London Tube strikes: Alternative routes to airports and stations as Underground shuts down

The London Underground remains almost wholly suspended for a 2nd time aft onslaught action by nan RMT national crushed nan work to a halt connected Monday.

It is disrupting recreation for millions of group successful nan UK capital. Transport for London’s website and app collapsed yesterday arsenic travellers and commuters looked for replacement routes.

Buses, trams, Overground services and nan Elizabeth statement are still running, but are severely overloaded pinch queues to board. Ride-sharing work Uber has warned of expanding travel fares arsenic request soars.

Here’s what you request to cognize astir travelling astir London and to world airports and train stations amid nan conduit strikes.

London carrier plunged into chaos connected nan first time of conduit strikes

Around 10,000 members of nan RMT, nan UK’s nationalist national of rail, maritime and carrier workers, began 4 days of business action connected Monday.

The conduit train and unit are stepping retired complete demands for a shorter moving week arsenic portion of salary negotiations.

The strikes person caused terrible disruption connected nan London Underground pinch small aliases nary service, and will support nan strategy closed until nan evening of Thursday 11 September, pinch knock-on effects expected connected Friday.

Currently, nan Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Victoria, and Waterloo & City lines are wholly suspended pinch nary service.

The Piccadilly statement is operating betwixt South Harrow and Hammersmith only. The Northern statement is operating pinch insignificant delays.

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) will unopen down wholly connected Tuesday, 9 September, and Thursday, 11 September, arsenic portion of a abstracted strike. This metro strategy chiefly serves nan Docklands but besides provides connections to London City Airport and awesome carrier hubs successful nan metropolis centre, for illustration Bank and Tower Gateway.

On Wednesday, 10 September, Elizabeth Line trains will not extremity astatine stations betwixt Whitechapel and Bond Street earlier 7:30am aliases aft 10:30pm, aliases earlier 8am connected Thursday, 11 September.

On Friday, 12 September, nan underground will reopen precocious astatine 8am BST. Transport for London says it expects services to beryllium moving usually by mid-morning.

London conduit strikes: Getting to airports and train stations

The London Underground is usually nan fastest and easiest measurement for travellers to get betwixt nan metropolis and its airports and world railway stations.

With nan conduit retired of action, travellers are warned to group disconnected overmuch earlier.

Heathrow is nan UK’s busiest airport. With nan Piccadilly statement unavailable, nan champion measurement to scope nan carrier hub is connected nan Elizabeth line.

This runs done nan centre of nan superior pinch stops astatine cardinal stations including Paddington, Farringdon and Liverpool Street.

You tin return nan Heathrow Express, but this only goes arsenic acold arsenic Paddington.

For Gatwick and Luton airports, travellers should return a Thameslink train, which connects to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon and St Pancras.

You tin besides return nan Gatwick Express and Southern trains to Gatwick Airport from Victoria.

Stansted Airport is served by nan Stansted Express train, which runs to and from Liverpool Street.

To get to St Pancras Railway Station, wherever Eurostar trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam depart, travellers tin usage nan Thameslink from various locations successful nan capital, including Farringdon, Blackfriars and London Bridge.

Concerts cancelled amid London conduit strikes

Some concerts person been postponed aliases rescheduled arsenic a consequence of nan conduit strikes, showing nan standard of nan disruption.

Coldplay cancelled 2 of their concerts astatine Wembley Stadium this week.

The set said: "Without a Tube service, it's intolerable to get 82,000 group to nan performance and location again safely, and truthful nary arena licence tin beryllium granted for nan nights of 7 and 8 September."

To debar cancelling nan shows altogether, nan Sunday gig was moved to Saturday, 6 September, while nan Monday performance will return spot connected Friday, 12 September.

US vocalist Post Malone has besides rescheduled 2 concerts.

The gigs connected Sunday 7 September and Monday 8 September astatine nan Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will now return spot connected 20 and 21 September, pinch refunds offered to those who cannot make nan rescheduled dates.