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The undead are facing another morning of travel chaos, as the disruption of Monday’s subway strike pours into a second day.
TfL said some stations will remain closed “early in the day” and urged citizens not to travel until after 8am.
All major tube services, including the Circle, Central, Jubilee and Victoria lines, had “good service” at 7.30am, according to the Transport for London (TfL) website. The London Overground, the new Elizabeth line and the tram services also worked well.
It comes just a day after commuters in the capital faced a severe disruption, as 4,000 RMT union workers left the capital’s metro stations for 24 hours in a dispute over jobs and pensions.
The Tube strike caused roadblocks in London, affecting private cars, commercial vehicles and buses.
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TfL said no pension plans or conditions have been put forward, and no one will lose their jobs because of the proposals it has put forward.
As part of previous funding agreements, the government has demanded that TfL work to achieve the financial sustainability of its operations by April 2023.
TfL has proposed not to hire between 500 and 600 posts as they become vacant.
The RMT said that under the current proposals, the labor agreements will be broken and the threat to pensions will continue.
Secretary-General Mick Lynch said: “We demand a direct face-to-face meeting with Mayor Sadiq Khan to resolve this issue.
“It doesn’t make sense for our union to continue to be in front of management representatives who have neither the inclination nor the authority to negotiate a deal, when the power belongs to the mayor.”
Downing Street condemned the strike for its impact on passengers and businesses.
“This kind of action is deeply disappointing and not what the public wants to see, not what we want to see for companies still trying to recover from the pandemic. People’s lives are being altered in London.” , said the official spokesman of the prime minister.