Tube strike February 2016: What time will it start and will it affect my journey?

Everything you need to know about the planned disruptions on the London Underground
Liz Connor10 February 2016

Another 24 hour Tube strike on the London Underground is planned to take place this week, with more than 2,000 workers expected to stage a walk out on Friday morning.

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming strike day.

When is the Tube strike happening?

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said 500 track patrol staff will walk out for 24 hours from 6.30am on Friday February 12.

Around 1,500 maintenance workers are also due to strike at the same time in a separate row over safety.

7 further strikes have been planned by maintenance workers over the next 5 months.

Why is the Tube strike happening?

Mick Cash, the RMT union leader, said the track patrol workers’ strike was in protest “over an outrageous attempt to casualise and undermine the jobs of our LU track patrol members through an extension of the use of private contractors.”

Seperately, Mr. Cash said that the the maintenance and renewals engineers walkout is over “basic safety issues.”

In response, Sreve Griffiths, COO at London Underground said: "When we introduce the Night Tube we will need some track patrol staff working on Sunday nights rather than Fridays. We've given our existing staff the choice whether or not to cover these shifts, which protects their work/life balance. No jobs are at risk and contract staff will only be used temporarily, to cover shifts that our employees choose not to work"

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Will the strike go ahead?

List of planned Tube strikes

0630 Friday February 12 2016 and 0629 on Saturday February 13 2016

0630 and 1829 on Sunday March 6 2016

0630 Friday March 25 2016 and 0629 Saturday March 26 2016

0630 Sunday March 26 2016 and 0629 Monday March 28 2016

0630 and 1829 on Sunday April 24 2016

0630 and 1829 on Sunday May 15 2016

0630 and 1829 on Sunday June 12 2016

Talks at Acas, the conciliation service, continued today to try and avert the maintenance engineers strike after discussions yesterday failed to reach agreement.

A source close to the negotiations said: “The trouble with this dispute is it covers very complex safety related issues – and time is running out.”

If an agreement cannot be reached, commuters should expect the strikes to go ahead.

Which services are likely to be affected?

London Underground services will run as normal on Friday, but the escalation of the strike which originally only included maintenance and renewals engineers has dramatically increased the threat of widespread disruption on Friday.

Track patrol staff walk the tracks looking for faults, often carrying out immediate repairs where and when they can.

It means if anything goes wrong with the network – a track, signal or power problem – it may not be dealt with until the end of the strike.

TfL advise that you keep an eye on their Twitter feed for the most up to date and accurate transport information

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