London subway strike over pay rises sparks travel chaos
伦敦地铁罢工引发交通混乱

Approximately 20,000 workers of London's underground train network have staged a walk-out, causing widespread travel chaos in the British capital. The strike was called after London Underground and unions failed to agree a pay deal over the all-night service.

It’s called the night tube /with a 24 hour service including weekends operating with 5 lines from September. It’s meant to boost the nigh time economy. But the proposal has caused a total travel chaos in London.

As tens of thousands of London Underground workers plan to walk out for 24 hours later today, commuters in the capital are facing the worst Tube strike in more than a decade. Transport for London has warned that there will be no trains on the Tube from this afternoon through to Thursday evening. At the same time, First Great Western services also face disruption from Wednesday evening due to a 48-hour strike. The whole action has brought the entire transport network to a standstill.

Some of the four million people who use the service everyday had managed to leave work early today only to find stations already closed.

"Colleagues are going to work tomorrow..to avoid it...People travel from Heathrow will be affected definitely."

"The crew of the train has been asked to a new work practice which has not been appropriately negotiated with them. So I’m very supportive of the railway workers."

"It’s kind of frustrating. I work at Holborn. It’s nice to walk out. But make my feet tired."

London underground workers have been offered a 2% pay rise this year/ and ￡2,000 extra for drivers of the new all-night weekend service. Although it is supposed to kick in this September, at the moment, it looks like the project is slipping.