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29 November 2010
Last updated at 04:16 ET
Passengers on London's Underground (LU) network are enduring disruption to their journeys as thousands of workers stage a fourth 24-hour strike.
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) stopped work at 1830 GMT on Sunday.
The unions say plans to cut ticket office jobs will threaten safety, but LU denies this.
About 80 stations are closed and all lines are at least partly suspended.
The RMT said the latest strike - the fourth since August - was over LU's refusal to suspend plans for 12 weeks while talks are held.
But Tube management said the unions had not taken up its offer to discuss the cuts proposals further over a six-week period.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: "Once again RMT and TSSA members have stood rock solid in this dispute over Tube safety.
"TfL and LU have been reduced to their usual well-rehearsed lies over services that they claim are running but it is pure fantasy and simply misleads Londoners.
"The capital is locked down this morning across the board."
But Mike Brown, London Underground's managing director, described the action as "cynical" adding: "Services are operating on virtually all lines this morning despite the pointless strike.
"We are doing everything we can to get as many Tube services as possible operating, and to keep Londoners on the move with extra buses, river services, and other alternatives.
On its website Transport for London (TfL) said some stations would be closed and there would be a restricted service on some lines.
The following Underground lines are disrupted:
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Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) stopped work at 1830 GMT on Sunday.
The unions say plans to cut ticket office jobs will threaten safety, but LU denies this.
About 80 stations are closed and all lines are at least partly suspended.
The RMT said the latest strike - the fourth since August - was over LU's refusal to suspend plans for 12 weeks while talks are held.
But Tube management said the unions had not taken up its offer to discuss the cuts proposals further over a six-week period.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: "Once again RMT and TSSA members have stood rock solid in this dispute over Tube safety.
"TfL and LU have been reduced to their usual well-rehearsed lies over services that they claim are running but it is pure fantasy and simply misleads Londoners.
"The capital is locked down this morning across the board."
But Mike Brown, London Underground's managing director, described the action as "cynical" adding: "Services are operating on virtually all lines this morning despite the pointless strike.
"We are doing everything we can to get as many Tube services as possible operating, and to keep Londoners on the move with extra buses, river services, and other alternatives.
On its website Transport for London (TfL) said some stations would be closed and there would be a restricted service on some lines.
The following Underground lines are disrupted:
- Bakerloo - suspended between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone
- Central - suspended between White City and Liverpool Street and between Hainault and Woodford via Chigwell
- District - suspended between Earls Court and Kensington Olympia/Edgware Road, and between Turnham Green and Richmond. Suspended between Earls Court and Kensington Olympia/Edgware Road, and between Turnham Green and Richmond
- Hammersmith & City - suspended between Moorgate and Barking
- Jubilee - suspended between Wembley Park and Stanmore
- Metropolitan - a special service is in operation but some stations closed
- Northern - special service operating but some stations closed
- Piccadilly - suspended between King's Cross St Pancras and Acton Town/Uxbridge
- Victoria - suspended between Victoria and Brixton
- Waterloo and City - suspended
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