London Tube strike dates
- RMT union members on the London Underground will walk out across multiple days starting April 21. - Organizers confirmed four strike days in the capital, with wider Overground and bus action also flagged. - Commuters and visitors were warned to expect major disruption on Underground routes during the April action. ( )
London’s Underground is set for four days of disruption starting Tuesday, April 21, after Rail, Maritime and Transport union drivers confirmed two 24-hour walkouts. (tfl.gov.uk) The strikes run from noon on Tuesday, April 21 to noon on Wednesday, April 22, and again from noon on Thursday, April 23 to noon on Friday, April 24. Transport for London said disruption will spill into the afternoons and evenings on all four days. (tfl.gov.uk) Transport for London said the whole Tube network will be affected, with reduced service on most lines. It said no service is expected on the Piccadilly and Circle lines, none on the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and none on the Central line between White City and Liverpool Street. (tfl.gov.uk) TfL said trains that do run on Tuesday and Thursday will ramp down late in the morning and should be treated as finished by 8 p.m. On Wednesday and Friday, it said no service is expected before 7:30 a.m., with recovery continuing into the evening. (tfl.gov.uk) The dispute is over a proposed four-day week for Tube operators. TfL said it has been trying since March 2025 to agree a pilot on the Bakerloo line and described the pattern as similar to schedules used by most other train operating companies. (tfl.gov.uk) The union calls the plan a “compressed” four-day week and says it would mean longer shifts. RMT said on April 18 that TfL had backed away from earlier promises to negotiate “all elements” of the proposal. (rmt.org.uk) This is the first of six planned Tube stoppages spread across April, May and June. TfL lists the later strike windows as May 19-20, May 21-22, June 16-17 and June 18-19, all running from noon to noon. (tfl.gov.uk) A March round of strikes did not happen after talks made enough progress for RMT to suspend them. The union said then that the dispute was “far from over,” and the April action went ahead after negotiations broke down again. (rmt.org.uk (rmt.org.uk) Other TfL services are expected to carry the overflow. TfL said the Elizabeth line, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground and trams will run normally, while warning they are likely to be much busier than usual. (tfl.gov.uk) Bus service is a separate patchwork. TfL said seven Stagecoach routes in east London — 8, 25, 205, 425, N8, N25 and N205 — face strike disruption from 5 a.m. on Friday, April 24 to 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, while Unite said more than 150 TfL bus station and network traffic controllers will also walk out from April 23 to April 25 over roster changes. (tfl.gov.uk) (unitetheunion.org) For passengers, the practical deadline is earlier than the formal one: TfL is telling riders to check service each day, expect crowded alternatives, and plan around a network that starts shutting down before noon on April 21. (tfl.gov.uk)
