JUNE LONDON TUBE STRIKES: When and where the next strikes are, TfL release information ahead of action
- Perry Richardson
- May 29
- 2 min read
Transport for London (TfL) has urged passengers to check before travelling ahead of planned strike action by Tube drivers who are members of the RMT union on 2 and 4 June, warning that services across parts of the Underground network will be disrupted.
The industrial action is linked to an ongoing dispute over proposals for a voluntary four-day working pattern for Tube drivers. TfL maintains that participation in the new arrangement would be entirely optional and says drivers who do not wish to take part would remain on their existing five-day schedules.
If the strike action goes ahead, TfL expects most Tube lines to continue operating. However, no service is expected on the Circle line, Piccadilly line, the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and the Central line between White City and Liverpool Street on the strike days.
The transport authority said it ran around half of normal Tube services during previous strike action in April and is aiming to deliver a similar level of service, or better, during the upcoming stoppages. TfL data showed that more than half of normal passenger demand was maintained throughout the last strike period, with demand reaching 94 per cent of normal levels on the final day of action.
Transport for London says most Tube lines are expected to operate during planned RMT strike action, but customers should expect disruption and check journeys before travelling.
Passengers have also been advised that services operating during the strikes may start later and finish earlier than usual. TfL said there would be limited services before 6.30am and customers should aim to complete journeys by 9pm on strike days. Normal services are expected to operate on 1, 3 and 5 June.
Claire Mann, TfL’s Chief Operating Officer, said: “We are disappointed to see the RMT continue with this industrial action. We still believe that the points they have raised can be worked out in time, through more detailed discussions and we are continuing to talk to the union’s representatives to find a way to avoid disruption to London.”
Mann added that the proposed four-day week pilot on the Bakerloo line had received interest from a significant number of drivers and was intended to improve work-life balance while remaining voluntary. She said: “Any of our Tube drivers who do not wish to take up the new proposed way of working and associated changes to working arrangements can remain on a five-day working pattern.”
TfL said discussions with union representatives remain ongoing and called on the RMT to continue negotiations in an effort to avoid further disruption for passengers across the capital.
