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| Tube strike: Walkout to go ahead as talks fail | Tube strike: Walkout to go ahead as talks fail |
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| A strike on London Underground is due to start later after talks ended without agreement. | A strike on London Underground is due to start later after talks ended without agreement. |
| Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) are due to walk out for 48 hours from 21:00 GMT - and again on 11 February. | |
| Union leaders have offered to suspend the strikes if plans for ticket office closures are put on hold. | Union leaders have offered to suspend the strikes if plans for ticket office closures are put on hold. |
| Transport for London (TfL) said it hoped to run a limited service. | Transport for London (TfL) said it hoped to run a limited service. |
| Bus fears | |
| The conciliation service Acas said seven days of talks had ended on Monday without an agreement. | |
| Speaking to BBC London 94.9, London Underground chief operating officer Phil Hufton said that talks would be ongoing to search for a solution. | |
| "I am still in discussions with the unions and I have been at Acas the last few days," he said. | |
| "We are still trying to find a way round this and if I can do anything possible to change this I will." | |
| The strikes will affect all Underground lines. Trains that do run will not stop at all stations, including a number in central London. | |
| Brenda Hussey, who normally takes the Tube from Southgate to her workplace in Warren Street, central London, said she would be commuting by bus during the walkout. | |
| "I'll be getting the bus at 05:30 tomorrow morning," she said. | |
| "I'm very concerned if I'll get on the bus or not. I don't agree with the strike, especially as the fares have gone up, and this is becoming increasingly frustrating as it's going to be next week as well." | |
| 'No resort' | |
| RMT regional organiser for London John Leach, who was a lead negotiator during the Acas talks, told BBC London 94.9 that the union had been been left with "no resort" but take industrial action. | |
| "We're really not just taking about ourselves. This is about London and the people who use the Tube. The landscape of London underground is going to change forever," he said. | |
| "They want to take away the current situation where you have someone who is always there to support people." | |
| Transport for London has said plans to close ticket offices and cut 750 jobs would save £50m a year. |