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Tube strike: Walkout to go ahead as talks fail Tube strike: Walkout expected in ticket office dispute
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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, unless a last-minute settlement can be reached.
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. Members of two unions are due to walk out for 48 hours from 21:00 GMT - and again on 11 February. Transport for London plans to run a limited service.
Union leaders have offered to suspend the strikes if plans for ticket office closures are put on hold. RMT union leader Bob Crow spoke briefly to London Mayor Boris Johnson on a radio show, but there was no agreement on the issue of ticket office closures.
Transport for London (TfL) said it hoped to run a limited service. Transport for London (TfL) said it would be willing to continue talks.
Bus fears Plans to close ticket offices and cut 750 jobs would save £50m a year, TfL has said.
The conciliation service Acas said seven days of talks had ended on Monday without an agreement. 'Complete nonsense'
Speaking to BBC London 94.9, London Underground chief operating officer Phil Hufton said that talks would be ongoing to search for a solution. Mr Crow and Manuel Cortes, the general secretaries of the RMT and TSSA unions, earlier went to City Hall to seek talks with the mayor of London.
"I am still in discussions with the unions and I have been at Acas the last few days," he said. Mr Crow spoke to the mayor during his phone-in show on London's LBC radio, where he urged Mr Johnson to suspend the job cuts.
"We are still trying to find a way round this and if I can do anything possible to change this I will." "We are not here to score points - all we want is an opportunity to negotiate about the Tube," he said.
"We are asking you to listen to our point of view. We would love to call the strike off."
Mr Johnson said it was "complete nonsense" and he was more than "happy to engage on these issues".
"Call off this pointless strike which will do nothing other than cost your members their wages," Mr Johnson said.
On Monday the conciliation service Acas said seven days of talks had ended without an agreement.
Speaking to BBC London 94.9, London Underground chief operating officer Phil Hufton 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.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. Bus fears
Commuter 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'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." "I'm very concerned if I'll get on the bus or not.
'No resort' "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."
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.