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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are striking over a Transport for London's (TfL) voluntary proposal to allow train operators to move to a compressed four-day week. The RMT said the working day would be too long under the plans, risking driver fatigue and compromising safety.

The Waterloo and City line, known as 'The Drain', is made even more niche by the fact that it hasn't been open on the weekend since 2020. In the pandemic the line was suspended, but when the Waterloo and City reopened in June 2021 it only did so on weekdays. While it previously operated on Saturdays, for the last six years it's been closed all weekend.

London Underground Brands have been playing with the signage on London's tube network for many years but recent examples have proved intrusive and annoying. Ben Kay examines what's gone wrong Creative Review A Century Ago: What To Call The Northern Line? Londonist Mainline / Overground Rail journeys on Southern, Thameslink and the Gatwick Express remain severely disrupted following an early morning derailment and a signal failure in south-east London. BBC News

The District and Metropolitan lines are both dealing with major disruption this morning due to signal failures and faulty trains. There are further delays on the rest of the network, with both Northern and Piccadilly lines part suspended. Elsewhere, the Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice that will affect services across the country today, as Storm Goretti approaches.

Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.

We have been running large-scale multimedia campaigns to tackle sexual offences and sexual harassment on our transport networks since 2015. These campaigns have aimed to raise awareness of unwanted sexual behaviour; reassure victims that we take this issue seriously and improve their confidence to report knowing that action will be taken; and sending a strong message to perpetrators that this behaviour is harmful and won't be tolerated on our networks.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed that tube fares will be going up significantly next year. The increase of almost six percent is the result of an official order from the government that told TfL it should increase prices by the RPI rate of inflation plus one percent every year until 2030, in order to receive a £2.2 billion boost.

A trans person was hit over the head with a glass bottle on a London Underground train. British Transport Police launched an appeal for the victim to come forward. A fellow commuter reported they were on the Victoria line Tube service when the suspect got on at King's Cross and made a homophobic remark. He began harassing the person and as the train arrived at Euston, hit them on the head with a glass bottle before leaving the train at around 3am on October 25.

Christie's is set to auction off a rare 1932 draft of the Tube map created by Harry Beck, an Essex-born electrical draughtsman. It features hand-written annotations from Beck and Frederick Stingemore, who designed London Underground maps produced between 1926-1932. Beck created the map while unemployed, shortly after he was laid off by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. While initially considered radical, his pioneering approach to the sprawling network set a benchmark for every Tube map officially circulated since.

According to statistics recently released by TfL, during the first six months of 2025 there were 907 sexual offences reported across TfL services, an increase from 879 in 2024. According to a Freedom of Information request submitted in August 2024, reported sexual offences on London transport rose by 10 percent - from 2,418 to 2,671 - from 2023 to 2024.

The tube can be stressful at the best of times. It's busy, it's often running late, and on top of it all you've got to keep vigilant to ensure you don't end up stepping off the carriage with fewer belongings than you had when you got on. Phone theft has been a big problem in London in the past few years, but it's not just drive-by robbers you have to be aware of.

Transport for London has apologised after Tube passengers were trapped in a tunnel during the evening rush hour - with one man urinating in the carriage. Standard Tube bosses have made a pay offer to the transport trade unions as negotiations to avert another strike on the network continue. BBC News Eddie Dempsey calls for "compromise" in London Underground "peace talks": Workers must seize the initiative World Socialist

Tube staff have been offered a three-year pay deal that could avert the threat of more strikes on the London Underground. The deal would provide a 3.4 per cent rise for the current financial year, followed by an amount equal to the RPI rate of interest for 2026/27 and 2027/28. This could mean that all 16,500 Tube staff see their wages rise by around 10 per cent over the three-year period.