much busier than usual, and there were queues to reach Elizabeth line escalators yesterday.

Meanwhile, the two sides in the dispute remain deadlocked. The RMT is calling for a three-hour reduction in the working week to 32 hours, but TfL says that would cost ‘hundreds of millions’ and is not affordable.

TfL has also urged the RMT to suspend the walkouts so that its Underground members can vote on a 3.4 per cent pay offer, but so far without effect.

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