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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. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Unions are unhappy at conditions offered to drivers working on the new Night Tube service. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| Len Duvall, leader of the London Assembly Labour group, said: "By speculatively announcing a start date without any consultation with the people expected to run the service, Boris Johnson's gung-ho approach has led to disputes, disruption and now delay." | |
| He said he hoped the delay would provide "breathing space" for the unions and management to resolve the dispute. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| The Night Tube was part of a six-point long term economic plan Chancellor George Osborne and Mr Johnson said it would add £6.4bn to the London economy by 2030 and create half a million new jobs. | |
| It was also announced in February the night-time services would be extended to the Metropolitan, Circle, District, and Hammersmith & City lines by 2021 and extended to the London Overground in 2017 and the Docklands Light Railway by 2021. |