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  "textContent": "Londoners, brace for similar scenes next week if the strike goes ahead (Picture: EPA/Shutterstock)\n\nThe crunch time for the sweeping London Underground strike to be called off is drawing closer.\n\nTube strike – two words that will send a shiver down the spine of even the most seasoned commuter.\n\nFour days of industrial action are set to go ahead next week if the Transport for London and Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union cannot solve their dispute over a Tube drivers’ condensed working week.\n\nIf it goes ahead, services on the entire Underground network will come to a standstill from Tuesday until Friday.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nThe thin silver lining is that the Elizabeth line, DLR, the Overground and most buses will be running business as usual – with the caveat that services will be rammed.\n\nDemand for rental e-bikes and Santander bikes is also likely to be high as millions of people try to navigate the disruption.\n\nWith negotiations going on behind the scenes, what exactly needs to be resolved for the strike to be called off?\n\n##  How the April Tube strike will impact services\n\nWhile some level of service is set to run on most Tube lines either in the morning or evenings on the strike days, significant disruption is inevitable.\n\nThe following lines will have **no service** – Piccadilly, Circle, Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and Central line between White City and Liverpool Street.\n\nHere is a roundup of what the service is expected to be like on the lines that will have any:\n\n**Tuesday, 21 April and Thursday, April 23**\n\n  * Tube services will run normally in the morning before reducing from mid‑morning onwards\n  * There will be significant disruption from midday when strike action starts\n\n\n\n**Wednesday, April 22 and Friday, April 24**\n\n  * Industrial action will continue until midday, with significant disruption predicted\n  * From midday, services will start to recover, but expect disruption until the evening\n\n\n\nThe crux of the dispute comes down to a condensed working week.\n\nTube drivers have been asked to work the hours of a five-day week within four days, which RMT labelled a ‘fake four-day week.’\n\nThis would see drivers work 35 hours in four days instead of 36 hours in five days as lunch break would not be required.\n\nBut RMT’s chief Eddie Dempsey has warned that a longer day – eight hours and 40 minutes – would lead to driver fatigue and risk safety.\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * Waymo's robotaxis are now driving themselves around London\n  * Tourist creates world's first pickpocket map after a trip to London\n  * Londoners brace for Tube strikes next week on every Underground route\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's**  London news hub._\n\nA table shows how the planned strike is expected to impact Tube services (Picture: TfL)\n\nMeanwhile, TfL has said the move would bring the London Underground in line with other train operators and offer train operators an additional day off.\n\nClaire Mann, TfL’s chief operating officer, said today: ‘We have set out proposals to the RMT for a four-day working week. This allows us to offer train operators an additional day off, whilst at the same time bringing London Underground in line with the working patterns of other train operating companies, improving reliability and flexibility at no additional cost.\n\n‘The changes would be voluntary, there would be no reduction in contractual hours and those who wish to continue a five-day working week pattern would be able to do so. We urge the RMT to call off this action, which will disrupt Londoners, and continue to engage with us.’\n\nVictoria station’s bus bays were packed during the previous Tube strike last September (Picture: EPA)\n\nThere are suggestions that the parties may have made some headway in trying to resolve the stalemate.\n\nRMT said last month it called off the March strike after London Underground ‘management have taken steps in the right direction and are now taking the matter seriously.’\n\nIn theory, there is no official cut-off point for when the strikes can be called off, so it might happen at the eleventh hour.\n\nLast month, the strikes were officially called off six days before the planned start date.\n\nHowever, TfL is likely to need enough time to sort out staffing and operations, so a final decision will have to be confirmed soon.\n\nRMT and TfL representatives declined to comment on any progress in the negotiations when **Metro** approached them for an update, with TfL citing purdah, the pre-election restrictions ahead of the May local elections.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "What is needed for next week’s London Tube strike to be called off?"
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