Tube strike bombshell for London as RMT announces EIGHT 24-hour walkouts

Evening Standard · Nicholas Cecil · 2026-11-06 13:51 UTC

Industrial action threatens to cause misery for millions of Londoners and visitors to the capital in run-up to Christmas and over New Year

The walkouts on the London Underground will take place on eight separate days between Thursday, November 26 and Thursday, February 25.

The shock news was immediately slammed by business chiefs in London and the Aslef train drivers’ union which has hailed the reforms as offering Tube drivers the best working conditions on the rail network.

The RMT and Transport for London have been in talks for months over a four-day week for Tube drivers, many of who earn on average more than £70,000, after industrial action earlier this year.

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