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All-night Tube service to be delayed | All-night Tube service to be delayed |
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The launch date for the London Underground (LU) Night Tube is to be delayed, the BBC understands. | The launch date for the London Underground (LU) Night Tube is to be delayed, the BBC understands. |
The 24-hour weekend service on the Jubilee, Victoria and most of the Piccadilly, Central and Northern lines was due to start on 12 September. | The 24-hour weekend service on the Jubilee, Victoria and most of the Piccadilly, Central and Northern lines was due to start on 12 September. |
Members of four unions took strike action on 6 August and 8 July in the dispute over the Night Tube proposals. | Members of four unions took strike action on 6 August and 8 July in the dispute over the Night Tube proposals. |
Three unions have also announced two 24-hour walkouts on 25 and 27 August. | Three unions have also announced two 24-hour walkouts on 25 and 27 August. |
LU drivers will not be joining the two fresh strikes, the BBC understands. | |
Talks were held earlier at the conciliation service Acas in a bid to avert further strike action and a further meeting between the train drivers' union Aslef and LU is expected later this week. | |
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite members announced on Tuesday their members would walk out for 24 hours from 18:30 BST on Tuesday 25 August and at 18:30 on Thursday 27 August. | |
During the last strike on 6 August, London mayor Boris Johnson said he was "not fussed" about the night service starting on 12 September as planned, as long as it started in the autumn. | |
In September 2014, Transport for London (TfL) announced the Night Tube would run on Fridays and Saturdays with six trains per hour through central London on five Tube lines, TfL said. | |
On the Northern Line, there would have been eight trains per hour to meet demand at busy stations between Leicester Square and Camden Town, TfL said. |