A 24 hour strike by London Underground workers will go ahead, after talks broke down this afternoon. 

Workers from the RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) will begin their strike at 6pm on Sunday, January 8, and end it at 6pm on Monday, January 9. 

Major disruption is expected, with stations closing and no service on some lines. Travellers are being advised not to travel by Tube on Monday if they can avoid it.

From today: Tube strike: Travellers warned to avoid London Underground ahead of 24-hour strike

Transport for London (TfL) have said it will be deploying 'Travel Ambassadors' to help customers navigate the city, with 100 extra buses and enhanced river services being brought in.

The unions have been disputing the closure of ticket offices at London Underground stations. 

Talks between the unions and London Underground ended without resolution yesterday, but it has now been reported that the talks broke down entirely today. 

General secretary of the RMT, Mick Cash, said: "Despite huge efforts by the union negotiating team, London Underground have failed to come up with any serious plans to tackle the staffing and safety crisis caused by the axing of nearly 900 safety-critical station jobs. 

"Instead of resolving the issues, Tube bosses have chosen instead to ramp up the rhetoric with threats to mobilise a streak-breaking army of "ambassadors" with severe consequences for the current safety regime across the Tube network. 

"As a result of the management failure to face up to the current crisis, the talks have collapsed and all industrial actions remains on. It is up to London Underground to take full responsibility for this situation and come back to us with a serious set of proposals."

In a statement released yesterday, January 5, London Underground's chief operating officer Steve Griffiths said: "We have always committed to reviewing our new staffing model with our trade unions during its first year, and following the review by London TravelWatch we established a joint working group to undertake that review and make any changes necessary.

“It is clear that some more staff for stations are needed. We have started to recruit them and will continue to work with unions to implement the recommendations made in the review. We believe that this will help us to provide a better service for our customers and ensure that they continue to feel safe, secure and able to access the right help while using our network.

“We encourage the trade unions to continue working with us in order to resolve this dispute and deliver the customer service our customers expect.”

Affected services will include:

  • No Zone 1 stations will be open inside the Circle line boundary 
  • No services from stations including Victoria, King's Cross, Waterloo, Paddington, Euston, Bank and London Bridge, 
  • No service on the Victoria line, the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5, the Waterloo and City line or the North Acton to West Ruislip branch of the Central line 
  • Circle and District line trains will call at a limited number of stations 
  • Limited service to outer London
  • Increased demand on all services 

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